Science & Technology in Switzerland 108 indicators covering science & technology for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 6,108 2023 up 35.8% 10th Research & development spending as a share of GDP 3.2% 2023 up 12.1% 8th Medical technology availability 40.64 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2024 up 12.4% 10th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 289.42 Number 2012 down 33.6% 11th R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 30,268 Persons 2023 up 69.1% 20th Number of R&D researchers per million people 6,108 per million people 2023 up 35.8% 9th Researchers (HC) - % Female 36.8% 2023 up 13.4% 71st GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 26,643 Million euro 2023 up 73.6% 11th GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 26,643 Million euro 2023 up 73.6% 11th R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 96,712 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2023 up 28.1% 19th R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 96,712 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2023 up 28.1% 19th Technicians in R&D 2,620 per million people 2017 down 8.2% 3rd Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 42.5% 2023 up 17.0% 62nd Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 39.4% 2023 up 18.6% 66th Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 3,292 Thousand persons 2025 up 19.7% 14th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 26.2% 2023 up 12.3% 54th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 3,245 Number 2014 up 5.5% 13th Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 86,486 Head count 2023 up 43.5% 22nd Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 86,486 Head count 2023 up 43.5% 22nd Individuals - internet use 98.9% 2025 up 10.2% 7th Individuals - frequency of internet use 97.9% 2025 up 13.2% 8th Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 9,914 Number 2025 up 39.3% 3rd Share of female researchers by sector of performance 36.8% 2023 up 13.4% 31st Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies 1 patents 2020 down 50.0% 32nd Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies 3 patents 2022 up 50.0% 18th National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 876 Million euro 2024 up 185.4% 3rd Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 4,281 Number 2013 up 1.5% 8th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 573.78 Number 2013 down 7.0% 11th Proportion of population covered by at least a 5G mobile network 100.0% 2024 up 9.2% 1st High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 323.89 Number 2013 down 14.5% 15th Mobile broadband internet traffic 2.63 Exabyte 2025 up 1,652.7% 16th Broadband internet coverage by technology 99.4% 2025 unchanged 5th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 1,232 Number 2012 down 48.3% 11th Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 282.73 Number 2012 down 58.9% 10th Medical technology - historical data 342 Number 2020 up 34.1% 12th Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.4% 2024 down 71.4% 37th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 2.1% 2024 down 74.4% 37th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 2.1% 2024 down 74.4% 37th Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 361.62 Number 2013 down 2.2% 11th High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 19.6% 2022 up 39.3% 3rd Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 21.44 Number 2013 down 36.9% 11th Fixed broadband internet traffic 10.86 Exabyte 2025 up 570.1% 11th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 1,244 Number 2012 down 4.6% 8th Patent applications to the EPO with foreign co-inventors, by priority 961 Number 2013 up 1.1% 3rd Patent applications to the EPO by priority year, international patent 262.85 Number 2012 up 10.6% 7th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other 150.95 Number 2012 down 32.1% 12th Going Digital Toolkit - Data for the breakdown visualisations - part 1.84 Annual real value added growth 2017 down 54.1% 14th Broadband internet coverage by speed 99.8% 2020 unchanged 7th ← Previous Page 2 of 2