International Rankings of Switzerland 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	4	48.30	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	38	4.029 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	29	89.69 %	2018
Internet users - total	70	7.438 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	33	37.19	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	43	3.103 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	129.79	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	82	10.829 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	21	234.400 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	19	242.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	23	1.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	5	79.937 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	15	1.909 trillion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	43	64	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	27	77	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	50	88	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	11	96	2020
Exports	20	443.997 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	21	731.502 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	35	65.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	105	12.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	134	53.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	116	54.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	51	24.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	66	1.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	144	0.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	87	25.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	43	73.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	96	33 %	2017
Gross national saving	19	35	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	107	19.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	5	7.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	21	344.477 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	54	3.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	83	0.30 %	2019
Labor force	77	5.067 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	122	3 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	70	20 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	28	77 %	2015
Population below poverty line	111	16 %	2018
Public debt	104	41.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	36	588.472 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	109	1.11 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	12	68628 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	3	811.200 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	52	35.70 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	152	2.31 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	67	38.950 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	54	57400	2017
Electricity - consumption	44	58.460 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	6	30.170 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	78	3	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	16	67	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	9	18	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	28	13	2017
Electricity - imports	5	34.100 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	43	20.840 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	50	59.010 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	67	3.709 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	42	3.681 billion cubic meters	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	55	223900	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	88	7345 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	40	165100 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	79	61550 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	66	34 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	120	5 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	165	10 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	93	39	2018
Land use - arable land	92	10	2018
Land use - forest	94	32	2018
Land use - other	79	30	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	52	28	2018
Total renewable water resources	87	53.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	123	160.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	63	642.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	50	931.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	123	0.79	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	65	74	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	37	6.056 million tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	27	1.938 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	19	32.00 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	133	39997 sq km	N/A
Area - total	134	41277 sq km	N/A
Area - water	102	1280 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	23	4634 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	14	195 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	17	1350 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	104	630 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	95	1770 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	93	39	2018
Land use - arable land	92	10	2018
Land use - forest	94	32	2018
Land use - other	79	30	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	52	28	2018
Total renewable water resources	86	53.500 billion	2017
Population Density	65	211.35 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	62	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	178	10.39	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	72	42.05	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	36	13.48	N/A
Birth rate	170	10.41 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	24	71.60 %	2017
Current Health Expenditure	7	12 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	62	8.44 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	22	29.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	110	3.50 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	101	51.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	151	22.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	28	5 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.20	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	66	17000	2020
Hospital bed density	25	4.70 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	186	3.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	181	4.15 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	183	3.64 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	13	85 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	12	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	11	83 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	110	5.00	2017
Median age - female	29	44 years	2020
Median age - male	17	42 years	N/A
Median age - total	22	43 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	6	31	2019
Net migration rate	24	4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	82	19.50 %	2016
Physicians density	15	4.30 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	97	8.454 million	2021
Population growth rate	110	0.65 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	17 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	21	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.80 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	122	1.58 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	120	7	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	100	9	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	114	8	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	123	0.79	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	65	74	2021
Transportation
Airports	69	63	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	6	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	42	40	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	20	17	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	74	23	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	45	23	2013
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	21	1.841 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	30	28.858 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	34	179.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	17	11881 km	1673
Roadways - paved	33	71557 km	1458
Roadways - total	55	71557 km	2017
Waterways	51	1292 km	N/A

*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.

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