Egypt vs Switzerland
Egypt vs Switzerland: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $4,253 in Egypt and $93,330 in Switzerland, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by $89,077, or 22 times that in Egypt.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 118 and Switzerland ranked 3 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Egypt | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,253 | $93,330 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $4,138 | $93,020 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $4,111 | $92,950 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $4,030 | $93,360 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $3,837 | $90,920 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $3,771 | $86,290 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $3,701 | $88,930 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $3,569 | $88,580 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $3,453 | $86,360 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $3,381 | $85,950 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $3,307 | $85,270 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $3,236 | $85,000 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $3,216 | $83,910 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $3,221 | $83,350 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $3,222 | $83,310 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $3,234 | $83,070 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $3,135 | $81,290 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $3,052 | $83,930 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $2,902 | $82,910 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $2,762 | $80,450 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $2,636 | $77,740 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $2,574 | $76,000 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $2,525 | $74,590 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $2,498 | $75,360 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $2,492 | $75,650 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $2,459 | $74,930 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $2,362 | $72,710 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $2,277 | $71,850 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $2,205 | $70,120 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $2,134 | $68,850 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $2,075 | $68,770 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $2,025 | $66,500 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $1,990 | $64,450 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $1,979 | $66,410 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $1,940 | $67,930 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $1,972 | $69,580 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $1,922 | $69,780 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $1,882 | $68,520 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $1,835 | $67,310 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $1,817 | $65,530 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $1,785 | $64,150 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $1,738 | $63,070 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $1,632 | $60,730 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $1,599 | $59,850 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $1,496 | $59,460 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $1,431 | $59,520 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $1,336 | $58,750 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $1,310 | $56,690 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,236 | $55,720 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,161 | $56,440 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $1,049 | $55,530 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $986 | $54,120 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $993 | $52,730 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $982 | $51,090 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $975 | $50,330 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $959 | $50,120 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $930 | $47,410 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $905 | $45,660 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $943 | $44,620 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $959 | $43,700 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $936 | $43,260 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $915 | $42,150 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $842 | $40,120 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $783 | $38,910 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $773 | $38,280 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $755 | $36,950 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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
Egypt vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Switzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025