Switzerland in the Rankings
Zurich tops the IMD Smart City Index and is one of the world’s five most liveable cities, and as of October 2026 Switzerland punches far above its size on RList: a country ranked 100th by population turns up in a dozen rankings.
The Swiss have the sixth-highest life expectancy and drink the seventh-most coffee per person, and the Grande Dixence is the world’s eighth-tallest dam.
Where Switzerland ranks
Switzerland’s best placing in each ranking where it makes the top 10. Unranked lists show “Pick”.
| Rank | Ranking | Entry | Figure | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The World's Smartest Cities in 2026 | Zurich +2 more in the top 10 | 12025 rank | Tech & AI |
| #5 | The World's Most Liveable Cities in 2026 | Zurich +1 more in the top 10 | 96.4Overall (/100) | Geography & Countries |
| #6 | The Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy | Switzerland | 84.0Life expectancy (years) | Health & Medicine |
| #6 | The Deepest Lakes in Europe | Lake Maggiore +1 more in the top 10 | 372 mMax Depth | Geography & Countries |
| #7 | The Countries That Drink the Most Coffee per Person | Switzerland | 1.87Cups per person per day | Restaurants & Food |
| #8 | The Tallest Dams in the World | Grande Dixence Dam — Valais | 285 m (935 ft)Height | Buildings & Structures |
| #9 | The Countries with the Most Nobel Prizes | Switzerland | 27Total laureates | Science & Space |
| #9 | The Countries with the Most Michelin Three-Star Restaurants | Switzerland | 4Three-star restaurants | Restaurants & Food |
| #9 | The Largest Banks in Europe | UBS | $1.62TTotal assets | Money & Business |
| Pick | Cleaning Robots in 2026: Floor, Window & Facade, and Solar Panel | GEKKO Solar | Tech & AI | |
| Pick | Smart Building Tech for Moving People in 2026 | PORT destination dispatch +1 more on the list | Tech & AI | |
| Pick | Robot-as-a-Service Companies in 2026 | ANYbotics | Tech & AI |
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All 12 rankings
The Tallest Dams in the World
The world's 17 tallest dams in service, ranked by structural height: China's 315 m Shuangjiangkou Dam, which started generating power in June 2026, leads Jinping-I (305 m), Lianghekou (303 m) and Tajikistan's Nurek (300 m).
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The Countries with the Most Nobel Prizes
Which countries have produced the most Nobel Prize laureates? The United States leads with 429 through the 2026 announcements, ahead of the United Kingdom (144), Germany (116) and France (79), with a breakdown by prize.
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The Countries That Drink the Most Coffee per Person
Luxembourg tops the 2025 estimates at about 5.3 cups per person per day, ahead of Finland and Sweden, though Finland leads the older kilogram-per-year tables. Every figure is one dataset's estimate of average cups per resident, children included.
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The World's Smartest Cities in 2026
Zurich, Oslo and Geneva lead the IMD Smart City Index 2026, which ranks 148 cities on how residents rate their infrastructure and technology. Here are the top 20, with each city's move since 2025.
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The Countries with the Most Michelin Three-Star Restaurants
Michelin three-star restaurants by country, ranked: France leads with 30 (31 with Monaco), ahead of Japan with 21 and a tie between the US and Spain at 16. Counts as of October 4, 2026.
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The Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes, from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates). Monaco and San Marino lead the sovereign states, with Japan the highest large country; non-sovereign territories such as Hong Kong are excluded.
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The World's Most Liveable Cities in 2026
Copenhagen, Vienna and Melbourne lead the EIU's Global Liveability Index 2026 — the world's ten most liveable cities, with their scores for stability, healthcare, culture, education and infrastructure.
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Cleaning Robots in 2026: Floor, Window & Facade, and Solar Panel
A roundup of cleaning robots on the market in 2026 — autonomous floor scrubbers, window- and facade-cleaning robots, and waterless solar-panel cleaners — with maker, country, launch year and a standout spec for each.
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Smart Building Tech for Moving People in 2026
Connected elevators, AI lobby screening, elevator-riding delivery robots and indoor wayfinding: 25 real products that move people and parcels through buildings in 2026.
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Robot-as-a-Service Companies in 2026
Twenty companies that rent, subscribe or charge per use for their robots instead of selling them, and how each one gets paid.
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The Deepest Lakes in Europe
Norway's fjord lakes dominate — Europe's deepest, ranked by max depth.
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The Largest Banks in Europe
Ranked by total assets, from London to Frankfurt.
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