SWITZERLAND

Capital Bern
Area (km2) 41 285
Total population (thousands, 2021) 8 705
Population density (per km2) 211
National currency Swiss franc (CHF)
National statistical office www.bfs.admin.ch
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 14%
   hourly wage, 2022 18%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 62%
Female tertiary students, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 51%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Women researchers, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 36%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 85.8
   males, years 81.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 23.0
   males, years 20.1
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 1.3
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 31.2
 
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.0
0.7
-0.5
0.6
1.5
2.3
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.7
4.4
4.8
3.0
..
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
7.9
8.0
8.6
8.8
..
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2022 742 868
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2022 84 637
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 76.9
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 63.2
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2022 52 273
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   CHF per USD, US=1, 2022 1.052
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
31
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
57

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2022 5 332
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2022 1 544
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 2 359
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 23
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2022 19 341
      million tonne-kilometres, 2022 12 136
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2012 94 910
      million tonne-kilometres, 2022 12 987