Switzerland Switzerland

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Switzerland, is a country located at Western Europe, it has an area of 41,290 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Switzerland, with a population of 8,812,728 people, it is ranked at 100º position by population of 196 countries and has a population density of 213 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 2022 was 317,584 millions of euros (334,695 millions of dollars), ( 40.89% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €36,037 euros per inhabitant$37,979 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Switzerland was on December of 2023 and it was 1.7%.

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 0.962 points in 2021, leaving it in 1th place in the table of 191 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 [+]2023Q422,970K
Annual GDP [+]2023€818,183M
Annual GDP [+]2022$818,471M
GDP per capita [+]2023€91,780
GDP per capita [+]2022$93,657
Quarterly GDP [+]2023Q4€209,285M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2022317,584
Debt ($M) [+]2022334,695
Debt (%GDP) [+]202240.89%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€36,037
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$37,979
Deficit (M.€) [+]20229,333
Deficit ($M) [+]20227,682
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20221.20%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022256,438.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022258,089.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]201829,875.2
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]201835,296.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201815.53%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202259,987,285,756.9
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]199815,850,409,821.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201711.02%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20225,869.6
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20226,258.5
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20222.23%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202233.00%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€29,099
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$29,286
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€3,509
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$4,160
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€6,864
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$3,036
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€668
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$716
Moody's Rating [+]02/17/2023Aaa
S&P Rating [+]10/01/1988AAA
Fitch Rating [+]02/28/2020AAA
Corruption Index [+]202282
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019
Fragile States Index [+]201819.2
RTI Raking [+]202282º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]December 20234.1%
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q44.0%
Unemployed [+]2023Q4201K
NMW [+]2022$4,221.0
NMW [+]2022€3,901.2
Average Wage [+]2022$105,735
Average Wage [+]2022€100,413
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017
Markets
Euro / Swiss francs [+]03/18/20240.9630
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/20240.8825
10-Year Bond Yield [+]03/18/20240.78%
Risk Premium [+]03/18/2024-168
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/18/20248.36%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20231.7%
HICP [+]February 20241.2%
PPI Year on Year [+]November 20230.6%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/23/20231.75%
Business
Doing Business [+]202036º
IPI Year on Year [+]December 2023-0.3%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2022226,006
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202228.92
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021603.77
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202227.0%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20187.70%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202241.6%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201911,818,000
Exports [+]2023€388,553.8M
Exports [+]2023$390,440.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202249.66%
Imports [+]2023€334,765.5M
Imports [+]2023$338,518.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202244.04%
Trade balance [+]2023€53,788.2M
Trade balance [+]2023$57,691.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20225.62%
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 2023-0.6%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]2015
Density [+]2022213
Global Peace Ranking [+]202310º
Crude divorce rate [+]20221.80‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,488.1
% Immigrant [+]202028.73%
% Emigrant [+]20208.23%
Birth Rate [+]20229.40‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20179,197.2
Crude death rate [+]20228.50‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.39
Crude marriage rate [+]20224.70‰
% risk of poverty [+]202215.8%
Population [+]20228,812,728
Immigrant stock [+]20202,491,249
Emigrant stock [+]2020713,623
HDI [+]20210.962
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202321º
Life expectancy [+]202283.70
Suicides [+]20211,040
Suicide rate [+]202111.90
Number of homicides [+]202243
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20220.49
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20214.02
Consumption GWh [+]202157,697
Generation GWh [+]202159,506
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/202414,185
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/20244,452,132
Fully vaccinated [+]05/01/20236,013,254
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20241,609.60
Doses administered [+]07/03/202316,940,716