Basic statistics of Switzerland, 2025
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
9.1 |
Population density per km² |
230.1 |
(39.7) |
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Under 15 (%) |
14.9 |
(16.4) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2024) |
84.2 |
(81.3) |
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Over 65 (%) |
20.4 |
(19.0) |
Men (2024) |
82.4 |
(78.8) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2024) |
31.1 |
(15.7) |
Women (2024) |
85.9 |
(83.8) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
1.0 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
October 2023 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Value added shares (%, OECD: 2024) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
1 063.4 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
0.7 |
(2.5) |
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In current prices (billion CHF) |
881.8 |
Industry including construction |
25.7 |
(25.7) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
2.8 |
(3.0) |
Services |
73.7 |
(71.8) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP)1 |
102.5 |
(64.2) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Expenditure (2024, OECD: 2025) |
32.2 |
(44.1) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2024) |
40.7 |
(109.3) |
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Revenue (2024, OECD: 2025) |
32.7 |
(39.2) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2024)2 |
-16.7 |
(65.7) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (CHF per USD) |
0.83 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
0.93 |
Gold and valuables |
40.0 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
32.6 |
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Exports of goods and services |
78.0 |
(29.9) |
Miscellaneous |
10.5 |
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Imports of goods and services |
69.4 |
(29.8) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
6.3 |
(-0. 6) |
Gold and valuables |
47.2 |
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Net international investment position |
113.3 |
Chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
19.3 |
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Machinery and electronics |
8.2 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
64.1 |
(58.0) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
4.8 |
(4.9) |
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Men (OECD: 2024) |
68.5 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %, OECD: 2024) |
8.8 |
(11.1) |
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Women (OECD: 2024) |
59.7 |
(51.0) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
1.6 |
(1.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
67.3 |
(61.0) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, OECD: 2024) |
46.2 |
(41.8) |
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Average hours worked per year |
1,512 |
(1 736) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2023, OECD: 2024) |
3.1 |
(2.7) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2024) |
2.5 |
(3.7) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2024) |
3.5 |
(7.5) |
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Renewables (%, 2024) |
30.1 |
(13.1) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2012) |
0.3 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2020) |
20.4 |
(56.5) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2024) |
0.7 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2023, OECD: latest available) |
0.315 |
(0.316) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2023, OECD: 2022) |
9.8 |
(11.4) |
Reading |
483 |
(476) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2023, OECD: 2022) |
47.6 |
(32.8) |
Mathematics |
508 |
(472) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
503 |
(485) |
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Health care |
11.6 |
(9.4) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
39.0 |
(33.4) |
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Pensions (2021) |
12.5 |
(9.9) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI) |
0.5 |
(0.4) |
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Education (public spending, % of GNI, 2021) |
4.4 |
(4.4) |
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Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries
1. OECD aggregate refers to weighted average. 2. Stock measure of consolidated net financial liabilities as % of GDP.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.