Switzerland
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 9.1M (2025). World rank 98 of 216; in Europe, 18 of 48. Area: 41,284 km². World rank 136 of 249; in Europe, 31 of 52. Life expectancy: 84.4 years (2024). World rank 5 of 216 (1 = best); in Europe, 3 of 48. From 2015 to 2025: population 8.3M → 9.1M, GDP $706.2B → $1T, and GDP per person $85,265 → $114,769. Better than all its neighbours (Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Germany): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Swiss Confederation
- Local name
- Suisse
- Capital
- Bern
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Federal republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Swiss Federal Council
- Head of government
- Swiss Federal Council
- Women in parliament
- 39% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 9,092,436 2025
- Area
- 41,284 km²
- GDP
- $1T 2025
- GDP per person
- $114,769 2025
- Life expectancy
- 84.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French, Swiss German, Italian, Romansh
- Currency
- Swiss Franc (CHF)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +41
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, J
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany
- Agricultural land
- 37.7% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Dufourspitze, 4,634 m
- Lowest point
- Lake Maggiore, 195 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,350
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 9
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 18°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -1°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,537 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 220.2 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 85.7% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +37.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 31.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 14.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.7% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 20.4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 86.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 82.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.3 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 8.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 34.4%, no religion 29.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, and Muslim 5.4% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 87.3 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 88.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 92.6 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 84.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 85.9 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $102,513 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.3% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $110,330 2025
- Inflation
- +0.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 112 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 25% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 71.8% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 9% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 62.2% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 78.1% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 69.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +6.3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- 0% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 9.4% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 33.5 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.1% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 73.5% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.9% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 11.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $11,784 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 22% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 4.5 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 18.8 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4.4 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 96% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 3.4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 3.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 5 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.2% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 5.3% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 40.6% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 23.1% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.6 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 2.2 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 14 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 85.2 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods, landslides, and avalanches
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 8.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 4.8 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 32% 2024
- Protected areas
- 12.5% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 4,603 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 6.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 97.3% 2025
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 129 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 47 2024
- Internet domain
- .ch
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 7,111 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 27.7% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 67.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 0.4% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 27,725,233 2023
- Airports
- 66 2025
- Railways, km
- 5,296 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 3.2% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 6,108 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 22,804 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,191 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 29.6% 2024