Switzerland - Global Right to Information Rating 2022

Switzerland - Global Right to Information Rating

RTI Rating Switzerland

Switzerland at No. 82 in the RTI Rating

The transparency law of Switzerland has been in force since 2004 and with it has earned 77 points in the Global Right to Information Rating (RTI Rating). With that score Switzerland is now ranked 82 in the transparency ranking formed by 136 countries, meaning it is among those that must improve its laws in order to guarantee access to information.

This index ranks countries giving them a score of 0-150 depending on the strength of its legal framework which guarantees the right to information.

In the next table you can also see the scores obtained by Switzerland in each of the groups that make up the index. Access the list with the classification of all countries by clicking on RTI Rating and the economic information for Switzerland by clicking on Economy of Switzerland.

Switzerland - Global Right to Information Rating

Date	RTI Raking	Year RTI law	Access	Scope	Requesting	Exceptions	Appeals	Promotion	RTI Rating
2022	82º	2,004	3	19	18	13	14	10	77
2021	81º	2,004	3	19	18	13	14	10	77
2020	79º	2,004	3	19	18	13	14	10	77
2019	79º	2,004	3	19	18	13	14	10	77
2018	77º	2,004	3	19	18	13	14	10	77
2017	70º	2,004	3	19	18	13	14	10	77
2016	67º	2,004	3	19	18	13	14	10	77
2014	61º	2,004	3	19	18	13	14	10	77
2013	61º	2,003	3	19	17	13	14	10	76
2012	65º	2,003	3	16	17	13	13	10	72
2011	58º	2,003	3	16	17	13	13	10	72

Switzerland - Global Right to Information Rating

Sources: Global RTI Rating

Reproduced with permission from the Global RTI Rating, a joint project of the Centre for Law and Democracy and Access Info Europe. The Global RTI Rating database is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).