Poverty & Inequality in Switzerland

155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Switzerland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Subjective poverty by tenure status 10.4% 2024 down 13.3% 37th
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 down 40.0% 5th
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 19.3% 2024 up 7.8% 26th
Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 6.0% 2024 up 13.2% 36th
Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 6.0% 2024 up 13.2% 36th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 21.4% 2024 up 54.0% 28th
Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 1.1% 2024 up 10.0% 39th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 1,702 Thousand persons 2024 up 15.3% 19th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3167 2022 up 11.1% 18th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.3067 2022 up 12.2% 20th
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 8,824 Thousand persons 2024 up 8.8% 18th
Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 7.8 Average 2024 up 1.3% 41st
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 2.5% 2024 up 108.3% 23rd
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 6.1% 2024 down 25.6% 33rd
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 6.1% 2024 down 25.6% 33rd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 1,702 Thousand persons 2024 up 15.3% 17th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 2.5% 2024 up 108.3% 23rd
Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 4.8% 2024 down 11.1% 29th
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 1.4% 2024 up 133.3% 30th
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 2.4% 2024 up 20.0% 35th
Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 211 Thousand persons 2024 up 31.9% 24th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 1,702 Thousand persons 2024 up 15.3% 17th
Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 94.7% 2020 down 0.7% 12th
Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 4.8% 2024 up 41.2% 21st
Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 111 Thousand persons 2020 down 11.9% 36th
Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.0% 2015 62nd
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2023 up 6.9% 12th
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 1.3% 2020 down 23.5% 45th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 18.1% 2020 up 5.8% 31st
At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 15.8% 2024 down 1.2% 5th
Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 0 Thousand persons 2024 15th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU 203 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 up 572.1% 10th
Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty) 1.1% 2017 up 6.5% 22nd
Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative) 0.4% 2017 up 17.4% 21st
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line 1.5% 2017 up 9.1% 22nd