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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 (see all)
Switzerland does not suit Russia for negotiations on Ukraine -- Lavrov
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-19
Switzerland's lower house moves to ban use of Nazi and extremist symbols that could stir violence
Read: The Washington Times
2024-04-17
Switzerland's lower house moves to ban use of Nazi and extremist symbols that could stir violence
Read: ABC News
2024-04-17
Switzerland's lower house moves to ban use of Nazi and extremist symbols that could stir violence
Read: The Star
2024-04-17
Metrics
General information
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 | 3.84 % 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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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
