2nd highest health spending per person$11,784 · #2 of 193 · 2023
2nd highest years of schooling13.9 years · #2 of 193 · 2023
3rd highest nobel laureates per 10 million people20.9 · #3 of 160 · 2025
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Surprising facts about Switzerland
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Switzerland’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Switzerland among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Switzerland sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Switzerland across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Switzerland
vs Austria 
vs France 
vs Italy 
vs Liechtenstein 
vs Germany