International Rankings of Switzerland 2023, 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	7	47	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	40	4.028 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	7	96 %	2021
Internet users - total	70	8.352 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	25	34	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	44	2.957 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	127	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	89	11.061 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	26	3.6 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	89	9.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	23	230.383 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	22	239.767 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	23	1.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	13	59.159 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	15	1.909 trillion US Dollars	2019
Exports	17	571.376 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	22	731.502 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	35	65.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	106	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	136	53.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	119	54 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	52	24.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	67	1.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	144	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	87	25.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	47	73.7 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	88	33.1 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	108	19 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	5	7.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	18	480.522 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	50	7.91 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	168	0.58 %	2021
Labor force	87	4.963 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	124	3.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	72	19.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	31	76.9 %	2015
Population below poverty line	114	16 %	2018
Public debt	173	20.91 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	36	618.228 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	108	4.22 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	8	71000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	3	1.110 trillion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	185	9.37 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	134	5.32 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	123	8.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	122	9.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	124	9.1	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	102	319000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	71	6.926 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	52	31.494 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	95	150000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	78	139000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	48	56.407 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	5	32.549 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	5	26.988 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	41	22.921 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	53	4.190 billion kWh	2020
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	31	4.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	157	0.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	39	56.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	10	34.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	34	3.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	71	0.2 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	38	137.918 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	69	3.616 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	42	3.578 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	52	60900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	55	220000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	103	300 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	90	7345 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	41	165100 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	81	61550 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	66	34.48 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	121	4.98 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	168	10.21 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	95	38.7	2018
Land use - arable land	94	10.2	2018
Land use - forest	96	31.5	2018
Land use - other	82	29.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	53	27.9	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	97	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	90	53.500 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	116	160.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	58	640.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	49	970.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.79	2025
Urbanization - urban population	62	74.2	2023
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 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	135	39997 sq km	0
Area - total	137	41277 sq km	0
Area - water	55	1.280 million sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	33	4634 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	16	195 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	17	1350 meters	0
Irrigated land	118	327 sq km	2016
Land boundaries - total	97	1770 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	95	38.7	2018
Land use - arable land	94	10.2	2018
Land use - forest	96	31.5	2018
Land use - other	82	29.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	53	27.9	2018
Military
Military expenditures	47	0.7 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	50	3.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	53	0.12 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	58	1.76 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	28	9.41 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	7	4.35 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	176	10.3 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	21	71.6 %	2017
Current health expenditure	11	11.8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	75	57.5 %	2023
Death rate	71	8.37 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	28	28.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	119	3.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	110	51.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	163	22.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	34	5.2 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	92	0.77 %	2023
Hospital bed density	27	4.6 beds/1,000 population	2018
Infant mortality rate - female	197	2.99 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	186	4 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	189	3.51 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	12	85.86 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	12	81.12 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	11	83.42 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	115	7 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	29	43.7 years	2020
Median age - male	20	41.7 years	0
Median age - total	23	42.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	7	31.1	2020
Net migration rate	24	4.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	83	19.5 %	2016
Physicians density	19	4.38 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	103	8.564 million	2023
Population growth rate	105	0.64 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	119	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	17 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.82 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	22	22.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	72	28.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	42	25.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	123	1.58 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.79	2025
Urbanization - urban population	62	74.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	123	8.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	122	9.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	124	9.1	0
Transportation
Airports	70	63	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	76	231000	3280
Heliports	24	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	129	20	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	22	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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways	12	5296 km	2020
Roadways - paved	34	71557 km	2017
Roadways - total	61	71557 km	2017
Waterways	57	1292 km	2010

*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 Switzerland on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Switzerland 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Switzerland 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.