| Country | Switzerland |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2020 |
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| Population | Evolution of the population | Total population | | 7 226.647 | 7 284.754 | 7 339 | 7 391 | | .. |
Population growth rates | | 0.5901 | 0.8041 | 0.7447 | 0.7085 | | .. |
Total fertility rates | | 1.41 | 1.3902 | 1.3858 | 1.4163 | .. | .. |
Ageing societies | Ratio of population aged 65 and over to the total population | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15.9122 | 20.1581 |
Ratio of inactive population aged 65 and over to the total labour force | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26.3558 | 33.4493 |
| Macroeconomic trends | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | 223.1186 | 238.5876 | 246.9578 | 258.9576 | 267.4083 | .. |
GDP per capita | | 30 626.2272 | 32 491.9219 | 33 349.9145 | 34 740.2391 | 35 649.6817 | .. |
Volume index of GDP per capita | | 122.0349 | 121.4454 | 120.2243 | 122.1721 | 123.7508 | .. |
National income per capita | Gross national income per capita | | 32 334.0209 | 33 638.6539 | 36 040.8081 | 37 637.7004 | 39 196.9705 | .. |
Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 1.0414 | 0.306 | -0.1686 | 2.2934 | 1.9294 | .. |
Household saving | Household net saving rates | | 12.9897 | 9.9011 | 9.8502 | 9.1473 | .. | .. |
Investment rates | Gross fixed capital formation | | 22.191 | 21.5577 | 20.6814 | 21.0217 | 21.448 | .. |
Gross fixed capital formation: machinery and equipment | | 10.9969 | 10.2244 | 9.5768 | 9.588 | 9.6813 | .. |
Gross fixed capital formation: housing | | 4.0869 | 3.9005 | 4.4364 | 4.8012 | 5.0613 | .. |
Inflation | GDP deflator | | 0.6262 | 1.5924 | 1.1548 | 0.5789 | -0.0757 | .. |
Labour productivity | GDP per hour worked | | 1.7353 | 0.8921 | -0.7148 | -0.0424 | 2.7743 | .. |
Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 1.3558 | 1.3065 | 1.2364 | 1.3094 | 1.2062 | .. |
Value added in industry, including energy | | 21.9951 | 21.3634 | 20.9415 | 20.8807 | 20.9603 | .. |
Value added in construction | | 5.3545 | 5.416 | 5.4511 | 5.4315 | 5.5159 | .. |
Value added in in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 21.4753 | 21.6224 | 21.6652 | 21.7885 | 21.6408 | .. |
Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 23.8664 | 24.2385 | 24.1622 | 24.1151 | 24.4632 | .. |
Value added in government, health, education and other personal services | | 25.953 | 26.0532 | 26.5435 | 26.4748 | 26.2136 | .. |
Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | -7.9875 | -0.7079 | -8.4751 | 10.084 | -2.067 | .. |
Real value added in industry | | 2.7498 | 0.7613 | -0.31 | 0.9958 | 2.4698 | .. |
Real value added in services | | 0.1604 | 0.3538 | -0.3949 | 1.6087 | 2.5094 | .. |
Small and medium-sized enterprises | Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with less than 20 employees | | 22.6861 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 20 or more employees | | 77.3139 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with less than 10 employees | | 14.93 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 10-19 employees | | 7.7561 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 20-49 employees | | 13.0258 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 50-249 employees | | 29.1749 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 250 or more employees | | 35.1133 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 20 employees | | 87.8344 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20 or more employees | | 12.1656 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 10 employees | | 79.1397 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 10-19 employees | | 8.6947 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20-49 employees | | 6.7244 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 50-249 employees | | 4.5266 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 250 or more employees | | 0.9147 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Economic globalisation | Share of trade in GDP | Trade in goods and services | | 42.9731 | 40.4702 | 40.0277 | 42.2974 | 44.4877 | .. |
Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | -2.0716 | 4.2036 | 4.2457 | 6.8046 | 4.7112 | .. |
Imports of goods | | 84.1595 | 83.6721 | 96.4476 | 110.0202 | 121.2157 | .. |
Exports of goods | | 82.0879 | 87.8757 | 100.6933 | 116.8247 | 125.9268 | .. |
Trade in services | Services trade balance: exports of services minus imports of services | | 13.9044 | 14.9075 | 18.3747 | 21.1808 | 23.719 | .. |
