Areas Where Switzerland Is Better Than Japan

🇨🇭 Switzerland is ranked better in 20 indicators, while Japan is ranked better in 4 indicators.

• 💼 Education Expenditure as GDP Percentage

  4.92 🇨🇭

  |

  3.34 🇯🇵

  Indicates the share of national wealth invested in education, impacting long-term economic growth.

• 🗣️ Voice and Accountability: Estimate

  1.67 🇨🇭

  |

  1.11 🇯🇵

  Higher values indicate stronger democratic governance and citizen participation.

• 🌍 GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)

  90,820 🇨🇭

  |

  55,120 🇯🇵

  Allows comparison of living standards across countries by adjusting for price differences.

• 🌍 Human Development Index

  0.97 🇨🇭

  |

  0.93 🇯🇵

  Assesses long-term progress in health, education, and income. Higher values indicate better human development.

• 🚚 Ease of Arranging Shipments

  3.6 🇨🇭

  |

  3.3 🇯🇵

  Evaluates the ease of arranging competitively priced shipments, affecting trade competitiveness.

• ♀️ Gender Inequality Index

  0.01 🇨🇭

  |

  0.06 🇯🇵

  Measures gender disparities in reproductive health, empowerment, and labor market participation. Lower values indicate less inequality.

• 📊 Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

  0.89 🇨🇭

  |

  0.85 🇯🇵

  Adjusts the HDI for inequality in distribution of each dimension. Higher values indicate better human development with less inequality.

• 🕵️‍♂️ Control of Corruption: Estimate

  2.02 🇨🇭

  |

  1.4 🇯🇵

  Higher values indicate better control of corruption, enhancing governance.

• 🕊️ Political Stability Estimate

  1.07 🇨🇭

  |

  0.95 🇯🇵

  Higher values indicate a more stable political environment.

• ⚖️ Gender Development Index

  0.98 🇨🇭

  |

  0.97 🇯🇵

  Compares female and male Human Development Index (HDI) values. Higher values indicate more gender equality.

• ⚖️ Rule of Law: Estimate

  1.76 🇨🇭

  |

  1.54 🇯🇵

  Higher values indicate stronger adherence to the rule of law.

• 🔍 Tracking and Tracing Ability

  4.2 🇨🇭

  |

  4 🇯🇵

  Ability to track and trace consignments, crucial for supply chain transparency and efficiency.

• ⏱️ Timeliness of Shipments

  4.2 🇨🇭

  |

  4 🇯🇵

  Frequency with which shipments reach the consignee on time, affecting reliability in trade.

• 📦 Logistics Services Quality

  4.3 🇨🇭

  |

  4.1 🇯🇵

  Measures the competence and quality of logistics services, impacting supply chain efficiency.

• 🌐 Overall Logistics Performance

  4.1 🇨🇭

  |

  3.9 🇯🇵

  Overall assessment of logistics performance, crucial for trade and economic growth.

• 📜 Regulatory Quality: Estimate

  1.73 🇨🇭

  |

  1.47 🇯🇵

  Reflects the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies.

• 📦 Customs Efficiency

  4.1 🇨🇭

  |

  3.9 🇯🇵

  Measures the efficiency of customs clearance processes, impacting trade facilitation.

• 🏛️ Government Effectiveness: Estimate

  2.13 🇨🇭

  |

  1.63 🇯🇵

  Measures the quality of public services and policy implementation, crucial for governance.

• 🛤️ Infrastructure Quality

  4.4 🇨🇭

  |

  4.2 🇯🇵

  Assesses the quality of trade and transport infrastructure, crucial for logistics performance.

• ⏳ Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

  84.06 🇨🇭

  |

  84.04 🇯🇵

  A higher expectancy indicates better health and living conditions.

Areas Where Japan Is Better Than Switzerland