Social Development in Switzerland 163 indicators covering social development for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 33 2025 — 175th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 — 190th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 — 190th Political Rights Score 39 2025 unchanged 9th Freedom Score 96 2025 unchanged 13th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 17,039 2025 down 47.9% 45th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0019 units per person 2025 down 52.5% 30th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 64.7% 92nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -34 % change on previous year 2025 up 66.0% 124th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 0.1705 % change on previous year 2025 down 99.7% 80th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.955 2025 unchanged 9th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.981 2025 unchanged 9th Political Corruption Index 0.02 2025 down 4.8% 170th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.02 2025 down 4.8% 170th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.83 2024 down 8.7% 56th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0011 units per square kilometre 2023 — 175th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.478 units per square kilometre 2023 down 14.5% 16th LGBT+ Rights Index 5.95 2019 up 20.2% 38th Forcibly displaced people 225,326 2025 up 112.5% 60th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 55 years 2025 up 22.2% 37th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 81 2024 down 5.8% 5th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 8.76 2024 down 12.1% 51st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 8.07 2024 down 11.3% 39th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.7747 2024 down 17.0% 78th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0843 2024 down 29.9% 152nd Self-reported life satisfaction 7.02 2025 down 6.5% 10th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 7.02 2025 down 6.5% 10th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 36.2% 2024 up 6.2% 108th Homicide rate 0.5975 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 15.2% 157th Homicides 53 homicides 2023 down 7.0% 112th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.5975 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 15.2% 157th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.5975 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 15.2% 156th Age of electoral democracy 177 years 2025 up 6.0% 1st States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 1.94 2020 up 8.0% 5th Homicides 42 deaths 2023 down 6.7% 71st Child homicide rate 0.3407 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 12.3% 61st Citizen satisfaction with democracy 2.58 2020 up 21.7% 2nd Homicide rate 0.4757 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 14.5% 93rd Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.4757 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 14.5% 93rd Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 38.54 deaths 2021 down 21.5% 149th Homicide rate 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 29.0% 188th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.4435 2021 down 28.5% 181st Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 1.49 million 2030 down 8.3% 66th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 10.04 2030 down 1.2% 35th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →