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General Information

Region		Western Europe
Population (000, 2024)		8 922^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		223.1^a
Capital city		Bern
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		426^c
UN membership date		10 September 2002
Surface area (km2)		41 291^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.7^a
National currency		Swiss Franc (CHF)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	694 118	741 999	818 427^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.6	-2.1	2.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	83 813.2	85 893.3	93 636.4^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	0.6	0.7	0.6^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	25	25.5	25.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	74.4	73.8	73.8^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	3.4	2.5	2.3^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	20.7	20.4	20.3^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	75.9	77.1	77.4^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4.8	4.8	3.8ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	62.3 / 74.2	62.5 / 73.4	61.3 / 71.5ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	98	99	104^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	99	97^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	289 629	318 580	420 104^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	251 190	290 402	363 899^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	38 439	28 178	56 206^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	61 631	2 451	67 821^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1	0.7	0.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	73.7	73.8^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.2^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.5	1.5	1.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	84.9 / 80.7	85.1 / 81.0	85.9 / 82.2^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	14.9 / 23.5	15.1 / 24.8	15.0 / 26.9^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	2 258.2 / 27.2	2 491.2 / 28.8	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	86.6	122.9	204.2^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	4.6	4.2	3.6^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.8	11.7	11.8^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	4.2	4.4	4.4^m
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5	5.1^c	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.9 / 102.4	101.6 / 101.9	101.3 / 101.4^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	107.1 / 107.4	103.8 / 103.2	102.8 / 102.9^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.8 / 104.2	100.8 / 108.5	100.5 / 106.9^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.7	0.5	0.5^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	30.5	41.5ⁿ	38.5ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	87.5^o	94.3^i,p	96.8^i,p,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	3.1	3.2^c	3.4^m
Threatened species (number)	62	128	134^d
Forested area (% of land area)	31.7	32.1	32.2^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	34.3 / 4.1	30.5 / 3.5	30.4 / 3.5^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	495	519	474^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	122	112	110^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	9 305^q	3 690^r	9 160^r,b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	34.4	37.1	37.1^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	99.9 / 97.4	99.9 / 99.6	99.9 / 99.6^b
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^s (% of GNI)	0.94	0.45	0.74^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2019
d		2023
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		2021
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Population aged 14 years and over.
p		Population aged 15 to 88 years.
q		Hotels and similar establishments (including health establishments).
r		All collective tourism establishments.
s		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).