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Canada vs Sweden
CanadaNorth America
SwedenNorthern Europe
Canada is cheaper (cost of living 63.0 vs 68.0) and more peaceful (Global Peace Index 1.525 vs 1.732).Sweden scores higher on human development (0.959 vs 0.939), has the higher income per person ($63,010 vs $56,420) and has the longer life expectancy (84.1 vs 82.1 years).
Safety
Canada is the more peaceful
- Global Peace Indexlower is more peaceful
- Canada1.525Very high safety#14 of 161IEP GPI · 2026
- Sweden1.732High safety#40 of 161IEP GPI · 2026
- Homicidesper 100,000 people a year
- Canada2.0ModerateUNODC / World Bank · 2023
- Sweden1.1LowUNODC / World Bank · 2023
- Safety indexNumbeo's safety index, higher is safer
- Canada54.4ModerateNumbeo · 2026
- Sweden52.1ModerateNumbeo · 2026
- UK travel adviceFCDO, for British travellers
- CanadaNo advice against travelFCDO foreign travel advice, GOV.UK · read 2026-10-29
- SwedenNo advice against travelFCDO foreign travel advice, GOV.UK · read 2026-10-29
Money
Income per person is higher in Sweden
- GNI per personnational income per person, US dollars
- Canada$56,420Very highWorld Bank · 2025
- Sweden$63,010Very highWorld Bank · 2025
Health
People live longer in Sweden
- Life expectancyyears, at birth
- Canada82.1Very high#28 of 195World Bank · 2024
- Sweden84.1Very high#7 of 195World Bank · 2024
Work and internet
Broadband is faster in Canada
- Home internetmedian download speed
- Canada278 MbpsVery fast#11 of 149Ookla Speedtest · 2025
- Sweden208 MbpsVery fast#32 of 149Ookla Speedtest · 2025
- Youth unemploymentshare of 15 to 24 year olds in the labour force
- CanadaNo figure from Eurostat
- Sweden24.3%Very highEurostat · 2025
How it changed
Human development: Sweden 0.959, Canada 0.939
CanadaSweden
UNDP Human Development Report, 1990–2023.
Practical facts
- Capital
- Ottawa
- Stockholm
- Population
- 41.7M (2025)
- 10.6M (2025)
- Languages
- English, French
- Swedish
- Currency
- Canadian dollar (CAD)
- Swedish krona (SEK)
- Area
- 8,788,700 km²
- 407,270 km²
- Plug type
- Type A/B
- Type C/F
- Drives on the
- right
- right
- Short visit
- Visa-free for UK, EU and US passports
- Visa-free for UK, EU and US passports
Short visits: passport-index-dataset, 2024, for UK, EU (German) and US passports. Population and area: World Bank. Languages, currency and driving side: restcountries.com. Plug types: worldstandards.eu.
Every figure
Canada and Sweden, side by side
Canada leads on 17 Sweden on 447 level116 figures. 11 are held for only one country; the other shows a dash. Rows such as population, religion and tax levels have no better or worse end, so they show both values and no verdict. Level means under 2% apart.
Money and cost27
- Median IncomeEurostat · 2025
- —
- €28,574High
- PPP / Cap aheadWorld Bank · 2025
- $66,746High
- $72,529High
- GDP / Cap aheadWorld Bank · 2025
- $55,698Very high
- $63,133Very high
- GNI / Cap aheadWorld Bank · 2025
- $56,420Very high
- $63,010Very high
- Local purchasing power aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 119.4Very high
- 133.5Very high
- Cost of Living aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 63.0Moderate
- 68.0Expensive
- Cost of living with rent aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 48.9Very high
- 47.8Very high
- Rent index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 31.5Very expensive
- 22.6Expensive
- Groceries indexLevelNumbeo · 2026
- 69.6Very high
- 68.4Very high
- Restaurant prices index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 64.1Very high
- 70.8Very high
- Property Price-to-IncomeLevelNumbeo Property Investment · 2026
- 7.5Very affordable
- 7.6Very affordable
- Price level ratioLevelWorld Bank ICP
- 1.534Very high
- 1.540Very high
- Housing OverburdenEurostat · 2025
- —
- 10.8%Very high
- Electricity PriceEurostat · 2025
- —
- €0.271Expensive
- Energy PovertyEurostat · 2025
- —
- 4.7%Moderate
- Inflation aheadWorld Bank · 2025
- 2.1%Low
- 0.7%Very low
- Pension Replacement aheadOECD Pensions at a Glance · 2024
