OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland 2022
Basic statistics of Switzerland, 2020
Basic statistics of Switzerland, 2020*
(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)**
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
8.6 |
Population density per km² |
218.6 |
(38.6) |
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Under 15 (%) |
15.0 |
(17.8) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2019) |
83.7 |
(80.2) |
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Over 65 (%) |
19.1 |
(17.4) |
Men (2019) |
81.9 |
(77.6) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2019) |
29.9 |
(13.2) |
Women (2019) |
85.6 |
(82.9) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
0.8 |
(0.6) |
Latest general election |
October 2019 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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Value added shares (%) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
752.4 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
0.7 |
(2.8) |
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In current prices (billion CHF) |
705.9 |
Industry including construction |
25.3 |
(26.3) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
1.0 |
(0.8) |
Services |
74.0 |
(71.0) |
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Per capita (000 USD PPP) |
71.7 |
(46.4) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Per cent of GDP |
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Expenditure |
37.8 |
(49.8) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2019) |
43.9 |
(108.9) |
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Revenue |
35.0 |
(38.8) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2019) |
-17.2 |
(68.0) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (CHF per USD) |
0.94 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
1.14 |
Chemicals and related products |
39.4 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Commodities and transactions |
22.4 |
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Exports of goods and services |
62.3 |
(50.6) |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
16.4 |
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Imports of goods and services |
53.6 |
(47.1) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
1.2 |
(0.0) |
Commodities and transactions |
30.2 |
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Net international investment position |
99.9 |
Chemicals and related products |
19.6 |
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Machinery and transport equipment |
18.0 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
64.6 |
(55.1) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
4.8 |
(7.1) |
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Men |
70.0 |
(63.0) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
8.6 |
(15.1) |
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Women |
59.4 |
(47.7) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %) |
1.6 |
(1.3) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
67.9 |
(59.5) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %) |
45.3 |
(39.0) |
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Average hours worked per year |
1,495 |
(1,687) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2017, OECD: 2018) |
3.4 |
(2.6) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe) |
2.7 |
(3.7) |
CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2019) |
4.2 |
(8.3) |
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Renewables (%) |
23.8 |
(11.9) |
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, 2019) |
48.5 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2019) |
0.7 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2018, OECD: latest available) |
0.311 |
(0.317) |
Education outcomes (PISA score, 2018) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2018) |
10.5 |
(11.7) |
Reading |
484 |
(485) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2018) |
38.5 |
(25.4) |
Mathematics |
515 |
(487) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
495 |
(487) |
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Health care (2019) |
11.3 |
(8.8) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
41.5 |
(31.5) |
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Pensions (2018, OECD: 2017) |
12.2 |
(8.6) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI, 2017) |
0.5 |
(0.4) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2019) |
4.6 |
(4.4) |
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*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.
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.