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This table lists the international rankings of Switzerland, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Switzerland, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	20	5,301,000	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	26	88.00	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	57	7,145,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	14	51.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	37	4,140,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	38	4,370,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	25	144.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	80	11,700,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	22	$213,400,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	18	$215,900,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	22	0.40	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	67	0.5	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	108	2.60	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	8	$61,200,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	13	$1,664,000,000,000	31 Mar 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	103	28.7	2012 est.
Exports	17	$301,100,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	29	63.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	108	11.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	128	54.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	111	-51.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	62	23.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	48	-0.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	143	0.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	88	25.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	45	73.40	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	21	$646,200,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	16	$59,400	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	40	$494,300,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	61	1.00	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	17	32.30	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	103	19.00	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2	7.50	2007
Imports	20	$243,400,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	49	2.10	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	90	-0.40	2016 est.
Labor force	79	5,173,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	114	3.40	2010
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	38	23.40	2010
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	34	73.20	2010
Market value of publicly traded shares	10	$1,519,000,000,000	31 Dec 2015 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	120	7.60	2011
Public debt (% of GPD)	116	34.10	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	4	$602,700,000,000	31 Dec 2015 est.
Stock of broad money	14	$1,347,000,000,000	31 Dec 2014 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	6	$1,565,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	7	$1,359,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of domestic credit	16	$1,108,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	11	$504,900,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	54	32.6	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	124	3.40	2016 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	60	45,000,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - imports	54	56,560	2015 est.
Crude Oil - production	96	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	78	0	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	41	58,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	6	34,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	153	2.5	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	25	67.8	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	13	16.1	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	53	4.6	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	8	29,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	37	19,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	37	68,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	68	3,281,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2014 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	40	3,261,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	89	20,000,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	53	229,600	2015 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	86	8,057	2015 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	37	168,800	2015 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	79	60,150	2015 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	199	0	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	31	4634	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	16	195	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	111	550	2007
Land Area - sq km	134	39,997.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	97	1,770	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	94	38.70	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	93	10.20	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	96	31.50	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	81	29.80	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	77	0.60	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	52	27.90	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	17	1,350	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	65	204.50	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	136	41,277.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	88	53.50	2011
Water Area - sq km	104	1,280	NA
Military
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	94	0.76	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	116	599,255	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	115	635,840	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	196	15.10	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	114	444,500	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	115	463,953	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	183	11.11	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	94	1,771,590	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	93	1,783,071	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	59	43.46	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	74	506,103	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	70	506,010	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	53	12.37	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	59	823,747	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	58	645,225	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	32	17.96	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	135	10.50	2016 est.
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	46	8.20	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	22	26.90	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	121	3.70	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	116	48.80	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	151	22.00	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	1	100	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	1	100	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	1	100	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	128	0	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	120	0	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	90	0	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	31	5.20	2010
Health expenditures	11	11.30	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	71	0.35	2013 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	63	300	2013 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	76	20,200	2013 est.
Hospital bed density	25	5.00	2010
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	149	3.30	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	160	4.00	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	162	3.60	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	10	85.00	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	8	80.30	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	8	82.60	2016 est.
Literacy – total (%)	7	99.00	2003 est.
Maternal mortality rate	97	8	2010
Median age – female (years)	23	43.20	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	17	41.30	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	22	42.20	2016 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	4	30.20	2010 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	24	4.70	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	85	17.50	2008
Physicians density	9	4.08	2010
Population	98	8,179,294	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	111	0.70	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	3	99.8	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	162	0.2	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	2	99.9	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	157	0.1	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	2	99.9	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	145	0.1	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	6	16	2014
School life expectancy - male (years)	5	16	2014
School life expectancy - total (years)	5	16	2014
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	11	1.06	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	19	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	25	1.01	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	22	1.00	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	35	0.78	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	9	1.06	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	23	0.97	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	134	1.55	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	107	9	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	102	9	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	89	8	2012 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	117	1.08	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	62	73.9	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	70	63	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	43	40	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	78	23	2013
Heliports	23	2.00	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	70	38	NA
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	24	1,322,379,468	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	28	26,843,991	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	31	163	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	16	12	2015
Pipelines (km)	71	1,901	2013
Railways (km)	33	5,652	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	38	71,464	2011
Roadways - total (km)	68	71,464	2011
Waterways (km)	50	1,292	2010

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Switzerland on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Switzerland contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Switzerland should be addressed to the CIA.

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