Reference Data in Switzerland

3,169 indicators covering reference data for Switzerland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Proportion of population facing large (but non-impoverishing) 3.0% 2017 down 19.4% 48th
Mean vs. median income or consumption 87.39 international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 up 2.7% 3rd
Income or consumption of the poorest and richest 10% 34.02 international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 down 5.5% 6th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day 0.0% 2022 — 100th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day 0.2% 2022 up 1,225.4% 106th
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day 0.3% 2022 up 160.1% 115th
Income or consumption of the poorest 10% vs. mean income 34.02 international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 down 5.5% 6th
Median income: 2021 vs. 2017 international-$ 72.29 international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 up 1.8% 3rd
Threshold income or consumption per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile 1,021 international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 down 5.5% 6th
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain 51.5 Percentage of employees 2021 up 3.0% 13th
Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 24.9% 2017 up 22.4% 7th
Access to Clean Fuels and Technologies for cooking 100.0% 2016 unchanged 1st
Aquaculture production 2,500 Tonnes 2022 up 70.0% 38th
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in secondary public 92.2% 2015 up 0.6% 73rd
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 12.3% 2018 up 31.8% 7th
Unemployment rate,Percent 3.0% 2026 down 8.5% 60th
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in primary public 87.9% 2017 down 2.8% 101st
Single commodity indicators — Consumer Single Commodity Transfer -158.17 Euro 2024 down 52.0% 14th
Single commodity indicators — Excess feed cost 14.37 Euro 2024 down 24.9% 5th
Single commodity indicators — Other transfers from consumers 93.53 Euro 2024 up 63.7% 3rd
Single commodity indicators — Payments based on output 0 Euro 2024 — 6th
Single commodity indicators — Transfers to producers from consumers 79 Euro 2024 up 19.7% 6th
Human trafficking victims 59 number 2024 up 68.6% 81st
Life table by age and sex 0.0034 2024 down 16.5% 29th
Length of motorways and e-roads 1,549 Kilometre 2024 up 8.4% 18th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes 13.6% 2018 down 19.3% 48th
People without clean fuels for cooking, by world region 0 people 2016 — 153rd
International tourist departures 11.28 million departures 2022 down 6.8% 19th
Mountain Green Cover Index 71.7% 2021 down 0.4% 153rd
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D by sector of performance and type 22,104 US dollars, PPP converted 2023 up 36.1% 13th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, female 16.8% 2018 down 9.8% 43rd
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, male 10.5% 2018 down 30.5% 50th
Reported passenger kilometers 19.34 billion passenger-kilometers 2022 up 0.4% 13th
Relative share of passenger kilometers travelled by rail and road 19.34 billion passenger-kilometers 2022 up 0.4% 13th
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes 0.1215 years 2018 down 24.9% 56th
Passenger-kilometers by air 62.58 billion revenue passenger kilometres 2024 up 15.0% 30th
Projected deaths by age, sex, type of projection and other typologies 56,420 Person 2100 up 3.3% 11th
Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 16,739 2017 up 26.6% 2nd
Enforcing contracts: Filing and service 40 days 2019 unchanged 72nd
R&D personnel by sector of performance and function — R&D Personnel 149,651 Persons 2023 up 27.4% 11th
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female 0.148 years 2018 down 16.1% 50th
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male 0.0956 years 2018 down 35.1% 66th
Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 37.8% 2017 down 10.5% 41st
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity 1.55 GPI 2018 up 29.3% 23rd
Global number of reported disasters by size, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2024 down 200.0% 22nd
Cooling and heating degree days by country - annual data 3,482 Number 2025 down 4.1% 8th
Cooling and heating degree days by country - monthly data 503.84 Number 2025 up 10.1% 8th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity 1.6 GPI 2018 up 29.9% 24th
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in secondary public 80.4% 2015 up 2.9% 34th
Official development assistance to least-developed countries 1.09 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2024 up 16.1% 11th
Core CPI,not seas.adj 105.3 2026 up 6.7% 72nd
Marriages by sex and previous marital status 36,769 Number 2024 down 12.2% 24th
Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 25,388 2017 down 7.5% 3rd
Share of consumer expenditure spent on food 9.0% 2023 down 1.6% 100th
Food expenditure per person 4,450 current US$ 2023 up 15.9% 1st
Share of expenditure spent on food vs. food expenditure per person 9.0% 2023 down 1.6% 100th
Industrial countries' effective exchange rates - quarterly data 116.15 Index, 2015=100 2026 up 17.5% 1st
Industrial countries' effective exchange rates - monthly data 115.33 Index, 2015=100 2026 up 16.1% 1st
Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 6.1% 2022 down 16.8% 103rd
Cumulative number of objects launched into space 24 objects 2023 up 1,100.0% 28th