Source
Central bank

Swiss National Bank

International Reserves

USD 1,083.40 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 810.83 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

USD 677.27 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Real GDP growth
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
1.7% 2.9% 1.2% –2.5% 3.7%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

USD 93,515.48 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP per capita - PPP

USD 78,111.51 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

0.47% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

 
 
Source
GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 0.7% 
  • industry: 25.2% 
  • services: 71.3%

(2020)

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

3.2% (2017)

Inflation
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
0.5% 0.9% 0.4% –0.7% 0.4%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
3.1% 2.5% 2.3% 3.1% 3.1%

*Estimate

Household saving rates

23.1% (2020)
OECD, retrieved January 2022

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
41.2% 39.2% 39.8% 42.4% 42.7%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
1.3% 1.4% 1.5% –2.7% –1.9%

*Estimate

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: AAA

Moody's: AaaStandard & Poor's / Moody's (January 2022)

Market value of publicly traded shares

USD 2,002 billion (2020)

Largest companies

Nestlé, Roche Holding, Novartis, Zurich Insurance Group, UBS, Chubb, Credit Suisse Group, ABB, LafargeHolcim, Swiss Life Holding, Glencore International, Swiss Re, Swisscom, Kuehne & Nagel International, Richemont, STMicroelectronics, Schindler Holding, Sika, Julius Baer Group, TE Connectivity, Lonza Group, Givaudan, Bâloise Group, Alcon, Partners Group Holding, Garmin, Helvetia Holding, SGS, Logitech International, Geberit, Adecco, Coca-Cola HBC, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, EMS-Chemie Holding, Lindt & Sprungli, Barry Callebaut, Swatch Group, Basler Kantonalbank, Luzerner Kantonalbank, Sonova Holding, ALSO Holding, EFG International
Forbes Global 2000 (2021)

 
 
Source
Current account balance

USD 58.5 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

7.2% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

62.3% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)

Shares in world total merchandising export

1.8% (2020)

Shares in world total commercial services export

2.3% (2020)

Total exports

USD 470.9 billion (2020 estimate)

Export commodities

Gold, packaged medicines, medical cultures/vaccines, watches, jewelry (2019)

Total imports

USD 401.5 billion (2020 estimate)

 
 
Source
Import commodities

Gold, packaged medicines, jewelry, cars, medical cultures/vaccines (2019)

Exports - major partners

Germany 16%, United States 14%, United Kingdom 8%, China 7%, France 6%, India 6%, Italy 5% (2019)

Imports - major partners

Germany 21%, Italy 8%, United States 6%, France 6%, United Kingdom 5%, United Arab Emirates 5% (2019)

FDI inflows
2019 2020 2021
USD –68.3 billion USD –79.1 billion USD –47.2 billion
FDI outflows
2019 2020 2021
USD 43.5 billion USD –43.7 billion USD –16.8 billion
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2018 2019 2020 2021
USD 18.6 billion USD 34.6 billion USD 17.2 billion USD 14.9 billion
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking: 36 out of 190 countries (2020)

Subcategories:

Starting a Business: 81 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 71 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 13 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 18 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 67 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 105 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 20 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 26 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 57 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 49 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2020

Global competitiveness ranking

12 out of 141 (2019)
World Economic Forum / Global competitiveness ranking

Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 2 / Score: 84.2 (Free)
The Heritage Foundation - 2022 Index of Economic Freedom

 
 
Source
Time zone

UTC+1

Total area

41,277 sq km 

Capital

Bern

Currency

Swiss francs (CHF)

Government type

Federal republic (formally a confederation)

Languages

German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9%; note - German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because respondents could indicate more than one main language (2019 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 34.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 1.6%, none 29.5%, unspecified 0.8% (2019 est.)

Total population
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020
6.7 million 7.2 million 7.8 million 8.3 million 8.6 million
 
 
Source
Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2020
70.9% 74.5% 73.4% 73.9%
Population median age

42.7 (2022 est.)

Population growth rate

0.65% (2022 est.)

Life expectancy

83.2 years (2022 est.)

Literacy

N/A

% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

0% (last available estimate, 2018)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

33.1 (last available estimate, 2018)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Total score: 96/100

Status: Free

Political Rights: 39/40

Civil Liberties: 57/60 (2022)

Source
Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed: 35.5%

Mobile: 127.3% (2020)

(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

94.2% (2020)

Mercer Cost of living index

N/A

CO2 emissions

4.4 metric tons per capita (2018)

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