- 37.1%Very low
- 63.7%High
- Bank AccountLevelWorld Bank Global Findex · 2024
- 98.4%Very high
- 98.6%Very high
- Send Remittance aheadWorld Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2023
- 3%Moderate
- 4.9%High
- Tax WedgeOECD Taxing Wages · 2025
- 32.1%
- 41.1%
- Top Income TaxWikipedia · 2024
- 54.8%
- 48%
- Corporate TaxWikipedia · 2024
- 31%
- 20.6%
- VAT / GSTWikipedia · 2024
- 5%
- 25%
- Tax RevenueWorld Bank · 2024
- 13.7%
- 27.2%
- GDP (total)World Bank · 2025
- $2,320 bn
- $669 bn
- FDI InflowsWorld Bank · 2025
- 3%
- 2.9%
- Innovation aheadWIPO Global Innovation Index · 2025
- 51.1Very high
- 62.6Very high
Work4
- UnemploymentWorld Bank · 2025
- 6.9%
- 8.7%
- Youth UnemploymentEurostat · 2025
- —
- 24.3%Very high
- Long Work Hours aheadOECD Better Life Index · 2020
- 3.3%Low
- 0.9%Very low
- Public Holidaysdate.nager.at · 2025
- 13
- 16
Equality7
- Income Inequality aheadWorld Bank · 2022–2023
- 31.5Low
- 29.3Very low
- Income Share Bot. 20% aheadWorld Bank · 2022–2023
- 7.7High
- 7.9High
- Income Share Top 10% aheadWorld Bank · 2022–2023
- 24.6Low
- 22.3Very low
- Poverty Rate aheadWorld Bank · 2022–2023
- 0.6%Very low
- 1.5%Very low
- Poverty RiskEurostat · 2025
- —
- 15.6%Moderate
- Gender Inequality aheadUNDP Human Development Report · 2023
- 0.052Very low
- 0.007Very low
- Inequality-Adj. HDI aheadUNDP HDR
- 0.867Very high
- 0.886Very high
Safety10
- Peace Index aheadIEP Global Peace Index · 2026
- 1.525Very high safety
- 1.732High safety
- Safety aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 54.4Moderate
- 52.1Moderate
- Homicides / 100k aheadUNODC / World Bank · 2023
- 2.0Moderate
- 1.1Low
- Crime PerceptionEurostat · 2023
- —
- 9.4%High
- Assault Rate aheadUNODC CTS · 2023
- 226.9Very high
- 45.5Moderate
- Robbery Rate aheadUNODC CTS · 2024
- 60.4High
- 44.9High
- Sexual Violence Rate aheadUNODC CTS · 2023
- 106.1Very high
- 191.5Very high
- Kidnapping RateUNODC CTS · 2023
- 10.1Very high
- —
- Road Deaths / 100k aheadWHO GHO · 2021
- 4.7Very low
- 2.1Very low
- Disaster Risk aheadWorld Risk Index · 2022
- 19Very high
- 2.1Low
Health16
- Life Expectancy aheadWorld Bank · 2024
- 82.1Very high
- 84.1Very high
- Infant Mortality aheadWorld Bank · 2024
- 4.7Low
- 2Very low
- Healthcare QualityLevelNumbeo · 2026
- 68.6Good
- 68.3Good
- UHC Service Coverage aheadWHO GHO · 2023
- 92Very high
- 85Very high
- Physicians / 1k aheadWorld Bank · 2021–2023
- 2.8High
- 4.4Very high
- Hospital Beds aheadWorld Bank · 2022
- 2.5Moderate
- 1.900Low
- Out-of-Pocket Health % aheadWorld Bank · 2024
- 15.3%Low
- 13.4%Low
- Healthcare SpendWorld Bank · 2024
- $6,378
- $6,485
- Clean WaterLevelWorld Bank · 2024
- 98.3%High
- 99.8%High
- PM2.5 concentration aheadWHO GHO · 2023
- 8.8Low
- 4.6Very low
- Air-pollution Deaths / 100k aheadWHO GHO · 2021
- 8.5Very low
- 5.3Very low
- Obesity aheadWHO GHO · 2024
- 26%High
- 17.5%Low
- Tobacco Use aheadWHO GHO · 2023
- 11%Low
- 20.4%Moderate
- Raised Blood Glucose aheadWHO GHO · 2014
- 5.5%Very low
- 4.9%Very low
- Suicide Rate / 100k aheadWHO GHO · 2021
- 9.4High
- 13.8Very high
- Alcohol L / capitaWHO GHO · 2024
- 9.2
- 8.7
Education and getting online9
- Tertiary EducationEurostat · 2025
- —
- 50.8%Very high
- PISA Math aheadOECD PISA Results · 2022
- 497Very high
- 482High
- PISA Reading aheadOECD PISA Results · 2022
- 507Very high
- 487Very high
- PISA Science aheadOECD PISA Results · 2022
- 515Very high
- 494High
- Education SpendWorld Bank · 2022
- 4.8%
- 7.3%
- English Proficiency aheadEF English Proficiency Index · 2025
- 700Native
- 609Very high
- InternetLevelWorld Bank · 2024–2025
- 94.4%Very high
- 95.8%Very high
- Home internet speed aheadOokla Speedtest Global Index · 2025
- 278 MbpsVery fast
- 208 MbpsVery fast
- Mobile internet speed aheadOokla Speedtest Global Index · 2025
- 113 MbpsModerate
- 159 MbpsHigh
Governance and freedom8
- Rule of Law aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 1.48Very high
- 1.74Very high