Imports of services | | 14.5829 | 15.3561 | 16.902 | 21.8951 | 23.2793 | .. |
Exports of services | | 28.4874 | 30.2637 | 35.2768 | 43.076 | 46.9983 | .. |
Trading partners | Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise trade | | 1.6651 | 1.6292 | 1.6662 | 1.577 | 1.0702 | .. |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise imports | | 1.5157 | 1.5147 | 1.5383 | 1.4635 | 0.9714 | .. |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise exports | | 1.8265 | 1.7524 | 1.8045 | 1.6999 | 1.18 | .. |
Balance of payments | Current account balance of payments | | 7.9734 | 8.429 | 13.3824 | 13.5405 | 14.8171 | .. |
FDI flows and stocks | Outward FDI stocks | | 249 264.9599 | 288 949.385 | 338 408.4511 | 396 442.1174 | .. | .. |
Inward FDI stocks | | 88 766.2505 | 124 811.8819 | 161 988.6842 | 195 928.5083 | .. | .. |
Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 8 859.0397 | 6 283.7873 | 16 505.3101 | 750.0201 | 5 781.2821 | .. |
Outflows of foreign direct investment | | 18 326.1411 | 8 212 | 15 443 | 26 850.5109 | 42 753.8711 | .. |
Activities of multinationals | Employment in affiliates under foreign control, share of employment in manufacturing |  | 5.443 | 5.7733 | 6.6154 | 7.7582 | .. | .. |
| Prices | Consumer Price Indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 100.989 | 101.6381 | 102.2869 | 103.1081 | 104.3165 | .. |
CPI: food | | 102.1566 | 104.5611 | 105.9248 | 106.5716 | 105.8608 | .. |
CPI: energy | | 98.6861 | 93.7846 | 94.9731 | 99.4427 | 109.7358 | .. |
Producer Price Indices (PPI) | PPI: manufacturing | | 100.4884 | 100.0043 | 100.0077 | 101.2254 | 102.0489 | .. |
Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 3.3817 | 3.1989 | 2.6587 | 2.7402 | 2.0955 | .. |
Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities | | 1.8935 | 1.8045 | 1.7605 | 1.7273 | 1.7037 | .. |
Exchange rates | | 1.687 | 1.5568 | 1.3448 | 1.2427 | 1.2482 | .. |
Indices of price levels | | 124.9112 | 128.1805 | 134.2157 | 135.9903 | 133.9339 | .. |
Effective exchange rates | Nominal effective exchange rates | | 104.041 | 109.3059 | 111.0898 | 111.4901 | 110.6693 | .. |
Relative consumer price indices | | 102.12 | 105.76 | 105.98 | 104.89 | 102.83 | .. |
Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing | | 105.7296 | 112.7349 | 114.3398 | 114.1842 | 113.037 | .. |
| Energy | Energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 27.68 | 26.77 | 26.87 | 27.13 | 27.13 | .. |
Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.125 | 0.121 | 0.121 | 0.12 | 0.118 | .. |
Energy supply per capita | Total primary energy supply per capita | | 3.799 | 3.646 | 3.629 | 3.626 | 3.624 | .. |
Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 70.76 | 65.18 | 65.12 | 63.58 | 57.84 | .. |
Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to energy supply | | 18.0997 | 16.6604 | 17.1195 | 17.5452 | 17.5452 | .. |
Energy production | Total production of energy | | 12.02 | 11.58 | 11.79 | 11.82 | 10.87 | .. |
Oil production | Production of crude oil | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .. |
Oil prices | Crude oil import prices | | 25.04 | 25.34 | 30.26 | 38.73 | 55.81 | .. |
| Labour market | Employment rates by gender | Employment rates: total | | 79.1624 | 78.8735 | 77.921 | 77.4051 | 77.1851 | .. |
Employment rates: men | | 87.603 | 86.1926 | 85.0841 | 84.4638 | 83.949 | .. |
Employment rates: women | | 70.6904 | 71.5232 | 70.7281 | 70.3175 | 70.3913 | .. |
Employment rates by age group | Employment rates for age group 15-24 | | 63.9089 | 65.391 | 63.5362 | 61.9681 | 59.936 | .. |
Employment rates for age group 25-54 | | 86.0472 | 85.9837 | 84.8403 | 84.7386 | 85.079 | .. |
Employment rates for age group 55-64 | | 67.2956 | 64.592 | 65.715 | 65.1384 | 64.9955 | .. |
Part-time employment | Incidence of part-time employment | | 24.7751 | 24.7618 | 25.1141 | 24.887 | 25.0909 | .. |
Self-employment | Self-employment rates: total | | 12.9284 | 12.4629 | 11.9384 | 11.3629 | 11.2405 | .. |
Self-employment rates: men | | 13.6139 | 13.0484 | 12.3947 | 11.8853 | 11.6899 | .. |
Self-employment rates: women | | 12.0435 | 11.7267 | 11.3677 | 10.7086 | 10.6813 | .. |
Hours worked | Average hours actually worked | | 1 646 | 1 629 | 1 639 | 1 669.1951 | 1 658.5122 | .. |
Unemployment rates | Unemployment rates: total | | 2.5876 | 3.175 | 4.1606 | 4.3973 | 4.4605 | .. |
Unemployment rates: men | | 1.9558 | 2.9845 | 3.881 | 4.0057 | 3.9001 | .. |
Unemployment rates: women | | 3.373 | 3.4092 | 4.5019 | 4.8739 | 5.1379 | .. |
Long-term unemployment | Long-term unemployment | | 29.9157 | 21.8382 | 26.2751 | 33.5385 | 38.7947 | .. |
