Colombia vs Switzerland
Colombia vs Switzerland: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 53.7% in Colombia and 32% in Switzerland, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 21.7 percentage points, or 1.68 times that in Switzerland.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 45 and Switzerland ranked 108 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Colombia | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53.7 | 32 | – |
| 2023 | 53.8 | 32 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 54 | 31.9 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 54.1 | 31.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 54.2 | 31.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 54.3 | 31.8 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 54.5 | 31.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 54.6 | 31.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 54.8 | 31.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 55 | 31.6 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 55 | 31.5 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 55.1 | 31.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 55.2 | 31.4 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 55.3 | 31.3 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 55.4 | 31.3 | 32 |
| 2009 | 55.5 | 31.2 | 32 |
| 2008 | 55.6 | 31.1 | 32 |
| 2007 | 55.7 | 31 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 55.8 | 30.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 55.9 | 30.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 56 | 30.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 56.1 | 30.6 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 56.2 | 30.5 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 56.3 | 30.4 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 56.4 | 30.3 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 56.6 | 30.2 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 56.9 | 30.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 57.1 | 29.9 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 57.3 | 29.8 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 57.5 | 29.7 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 57.8 | 29.6 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 58 | 29.5 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 58.2 | 29.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 58.5 | 29.3 | – |
| 1990 | 58.7 | 29.2 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Colombia vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Switzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025