Work & Labour in Switzerland 988 indicators covering work & labour for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of male vs. female employment in industry 28.3% 2025 down 5.4% 69th Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 2.9% 2025 down 26.6% 158th Share of male vs. female employment in services 68.8% 2025 up 4.0% 28th Employment rate, men vs. women 68.0% 2025 down 3.9% 73rd Employment rate 63.5% 2025 down 2.2% 47th Youth unemployment rate 9.0% 2025 up 2.6% 127th Population by labor force status 1.33 million people 2025 up 8.4% 113th Employee compensation as share of government spending 7.0% 2023 up 1.1% 150th CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 10.37 2025 down 1.1% 166th LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 695.37 2025 — 31st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 192.91 Persons 2022 up 2.6% 64th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 246.49 Persons 2022 up 19.5% 66th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.4% 2020 down 29.5% 133rd Female labor force by age 88,431 people 2024 up 34.1% 70th Labor force participation rate by age 65.7% 2024 down 3.2% 14th Female labor force participation rate by age 64.6% 2024 down 4.2% 16th Jobs gap 749.36 2025 — 23rd Jobs gap rate 13.3 2025 — 23rd Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 500.82 2025 — 21st Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 8.9 2025 — 15th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 8.2% 2024 down 4.2% 139th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0017 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.9% 104th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0081 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% 23rd Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 4.31 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.4% 39th Employment by status 83.2% 2024 down 1.9% 50th Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 83.2% 2024 down 1.9% 50th Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.1052 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% 74th Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.1052 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% 73rd Employment 4,886 2025 up 7.7% 72nd Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -0.2527 % change on previous year 2025 down 141.3% 79th Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -0.2527 % change on previous year 2025 down 141.3% 79th Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -0.2527 % change on previous year 2025 down 141.3% 79th Cases of fatal occupational injury 48 2023 down 37.7% 57th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.4% 2025 up 1,218.2% 106th Unemployment with basic education 8.4% 2024 up 1.4% 49th Unemployment with basic education, male 8.5% 2024 up 2.4% 45th Unemployment with intermediate education 3.8% 2024 down 19.3% 102nd Unemployment with basic education, female 8.2% 2024 up 0.2% 59th Unemployment with advanced education 3.4% 2024 down 2.7% 81st Unemployment with intermediate education, female 3.5% 2024 down 25.6% 107th SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.18 2024 down 48.6% 165th Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.18 score 2024 down 48.6% 166th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 7.0% 2025 down 25.2% 111th Unemployment with intermediate education, male 4.1% 2024 down 13.4% 83rd Labor force with basic education, female 44.7% 2024 up 5.3% 43rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 6.4% 2025 down 27.1% 113th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 7.6% 2025 down 23.8% 108th Labor force with basic education, male 62.8% 2024 down 0.6% 60th Labor force with basic education 52.8% 2024 up 3.3% 55th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 61.6% 2024 down 1.5% 39th Labor force with intermediate education, male 69.8% 2024 down 3.6% 84th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 65.6% 2024 down 2.4% 62nd Unemployment with advanced education, male 2.7% 2024 down 17.3% 93rd Labor force with advanced education, male 80.5% 2024 down 1.5% 78th Labor force with advanced education 80.0% 2024 down 0.8% 44th Labor force with advanced education, female 79.5% 2024 up 0.4% 34th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 59.7% 2025 up 0.8% 34th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 68.5% 2025 down 3.1% 76th Unemployment with advanced education, female 4.2% 2024 up 11.5% 71st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 64.1% 2025 down 1.2% 49th ← Previous Page 4 of 17 Next →