Health in Switzerland

1,255 indicators covering health for Switzerland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 43 2022 unchanged 114th
Average of 13 International Health Regulations core capacity scores 91.28 2017 up 15.5% 37th
New cases: pulmonary smear-negative 29 2012 down 12.1% 160th
Hospital beds by function and type of care 37,791 2024 down 2.5% 15th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 35 2022 unchanged 116th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 50 2022 unchanged 80th
Average death rate due to natural disasters 91.72 2020 up 1,808.1% 12th
Number of full-time equivalent staff in national agency 6 2018 unchanged 43rd
Total number of notified TB cases 473 2014 down 21.4% 136th
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 220 2021 92nd
Specialist medical practitioners 24,707 2023 up 30.4% 32nd
Acute care — Acute myocardial infarction 30 day mortality 5.8 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 26.6% 11th
Acute care — Ischaemic stroke 30 day mortality 7.5 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 26.5% 11th
Acute care — Haemorrhagic stroke 30 day mortality 20.4 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 19.0% 15th
New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 95 2012 down 52.0% 62nd
How many health warnings are approved by the law for other smoked 16 2022 unchanged 4th
Insufficiently active 85.71 2016 up 0.8% 43rd
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 43 2022 unchanged 99th
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 87.3 2021 79th
Primary care — Congestive heart failure hospital admission 212.5 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2023 up 9.0% 8th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 50 2022 unchanged 67th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 35 2022 unchanged 104th
Medical doctors 46.7% 2023 up 20.7% 55th
Retreatment cases: other 47 2012 down 39.0% 78th
Road accident deaths per passenger kilometers 2.02 2021 down 41.2% 41st
Health care - Regions — Practising nurses 19.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 17.7% 1st
Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Practising nurses 19.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 17.7% 1st
Large household expenditures health 0.32 2017 down 34.7% 55th
Share of population with large household expenditures on health 10pc 7.9 2017 down 23.7% 37th
Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 2,500 2015 up 8.7% 109th
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient curative care 1.31 million 2023 up 9.8% 15th
Health graduates - historical data 1,115 2020 up 37.1% 20th
Expenditure on sickness and health care function by type of benefit 70,450 2023 up 77.5% 7th
Mortality by week 1,182 Deaths 2025 down 10.3% 19th
Preterm birth rate 6.96 2020 down 4.7% 73rd
Preterm birth 6,023 2020 up 4.0% 72nd
Number of reported deaths from cholera 0 2015 51st
Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household 10.3% 2017 down 8.8% 48th
Health personnel (excluding nursing and caring professionals) 38,613 2021 up 27.3% 12th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 11 2014 down 41.8% 33rd
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 0.5 2014 down 16.7% 115th
End-of-life care — Deaths in hospital 31.2 Percentage of deaths 2021 up 3.7% 17th
Hospital beds by type of care - historical data 39,390 2019 down 0.3% 16th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for smokeless 1 2022 unchanged 51st
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 18 2022 unchanged 92nd
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 100.0% 2016 unchanged 1st
Nursing personnel 84.9% 2023 down 2.2% 44th
Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 84.9% 2023 down 2.2% 44th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 35 2022 unchanged 56th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 0 2022 89th
Intensive care unit (ICU) beds and use — Paediatric intensive care 1.27 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2024 down 11.8% 10th
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 99.7% 2016 up 1.1% 5th
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient and curative 1.33 million 2019 up 10.3% 14th
Hpv vaccination coverage in 15 year olds 78 2024 up 32.2% 30th
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 4.46 2009 up 2.8% 124th
Confirmed cases of MDR-TB 8 2012 up 60.0% 91st
Self-perceived health by sex, age and educational attainment level 46.7 2024 up 0.4% 25th
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age 19.8 2024 down 18.2% 7th
Children with a birth weight 98.96 2020 down 1.0% 24th
Healthy life years by sex 84.2 2024 up 1.1% 1st