| Science and technology | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | | .. | .. | .. | 2.94 | .. | .. |
Researchers | Researchers | | .. | .. | .. | 6.08 | .. | .. |
Patents | Number of triadic patent families | | 919.0543 | 891.8773 | 894.5415 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer and internet access by households | Percnetage of households with access to home computers | | 62.2 | 65.4 | 68.9 | 70.6 | .. | .. |
Percnetage of households with access to the internet |  | 54.7 | 61.9 | 66.4 | 69.8 | 73.5 | .. |
Exports of information and communications equipment | Exports of ICT equipment | | 4 297.687 | 3 463.3868 | 3 964.9712 | 4 462.2199 | 5 554.0892 | .. |
Telephone access | Telephone access | | 146.3181 | 151.4895 | 155.4666 | 154.6581 | .. | .. |
| Environment | Water consumption | Total gross water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 2 518 | .. | .. |
Per capita water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 350 | .. | .. |
Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from energy use | | 43.15 | 42.05 | 43.71 | 44.55 | .. | .. |
Municipal waste | Total amount generated of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 4 837.735 | .. | .. | .. |
Generation intensities of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 660 | .. | .. | .. |
| Education | International student assessment | Mean scores on the reading scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 499.1215 | .. | .. | .. |
Standard errors on the reading scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 3.2813 | .. | .. | .. |
Mean scores on the science scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 512.9756 | .. | .. | .. |
Standard errors on the science scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 3.6854 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers frequently at school | | .. | .. | 29.8626 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at school, standard error | | .. | .. | 1.4048 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers frequently at home | | .. | .. | 81.4491 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at home, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.6357 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from less than one year | | .. | .. | 5.4107 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from less than one year, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.408 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from one to three years | | .. | .. | 28.8119 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from one to three years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.7333 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from three to five years | | .. | .. | 31.5042 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from three to five years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.7138 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from more than five years | | .. | .. | 34.2732 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from more than five years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.6944 | .. | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment | Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64 | | 25.402 | 25.2444 | 26.9565 | 28.1624 | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34 | | 25.6082 | 26.4635 | 29.3655 | 30.4407 | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 | | 20.2428 | 21.2791 | 21.8859 | 22.0481 | .. | .. |
Expenditure on tertiary education | Expenditure in tertiary education |  | .. | .. | 174.1614 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of students in tertiary education |  | .. | .. | 119.2208 | .. | .. | .. |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education |  | .. | .. | 146.0831 | .. | .. | .. |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education: 2003 constant prices | | .. | .. | 25 900.0814 | .. | .. | .. |
Public and private education expenditure | Public expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 5.959 | .. | .. | .. |
Private expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 0.579 | .. | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 6.5372 | .. | .. | .. |
| Public finance | Government deficits | Government net borrowing/net lending | | 0.882 | 0.0682 | -1.2573 | -1.1122 | -0.4767 | .. |
Government debt | General government gross financial liabilities | | 52.1927 | 57.6919 | 57.3746 | 58.648 | 54.6842 | .. |
Social expenditure | Public social expenditure | | 18.7261 | 19.424 | 20.5226 | .. | .. | .. |
