Country+Data+and+Comparison

=﻿Country Data and Comparison= On this page, you can view Switzerland's data such as per capita income, land area, governmental system, education, natural resources, major transportation methods, religions, languages, climate, population and more. This page includes a series of charts and diagrams of this data about Switzerland, the U.S., and the world. This page will compare and contrast the data.

Per Capita Income

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * $66,900 || $46,000 || $11,200 ||

Land Area

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * 15443 mi || 3.537 million mi || 57.58 million mi ||

Governmental System
structure to a federal republic || Democracy || All members of the UN are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ||
 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * Confederation but similar in

Literacy Rate

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * 99% || 99% || 82% ||

Education Level

 * ~ Switzerlnad ||~ U.S. ||
 * 15 and up can read and write || 15 and up can read and write ||

Natural Resources
salt, timber || bauxite, coal, copper, gold, iron, lead, mercury, molybdenum, natural gas, ect. ||
 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||
 * Hydropower,

Major Transportation Methods

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||
 * car, train, airplane || airplane, car, bus, train, boat ||

Religions

 * ~  ||~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * ~ Catholic || 41.8% || 23.9% || 16.99% ||
 * ~ Protestant || 35.3% || 51.3% || 5.78% ||
 * ~ Muslim || 4.3% || 0.6% || 21.01% ||

Languages

 * ~  ||~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * ~ German || 63.7% || .46% || 1.35% ||
 * ~ French || 20.4% || .7% || 2.73% ||
 * ~ Spanish || 1.1% || 10.7% || 4.93% ||

Climate
varies with altitude || mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska || Cold near the poles, hot near the equator ||
 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * temperate, but

Population

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * 7,639,961 || 313,232,044 || 6,928,198,253 ||

Population Density

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * 492 people/mi || 87.3 people/mi || 118 people/mi ||

Topography
plains, and plateaus || hills, rivers, mountains, valleys, volcanoes ||
 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||
 * hills, lakes, mountains,

Economic Systems

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||
 * liberal || Capitalism ||

Imports

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * $226.3 billion || $1.903 trillion || $14.73 trillion ||

Exports
billion || $1.27 trillion || $14.95 trillion ||
 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||~ World ||
 * $232.6

Manufacturing and Industry
products, watches, and textiles and apparel. || agricultural products, capital goods, industrial supplies, and consumer goods ||
 * ~ Swizerland ||~ U.S. ||
 * machinery and equipment, chemical-pharmaceutical

Main Trading Partners

 * ~ Switzerland ||~ U.S. ||
 * Germany, US, France || Canada, Mexico, China ||

Summary
The US has many more physical features than Switzerland, but they have pretty much the same climate. Also, many people speak Spanish in the US but not many do in Switzerland. Some other observations found from the tables above are that Switzerland and the US have different government systems as well as economic systems. Also, Switzerland and The United States have the same literacy rate. Catholic is the main religion in Switzerland and Protestent is second while in the US Protestent is the main religion and Catholic is the second.