Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Türkiye’s highest peak towers 503 m above Switzerland’s

Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Türkiye, versus 38% of Switzerland

Switzerland: 37.7% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

Türkiye has 9.4 times as many people as Switzerland

Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Switzerland is 2.1 times as densely populated as Türkiye

Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 9.8 years older than in Türkiye

Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Women in Türkiye have 0.2 more children on average than in Switzerland

Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 11% in Türkiye

Switzerland: 20.4% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Türkiye hosts 22% more refugees per resident than Switzerland

Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Türkiye 0.5

Switzerland: 20.9 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Türkiye 1

Switzerland: 4 (2026) · Türkiye: 1 (2026)

Türkiye’s economy is 53% larger than Switzerland’s

Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 2.3 times as much per person as Türkiye

Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in Switzerland (Gini 10.2 points higher)

Switzerland: 33.5 (2023) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

Türkiye and Switzerland are practically level

Switzerland: 0.1% (2023) · Türkiye: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Switzerland: 4.9% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

Türkiye spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Switzerland: 0.8% (2025) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

Türkiye’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Switzerland: 9.5% (2024) · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Türkiye’s

Switzerland: 112% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

Switzerland spends 22 times as much on health per person as Türkiye

Switzerland: $11,784 (2023) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

A baby in Türkiye is 2.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 2 times as many doctors per person as Türkiye

Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 44% more hospital beds per person than Türkiye

Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Türkiye: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 3.1 times that in Türkiye

Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Switzerland: 12.9% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

31% of adults in Türkiye smoke, versus 23% in Switzerland

Switzerland: 23.1% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 1.72 points higher than in Türkiye

Switzerland: 7.02 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 4 times as much alcohol as in Türkiye

Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

Switzerland has 30% more meat per person than Türkiye

Switzerland: 64 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Türkiye has 490 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Workers in Türkiye put in 219 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 5 years longer than in Türkiye

Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023) · Türkiye: 9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 76% more tourists per resident than Türkiye (2019)

Switzerland: 1.04 (2022) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

Türkiye has 9 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (22 against 13)

Switzerland: 13 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Türkiye 111

Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 90% in Türkiye

Switzerland: 97% (2025) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 94% faster than in Türkiye

Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

Switzerland and Türkiye are practically level

Switzerland: 100% (2024) · Türkiye: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Türkiye live in cities, versus 86% in Switzerland

Switzerland: 86% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye 108

Switzerland: 129 (2024) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Türkiye’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as Switzerland’s

Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Türkiye

Switzerland: 3.05 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 29% of Türkiye

Switzerland: 32% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

The average person in Türkiye emits 63% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Türkiye

Switzerland: 67.8% (2025) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

The air in Türkiye carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.4 times as likely to be murdered in Türkiye as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Türkiye are 2.9 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Türkiye is on average 6.2 °C warmer than Switzerland

Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 2.4 times as much rain as Türkiye

Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 mm (2016–2025 avg)