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International Rankings of Switzerland - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 7 47.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 40 4.028 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 7 96.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 71 8.352 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 26 33.00 2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 41 2.919 million 2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 43 120.00 2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 92 10.450 million 2022
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 26 3.60 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 89 9.20 % 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 1.10 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 13 59.159 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 16 1.909 trillion US Dollars 2019
Exchange rates 140 0.91 N/A
Exports 18 571.376 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 65.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 106 12.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 136 53.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 119 54.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 52 24.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 67 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 47 73.70 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 88 33 % 2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 108 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 18 480.522 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 50 7.91 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 169 0.58 % 2021
Labor force 87 4.963 million US Dollars 2021
Population below poverty line 114 16 % 2018
Public debt 179 20.91 % of GDP 2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 37 618.228 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 108 4.22 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 9 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 N/A
Unemployment rate 134 5.32 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 123 8.80 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 122 9.40 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 124 9.10 % 2021
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 67 38.739 million 2019
Coal - consumption 95 150000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 78 139000 metric tons 2020
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 generation sources - biomass and waste 31 4.70 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 157 0.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 39 56.30 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 10 34.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 34 3.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 71 0.20 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 38 137.918 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 69 3.616 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - imports 42 3.578 billion cubic meters 2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 52 60900 bbl/day 2018
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 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 121 5 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 157 9 micrograms per cubic meter 2019
Land use - agricultural land 95 39 2018
Land use - arable land 94 10 2018
Land use - forest 96 32 2018
Land use - permanent crops 79 1 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 53 28 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 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 62 74 2023
Geography
Area - land 134 39997 sq km N/A
Area - total 138 41277 sq km N/A
Area - water 104 1280 sq km N/A
Elevation - highest point 29 4634 meters N/A
Elevation - lowest point 16 195 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 17 1350 meters N/A
Irrigated land 118 327 sq km 2016
Land boundaries - total 97 1770 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 95 39 2018
Land use - arable land 94 10 2018
Land use - forest 96 32 2018
Land use - permanent crops 79 1 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 53 28 2018
Population Density 68 214.11 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 43 1 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 50 3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 58 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 28 9 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 7 4 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 131 10.20 births/1,000 population 2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate 21 71.60 % 2017
Current health expenditure 11 12 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 75 58 % 2023
Death rate 44 8.40 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 28 28.70 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 119 3.50 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 110 51.60 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 163 22.80 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 1 100 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 34 5 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 92 0.77 % 2023
Infant mortality rate - female 161 2.60 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - male 157 3.40 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 161 3.00 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Life expectancy at birth - female 10 86 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male 5 82 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 7 84 years 2023
Maternal mortality ratio 115 7.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 28 45 years N/A
Median age - male 17 43 years N/A
Median age - total 22 44 years 2023
Mother's mean age at first birth 7 31 2020
Net migration rate 17 6.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 83 19.50 % 2016
Physicians density 19 4.38 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 102 8.564 million 2023
Population growth rate 96 0.78 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 1 100 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 10 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 22 1.01 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 31 0.82 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 20 0.99 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 126 1.59 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 124 0.79 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 62 74 2023
Transportation
Airports 73 62 2024
Heliports 37 51 2024
Merchant marine - total 127 17 2023
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 34 179.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 22 6 2020
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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Switzerland 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Switzerland 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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