Switzerland GDP Data & Country Report

Central bank

Swiss National Bank

International Reserves

US$ 372.283 billion (Source: IMF; Data updated: November 2011)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 594.223 billion (2010 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

335.817 billion of International dollars (2010 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
3.6%	1.2%	0.4%	-0.2%	2.5%	2.6%	3.6%	3.6%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
1.9%	-1.9%	2.6%	2.4%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 75,836 (2010 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$42,858 International Dollars (2010 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
0.76%	0.7%	0.53%	0.44%	0.39%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 1.3%
industry: 27.6%
services: 71% (2006 estimate)

(Data released on November 2010)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

3.01% (2008)

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
2.4%(2008)	-0.5%	0.7%	0.9%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
2.5%	3.6%	3.6%(2009)	3.4%

*Estimate

Household saving rates

10.6% (Net saving; 2011 forecast)

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
43.6%	40.9%	54.9%	55%	52.7%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
2.1%	0.7%	1.4%	-1%	-0.9%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: AAA/Stable/A-1+

Moody's rating: Aaa

Moody's outlook: STA

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
US$1.274 trillion	US$862.663 billion	US$1.071 trillion

Largest companies in Switzerland

Nestlé (Food Processing), UBS (Investment Services), Credit Suisse Group (Investment Services), Novartis (Pharmaceuticals), Zurich Financial Services (Diversified Insurance), Roche Holding (Pharmaceuticals), Xstrata (Diversified Metals & Mining)
(2011)

Current account balance

US$ 78.6 billion (2010 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

13.2% of GDP (2010 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

54.9% (2007)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

1.28%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

2.11%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$232.6 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products

Total imports

US$212.8 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles

Exports - major partners

Germany 20.3%, US 9.7%, Italy 8.7%, France 8.4%, UK 5.1% (2007)

Imports - major partners

Germany 32.6%, Italy 10.8%, France 9.5%, US 5.8%, Netherlands 4.6%, Austria 4.2%, UK 4.2% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$15,149 million	US$26,964 million(2009)	US$-6,561 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
US$55,305 million	US$33,251 million	US$58,253 million

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
US$45,362 million	US$7,385 million(2009)	US$10,184 million(2009)	US$8,994 million

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

Novartis AG, Alcon Inc, United States, $10.5 billion
Roche Holding AG, Ventana Medical Systems Inc, United States, $3.7 billion

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

Nestlé SA, Kraft Foods Inc, United States, $3.7 billion
(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 27 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 80 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 14 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 16 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 15 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 167 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 43 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 28 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

1

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 5 Score: 81.9 (Free) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

Time zone

UTC+1

Total area

41,277 km² (2006)

Capital

Bern (2009)

Currency

Swiss francs (CHF) (2009)

Government type

formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic (2009)

Languages

German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)

Religions

Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
6.32 million	6.71 million	7.18 million	7.79 million	8.03 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
51%	57.1%	73.3%	73.5%

Population median age

40.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

1.1% (2009)

Life expectancy

82 years (2007)

Adult literacy

N/A

% of population living on less than $2 a day

N/A

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

33.7 (2000)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:1
Civil Liberties:1 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

182.18% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

83.9% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

Bern: 16th (2011)

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

5.3561 (2008)

WORLD'S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANKS

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS & PROVIDERS

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2010)

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COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST DEVELOPED MARKET BANKS

2011:

Credit Suisse (National, 2011)

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Credit Suisse (National, 2010)

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Credit Suisse (Europe, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST BANKS

2011:

Private Bank Credit Suisse (Global, 2011)

2010:

Private Bank Credit Suisse (Global, 2010)

WORLD'S BEST DERIVATIVES PROVIDERS

2010:

Best Equity Derivatives Provider Credit Suisse (Europe, 2010)

WORLD'S BEST INTERNET BANKS

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS / Best Corporate / Institutional Internet Banks Citi (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS / Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks Citi (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS / Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks Citi (2009)

WORLD'S SAFEST BANKS

2011:

OVERALL SAFEST Zuercher Kantonalbank (Global, 2011)
OVERALL SAFEST Credit Suisse Group (Global, 2011)
OVERALL SAFEST Pictet & Cie (Global, 2011)
REGIONAL WINNERS Zuercher Kantonalbank (Western Europe, 2011)

2010:

OVERALL SAFEST Zuercher Kantonalbank (Global, 2010)
OVERALL SAFEST Credit Suisse (Global, 2010)
REGIONAL WINNERS Zuercher Kantonalbank (Western Europe, 2010)

2009:

OVERALL SAFEST Zuercher Kantonalbank (Global, 2009)
OVERALL SAFEST UBS AG (Global, 2009)
OVERALL SAFEST Credit Suisse Group (Global, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST SUB CUSTODIANS

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

2011:

SECTORS / Consumer Credit Suisse (Global, 2011)
SECTORS / Technology Credit Suisse (Global, 2011)
DEALS OF THE YEAR / Advising target UBS Investment Bank (Global, 2011)
COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2011)

2010:

SECTORS / Real Estate UBS Investment Bank (Global, 2010)
SECTORS / Telecom Credit Suisse (Global, 2010)
COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2010)

2009:

DEALS OF THE YEAR / Best Debt Deal Roche Holdings notes ($16 billion) (Global, 2009)
COUNTRY WINNERS Credit Suisse (National, 2009)

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