Poverty & Inequality in Switzerland 155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys 2025 down 30.0% 45th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 36.2% 50th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 52.6% 121st Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman 2023 down 5.4% 187th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,706 kg per hectare 2023 down 4.0% 31st Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 25.7% 152nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -6.17 % change on previous year 2023 up 23.1% 145th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.79 2023 up 1.1% 56th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.8% 2023 up 1.1% 56th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 21.7% 163rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.7899 % change on previous year 2023 up 32.0% 109th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -12.5 % change on previous year 2025 down 212.5% 106th Gender Inequality Index 0.01 2023 down 76.7% 166th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.7% 2023 up 3.4% 177th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0694 2023 down 4.3% 231st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0694 2023 down 4.3% 231st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0821 2023 down 5.6% 222nd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2022 — 97th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2022 — 103rd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2022 — 106th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2022 — 116th Prosperity gap 0.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 unchanged 120th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1767 2023 up 14.5% 134th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2022 — 100th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.8% 2022 up 20.8% 100th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2022 — 112th Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.894 2023 up 1.1% 4th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.894 2023 up 1.1% 4th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.894 2023 up 1.1% 4th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.2% 2022 — 102nd Three metrics of inequality 42.34 2022 down 1.9% 106th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4234 2022 down 1.9% 106th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 2,596 2023 up 23.3% 1st Income share held by second 20% 12.3% 2022 down 3.1% 53rd Income share held by third 20% 16.6% 2022 down 1.2% 52nd Income share held by fourth 20% 22.1% 2022 down 1.8% 66th Income share held by highest 20% 41.5% 2022 up 4.3% 66th Income share held by highest 10% 26.6% 2022 up 6.4% 62nd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.9% 2022 down 12.1% 53rd Income share held by lowest 20% 7.4% 2022 down 8.6% 54th Gini index 33.8 2022 up 7.0% 65th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.9% 2022 up 25.3% 58th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 1.08 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 up 365.5% 107th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2022 up 324.1% 109th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 16.2% 2024 up 17.4% 23rd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.2852 2022 down 8.4% 103rd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 24.2% 2024 down 0.4% 25th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2852 2022 down 8.4% 103rd Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 6.0% 2024 up 13.2% 34th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 60,171 2017 up 22.1% 4th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 19.3% 2024 up 6.0% 23rd Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 2.4% 2024 up 20.0% 35th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 32.0% 2022 down 3.0% 103rd Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 10.6% 2022 down 7.5% 89th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 1.3% 2020 down 23.5% 43rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 18.1% 2020 up 5.2% 29th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 39.4% 2024 down 0.4% 11th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2022 up 2,227.8% 94th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.338 2022 up 7.1% 63rd Page 1 of 3 Next →