- Corruption aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 1.59Very high
- 1.96Very high
- Political Stability aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 0.81High
- 0.85High
- Government Effectiveness aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 1.76Very high
- 1.82Very high
- Regulatory Quality aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 1.44Very high
- 1.57Very high
- Democracy aheadEIU Democracy Index · 2025
- 9.1Very high
- 9.4Very high
- Freedom House aheadFreedom House · 2025
- 97Very high
- 99Very high
- Press Freedom aheadRSF World Press Freedom Index · 2026
- 78.8Good
- 87.6Good
Quality of life10
- Human Development aheadUNDP Human Development Report · 2023
- 0.939Very high
- 0.959Very high
- Happiness aheadWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 6.74Moderate
- 7.25High
- Quality of life index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 172High
- 189.3Very high
- Climate index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 54.9Fair
- 65Good
- WHR: GDPWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 1.917
- 1.950
- WHR: Social SupportWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 1.525
- 1.570
- WHR: Healthy Life Exp.World Happiness Report · 2026
- 0.955
- 1.027
- WHR: FreedomWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 0.948
- 1.070
- WHR: GenerosityWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 0.153
- 0.149
- WHR: Corruption TrustWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 0.321
- 0.447
People and planet23
- PopulationWorld Bank · 2025
- 41,651,653
- 10,596,620
- AreaWorld Bank
- 8,788,700 km²
- 407,270 km²
- Median AgeWorld Bank age-group shares
- 42
- 41.7
- Population GrowthWorld Bank · 2025
- 0.94%
- 0.25%
- Urban PopulationWorld Bank · 2025
- 82.9%
- 89.1%
- Net MigrationWorld Bank · 2025
- 326,204
- 47,079
- Foreign-Born %UN DESA International Migrant Stock · 2024
- 22.2%
- 21.4%
- Fertility RateWorld Bank · 2024
- 1.25
- 1.43
- Avg Household SizeOECD Family Database · 2024
- 2.4
- 2.1
- Single-Person HouseholdsOECD Family Database · 2021
- 29.3%
- 39.2%
- Lone-Parent HouseholdsOECD Family Database · 2021
- 8.7%
- 6.7%
- ChristianPew Research · 2020
- 53.3%
- 60.8%
- MuslimPew Research · 2020
- 4.9%
- 8.1%
- HinduPew Research · 2020
- 1.5%
- 0.5%
- BuddhistPew Research · 2020
- 1.7%
- 0.8%
- JewishPew Research · 2020
- 0.9%
- 0.2%
- UnaffiliatedPew Research · 2020
- 34.6%
- 28.9%
- Other religionsPew Research · 2020
- 3%
- 0.8%
- CO₂ / Capita aheadWorld Bank · 2024
- 14Very high
- 3.6High
- Renewables aheadWorld Bank · 2021
- 23.8%Moderate
- 57.9%High
- Forest CoverWorld Bank · 2023
- 39.5%
- 68.7%
- Climate Vulnerability aheadND-GAIN Country Index · 2023
- 0.282Very low
- 0.317Very low
- Climate Readiness aheadND-GAIN Country Index · 2023
- 0.645Very high
- 0.714Very high
Other2
- Unmet Medical NeedEurostat · 2025
- —
- 2.1%
- Leisure TimeOECD Better Life Index · 2020
- 14.6
- —
Quick answers
Is Canada cheaper than Sweden?
Numbeo's 2026 cost-of-living index (NYC = 100) puts Canada at 63.0 and Sweden at 68.0. Canada is about 7% cheaper overall.
Is Canada or Sweden safer?
On the Global Peace Index (lower = more peaceful), Canada scores 1.52 and Sweden scores 1.73. Canada ranks as the more peaceful of the two.
Which has the higher quality of life, Canada or Sweden?
On the UN Human Development Index, Canada scores 0.939 and Sweden scores 0.959. Sweden scores higher on this composite of income, health and education. Single indexes hide trade-offs; the full comparison above shows where each country wins.
What is life like in Canada compared to Sweden?
GNI per capita runs $56,420 in Canada against $63,010 in Sweden; people live 82.1 years on average against 84.1; Numbeo users rate healthcare 69 against 68. Those are national averages and they hide the thing you actually feel: capital-city costs run well ahead of the national figure in most countries, and rural provision of healthcare and internet often lags the number shown here. The table below splits it indicator by indicator.