Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 47.9% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Switzerland, the GDP per capita is $114,769 as of 2025.

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Life

be 16.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Switzerland, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.0 times more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Switzerland, that number is 11.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 88.3% less likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Switzerland, that number is 0.6 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Liechtenstein is about 258 times smaller than Switzerland.
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Moving from Liechtenstein to Switzerland · OECD 2023
96 people moved from Liechtenstein to Switzerland.
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Switzerland: At a glance

Switzerland is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 39,997 sq km. The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. A constitution of 1848, subsequently modified in 1874, replaced the confederation with a centralized federal government. Switzerland's sovereignty and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers, and the country was not involved in either of the two world wars. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations, has strengthened Switzerland's ties with its neighbors. However, the country did not officially become a UN member until 2002. Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations but retains a strong commitment to neutrality.
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