Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Sweden instead of Switzerland, you would:

Economy

make 22.6% less money

Switzerland has a GDP per capita of $82,900 as of 2023, while in Sweden, the GDP per capita is $64,200 as of 2023.

be 87.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Switzerland, 4.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Sweden, that number is 7.6% as of 2023.

pay a 42.8% higher top tax rate

Switzerland has a top tax rate of 40.0% as of 2016. In Sweden, the top tax rate is 57.1% as of 2016.

Life

be 28.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Switzerland, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Sweden, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 35.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Switzerland, approximately 3.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Sweden, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 38.5% more on education

Switzerland spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Sweden spends 7.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Swiss Federal Tax Administration, Skatteverket.

Sweden: At a glance

Sweden is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 410,335 sq km. A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war for almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both world wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system intermixed with substantial welfare elements was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment and in 2000-02 and 2009 by the global economic downturns, but fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, but the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum.
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