Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 1,490 m above Vietnam’s

Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 38% of Switzerland

Switzerland: 37.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 11 times as many people as Switzerland

Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 41% more densely populated than Switzerland

Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 9.9 years older than in Vietnam

Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Vietnam have 0.6 more children on average than in Switzerland

Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Switzerland: 20.4% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 179,029 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Switzerland: 20.9 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Vietnam 1

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

Switzerland’s economy is 2 times the size of Vietnam’s

Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Switzerland produces 5.7 times as much per person as Vietnam

Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Switzerland (Gini 2.6 points higher)

Switzerland: 33.5 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Switzerland

Switzerland: 0.1% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Switzerland: 4.9% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Switzerland: 0.8% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Switzerland: 9.5% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 4× Vietnam’s

Switzerland: 112% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Switzerland spends 60 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Switzerland: $11,784 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 3.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 4 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Switzerland has 74% more hospital beds per person than Vietnam

Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 16% higher than in Vietnam

Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in Switzerland are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Switzerland: 12.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 21% in Vietnam

Switzerland: 23.1% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.59 points higher than in Vietnam

Switzerland: 7.02 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 22% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Switzerland has 6% more meat per person than Vietnam

Switzerland: 64 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Switzerland has 316 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 632 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

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

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

Switzerland welcomed 13 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Switzerland: 1.04 (2022) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Switzerland has 4 more World Heritage sites than Vietnam (13 against 9)

Switzerland: 13 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Switzerland: 97% (2025) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Switzerland is 64% faster than in Vietnam

Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Switzerland and Vietnam are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Switzerland: 86% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Switzerland: 129 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 30% longer than Vietnam’s

Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 5.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Vietnam

Switzerland: 3.05 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 32% of Switzerland

Switzerland: 32% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Vietnam emits 2% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Switzerland: 67.8% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

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

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

Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 4.7 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 17.8 °C warmer than Switzerland

Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 32% more rain than Switzerland

Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)