Poverty & Inequality in Switzerland 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2022 — 114th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2022 — 104th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2022 — 95th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2022 — 101st Prosperity gap 0.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 unchanged 118th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2022 — 110th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.8% 2022 up 20.8% 98th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2022 — 98th Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Income share held by second 20% 12.3% 2022 down 3.1% 53rd Gini index 33.8 2022 up 7.0% 63rd Income share held by lowest 20% 7.4% 2022 down 8.6% 54th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.9% 2022 down 12.1% 53rd Income share held by highest 10% 26.6% 2022 up 6.4% 62nd Income share held by highest 20% 41.5% 2022 up 4.3% 64th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.1% 2022 down 1.8% 64th Income share held by third 20% 16.6% 2022 down 1.2% 50th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.9% 2022 up 25.3% 56th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2022 up 2,227.8% 94th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 15.8% 2021 down 0.6% 44th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.3% 2022 — 54th