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Switzerland

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Bern

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

84.4years

Ranks 5 of 217 in 2024

13% above world median · 6% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

3.9per 1,000 live births

Ranks 30 of 196 in 2024

74% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

5per 100,000 live births

Ranks 23 of 194 in 2023

89% below world median · 17% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

11.69% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

85% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.29births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

32% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

101.2% gross

Ranks 53 of 134 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

4.86% of GDP

Ranks 51 of 164 in 2022

20% above world median · 8% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

114,769current US$

Ranks 3 of 186 in 2025

13.6× above world median · 3.1× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

102,513international $

Ranks 7 of 185 in 2025

4.1× above world median · 1.0× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2022 · 4 years old

0.2% of population

Ranks 14 of 73 in 2022

82% below world median · 60% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 73 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2022 · 4 years old

33.8index, 0–100

Ranks 35 of 73 in 2022

about the same world median · 6% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 73 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

4.9% of labour force

Ranks 83 of 182 in 2025

4% below world median · 12% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

0.2% per year

Not ranked — no better end

95% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

0.72% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

55% below world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

96.7% of population

Ranks 45 of 148 in 2024

20% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2025 · 1 year old

97.3% of population

Ranks 3 of 10 in 2025

5% above world median · 5% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 10 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

3.75t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

47% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

9.1mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

39% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Switzerland has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting, Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

Switzerland — World Pulse