This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Switzerland and Turkey. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
General information
Switzerland | Turkey | |
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Region: | Western Europe | Western Asia |
Area: | 41,290 km² | 785,350 km² |
Official language: | German | Turkish |
Government form: | Federal republic | Parliamentary republic |
Independent since: | 1499 AD | 1923 AD |
Capital: | Bern | Ankara |
Population
Details for Switzerland and TurkeySwitzerland | Turkey | |
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Population: | 8,703,000 | 84,775,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 210.8 | 107.9 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 81 years | Ø 73 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 79 years |
Average age: | Ø 42.7 years | Ø 32.2 years |
Birth rate: | 9.90 ‰ | 15.03 ‰ |
Death rate: | 8.80 ‰ | 6.38 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 4.52 ‰ | -1.55 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Switzerland | Turkey | |
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Political stability: | 91 | 34 |
Civil rights: | 99 | 36 |
Health: | 93 | 60 |
Climate: | 35 | 62 |
Cost of Living: | 44 | 59 |
Popularity: | 40 | 50 |
Economy
Details for Switzerland and TurkeySwitzerland | Turkey | |
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Currency: | Swiss franc (1 CHF = 100 Rappen) | Turkish lira (1 TRY =100 Kurus) |
Unemployment rate: | 5.3 % | 13.4 % |
Inflation rate: | 0.58 % | 19.60 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 142.40 % | 34.40 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 28.80 % | 42.30 % |
Average income: | 90,600 US$ | 9,900 US$ |
Corruption index: | 16 (good) | 62 (bad) |
CHE: total | per 1000 inh. | TUR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 800,640 M US$ | 91.99 M US$ | 819,035 M US$ | 9.66 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 788,512 M US$ | 90.60 M US$ | 839,645 M US$ | 9.90 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 571,376 M US$ | 65.65 M US$ | 282,851 M US$ | 3.34 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 480,522 M US$ | 55.21 M US$ | 285,578 M US$ | 3.37 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Switzerland and TurkeyCHE: total | per 1000 inh. | TUR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 71,557 km | 8.22 km | 67,333 km | 0.79 km |
Railways: | 3,236 km | 0.37 km | 10,378 km | 0.12 km |
Waterways: | 1,292 km | 0.15 km | 1,200 km | 0.01 km |
Harbours: | 20 | 0.0023 | 1,217 | 0.0144 |
Passenger airports: | 5 | 0.0006 | 51 | 0.0006 |
Energy balance
Details for Switzerland and TurkeyCHE: total | per 1000 inh. | TUR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 58.46 bn kWh | 6.72 m kWh | 231.10 bn kWh | 2.73 m kWh |
Energy production: | 59.01 bn kWh | 6.78 m kWh | 261.90 bn kWh | 3.09 m kWh |
Energy export: | 30.17 bn kWh | 3.47 m kWh | 1.44 bn kWh | 17,009.65 kWh |
Energy imports: | 34.10 bn kWh | 3.92 m kWh | 6.33 bn kWh | 74,667.88 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 37.38 m t | 4,294.87 t | 396.84 m t | 4,681.07 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Switzerland and TurkeySwitzerland | Turkey | |
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International dialing: | +41 | +90 |
Internet domain: | .ch | .tr |
CHE total | CHE per 1000 inh. | TUR total | TUR per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 3,071,296 | 353 | 12,448,604 | 147 |
Mobile cellulars: | 11,017,913 | 1266 | 82,128,104 | 969 |
Internet server: | 5,301,000 | 609 | 7,093,000 | 84 |
Internet users: | 8,193,255 | 941 | 65,505,783 | 773 |
Broadband Internet: | 4,007,000 | 460 | 18,135,736 | 214 |
Healthcare system
Details for Switzerland and TurkeySwitzerland | Turkey | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 4.63 | 2.85 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 4.24 | 1.76 |
Diabetes: | 5.7 % | 11.1 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.05 ‰ | 0.18 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 74.0 % | 81.0 % |
Smokers: | 25.5 % | 30.7 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Switzerland and Turkey
Switzerland | Turkey | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 15.3 °C | 20.5 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 6.5 °C | 9.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 10.8 °C | 17.5 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 76 % | 63 % |
Rain days: | 9.5 | 6.4 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.3 | 6.7 |
Native languages
Switzerland | Turkey | |
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Turkish: | n/a | 87.6 % |
German: | 62.5 % | n/a |
French: | 21.3 % | n/a |
Kurdish: | n/a | 10.6 % |
Italian: | 8.3 % | n/a |
Croatian: | 1.4 % | n/a |
Arabic: | n/a | 1.4 % |
Albanian: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Portuguese: | 1.2 % | n/a |
Spanish: | 1.1 % | n/a |
Romansh: | 0.5 % | n/a |
other: | 2.4 % | 0.4 % |
Religions
Switzerland | Turkey | |
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Islam: | 4.9 % | 99.0 % |
Christianity: | 70.8 % | 0.2 % |
Nondenominational: | 21.4 % | n/a |
Jewry: | 0.2 % | 0.1 % |
Yazidism: | n/a | 0.1 % |
other: | 2.7 % | 0.6 % |