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Key facts

  • Currency: Swiss franc
  • Capital city: Bern
  • Region: Western Europe
  • Continent: Europe
  • Land area: 39,509 km²
  • Population: 8,775,760
  • Political Leader: Simonetta Sommaruga (President)

Latest news

Swiss title challenger Servette loses appeal at CAS over failure to register 2 new players

Read: The Star

2024-03-28

Swiss dealer Eberhard Kornfeld bequeathed Kirchner, Giacometti works to Bern Kunstmuseum

Read: The Art Newspaper

2024-03-28

UBS chief's surprise return to the Swiss banking giant bagged him a $15.9 million paycheck

Read: CNBC News

2024-03-28

UBS chiefs reject Swiss concerns over size of bank after Credit Suisse rescue

Read: Financial Times

2024-03-28

Swiss banks start to close accounts of Russian clients

Read: Euromaidan Press

2024-03-27

Swiss residents overwhelmingly support neutrality amid shifting security landscape -- poll

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-03-27

Shaqiri scores as Switzerland beat Republic of Ireland

Read: BBC

2024-03-26

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 19.99 % of GDP
Expense 19.01 % of GDP
GDP 818,427,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 2.84 annual %
Self-employed 16.35 % of total employment
Tax revenue 10.09 % of GDP
Unemployment 4.30 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 9.73 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 14,993.80 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 39.89 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 34,916.10 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 1.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 57.88 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 34.93 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 0.07 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 4.32 % of total
Net energy imports 50.09 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.52 births per woman
Forest area 12,725 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 50.17 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,473.07 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 38.10 years
Methane emissions 4,975.24 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 2,396.71 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 4,417,801
Male Population 4,357,959
Renewable energy consumption 26.37 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 34,763.60 km²
Rural population 2,273,624
Urban land area 4,016.82 km²
Urban population 6,502,136
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 10.30 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.20 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 10,309.80 current US$
Health expenditure 11.80 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 4.63 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 84 years
Suicide mortality rate 14.50 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 95.57 % of population
Net migration 39,998
Press freedom 7.43


Politics

Armed forces personnel 20,000
Democracy score 9.03
Democracy type Full democracy
Military expenditure 0.76 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 41.50 %


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Coordinates: [47°0′N, 8°0′N]
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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

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