SWITZERLAND

Capital Bern
Area (km2) 41 285
Total population (thousands, 2023) 8 889
Population density (per km2) 215
National currency Swiss franc (CHF)
National statistical office www.bfs.admin.ch
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2020 14%
   hourly wage, 2023 17%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 62%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 51%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 38%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 86.0
   males, years 82.4
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 23.0
   males, years 20.5
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 1.4
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 31.3
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.7
-0.5
0.6
1.5
2.2
0.7
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.4
4.8
3.0
2.2
2.0
2.4
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
8.0
8.6
8.3
6.8
7.9
8.2
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 847 568
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 94 009
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 72.2
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 61.9
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 59 028
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   CHF per USD, US=1, 2024 0.973
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, 2023 5 318
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 1 549
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 2 412
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 26
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 22 290
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 11 540
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2012 94 910
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 11 888