Switzerland, is a country located at Western Europe, it has an area of 41,291 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Switzerland, with a population of 8,962,258 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 217 people per km2.

It's capital is Bern and its currency is Swiss francs

Switzerland is holding the 20 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 325,312 millions of euros (352,005 millions of dollars), ( 37.58% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €36,298 euros per inhabitant$39,276 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Switzerland was on April of 2025 and it was 0%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Switzerland, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.967 points in 2022, leaving it in 1th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Switzerland are business, you must know it's in the 36th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Switzerland, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Bern: Monthly Rainfall
Switzerland Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q424,715K
Annual GDP [+]2024€865,620M
Annual GDP [+]2024$936,564M
GDP per capita [+]2024€96,020
GDP per capita [+]2024$104,523
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€221,507M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2024325,312
Debt ($M) [+]2024352,005
Debt (%GDP) [+]202437.58%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€36,298
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$39,276
Deficit (M.€) [+]20245,000
Deficit ($M) [+]20245,410
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20240.58%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024276,745.1
Expenditure ($M) [+]2024299,453.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202138,662.7
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202140,972.1
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202114.55%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202367,145,653,426.6
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202233,489.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202212.41%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20235,811.1
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20236,285.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.20%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202431.97%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€30,879
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$33,413
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€4,440
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$5,272
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€7,617
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$3,832
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€652
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$713
Moody's Rating [+]02/14/2025Aaa
S&P Rating [+]10/01/1988AAA
Fitch Rating [+]02/28/2020AAA
Corruption Index [+]202382
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019
Fragile States Index [+]202416.2
RTI Raking [+]202487º
Innovation Ranking [+]2024
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]December 20244.5%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q44.4%
Unemployed [+]2024Q4224K
NMW [+]2024$5,011.6
NMW [+]2024€4,548.8
Average Wage [+]2023$113,650
Average Wage [+]2024€104,378
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017
Markets
Euro / Swiss francs [+]05/16/20250.9381
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/16/20250.8368
10-Year Bond Yield [+]05/16/20250.30%
Risk Premium [+]05/16/2025-229
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]05/16/20256.10%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]April 20250.0%
HICP [+]March 20250.1%
PPI Year on Year [+]April 20250.1%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/21/20250.25%
Business
Doing Business [+]202036º
IPI Year on Year [+]December 20244.1%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2024464,102
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202228.91
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021603.77
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202326.9%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20187.70%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202241.6%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20229,159,500
Exports [+]2024€410,785.1M
Exports [+]2024$444,625.6M
Exports % GDP [+]202447.46%
Imports [+]2024€337,781.2M
Imports [+]2024$365,607.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202439.02%
Trade balance [+]2024€73,003.9M
Trade balance [+]2024$79,018.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20248.43%
Retail Sales YoY [+]March 20252.1%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]2015
Density [+]2023217
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.80‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,488.1
% Immigrant [+]202028.73%
% Emigrant [+]20208.23%
Birth Rate [+]20239.00‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20179,197.2
Crude death rate [+]20238.10‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.33
Crude marriage rate [+]20234.20‰
% risk of poverty [+]202316.4%
Population [+]20238,962,258
Immigrant stock [+]20202,491,249
Emigrant stock [+]2020713,623
HDI [+]20220.967
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202420º
Life expectancy [+]202384.30
Suicides [+]20231,023
Suicide rate [+]202311.41
Number of homicides [+]202353
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.60
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20233.87
Consumption GWh [+]202355,643
Generation GWh [+]202366,847
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202414,170
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20244,457,868
Fully vaccinated [+]05/01/20236,013,254
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20241,581.07
Doses administered [+]07/03/202316,940,716