Agricultural support estimates | Producer support estimate by country | | 70.4195 | 73.0594 | 70.8604 | 68.1913 | 68.1541 | .. |
Official development assistance | Net official development assistance | | 0.34 | 0.3162 | 0.3856 | 0.4103 | 0.4425 | .. |
Total tax revenue | Total tax revenue | | 30.0575 | 30.1106 | 29.4214 | 29.1738 | 30.0498 | .. |
Taxes on income and profits | | 12.6751 | 13.0078 | 12.6086 | 12.6508 | 13.4099 | .. |
Taxes on goods and services | | 6.9591 | 6.8115 | 6.8598 | 6.9002 | 6.9946 | .. |
Taxes on the average worker | Taxes on the average worker | | 30.0542 | 30.0735 | 29.6563 | 29.4358 | 29.5184 | .. |
| Quality of life | Life expectancy | Life expectancy at birth: total | | 80.2 | 80.4 | 80.6 | 81.2 | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth: men | | 77.4 | 77.8 | 78 | 78.6 | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth: women | | 83 | 83 | 83.1 | 83.7 | .. | .. |
Infant mortality | Infant mortality | | 5 | 5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | .. | .. |
Obesity | Overweight population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | 21.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | 7.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | 29.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight population aged 15 or more: males |  | .. | 37.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more: males |  | .. | 7.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: males | | .. | 45.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight population aged 15 or more | | .. | 29.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more | | .. | 7.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more | | .. | 37.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Public and private health expenditure | Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 2 382 | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 4 077 | .. | .. |
Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 129 | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 159 | .. | .. |
Tourism: hotel nights | Arrivals of non-resident tourists in hotels and similar establishments and at borders | | 7 455 | 6 868 | 6 530 | .. | .. | .. |
Recreation and culture | Household expenditure on recreation and culture | | 5.0308 | 4.9896 | 5.0059 | 4.9092 | 4.8633 | .. |
Youth inactivity | Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: males | | 6.3904 | 5.7946 | 7.1032 | 7.5862 | .. | .. |
Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: females | | 7.222 | 5.8431 | 8.8348 | 6.8101 | .. | .. |
Prison population | Prison population rate | | 71 | .. | .. | 81 | .. | .. |
Road network | Length of the motorway network | | 1 305 | 1 342 | 1 351 | 1 341 | 1 357 | .. |
Road motor vehicles and road fatalities | Road motor vehicles | | 544.9505 | 551.1164 | 557.8231 | 564.6166 | 568.4941 | .. |
Road fatalities | | 74.9186 | 70.1023 | 74.2857 | 69.087 | 54.9679 | .. |
Road fatalities | | 137.4779 | 127.2006 | 133.4963 | 124.6944 | 96.6903 | .. |
MIGRATION | Trends in inflows of foreign nationals | Inflows of foreign nationals in OECD countries | | 116.3025 | 114.0427 | 105.8634 | 112.5237 | .. | .. |
Inflows of foreign nationals in OECD countries, standardised data | | .. | .. | .. | 82 600 | .. | .. |
Imimigration by category of entry | Immigration by category of entry: work | | .. | .. | .. | 40.4777 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: family reunification or formation | | .. | .. | .. | 47.0346 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: humanitarian and accompanying family | | .. | .. | .. | 5.2695 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: other (ancestry-based, pensioners, etc.) | | .. | .. | .. | 7.2182 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry | | .. | .. | .. | 82 600 | .. | .. |
Inflows of asylum seekers | Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | 117.1597 | 148.3448 | 118.1421 | 80.8983 | 57.1234 | .. |
Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 060 | .. |
Trends in migration | Net migration rate | | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.6 | .. |
Immigrant population | Foreign-born population | | .. | .. | .. | 23.5114 | .. | .. |
Foreign population | | .. | .. | .. | 20.2 | .. | .. |
Educational outcomes for children of immigrants | PISA results for children of immigrants: second generation | | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: immigrant students | | .. | .. | 11.0569 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: Mathematics, unadjusted, 2nd generation | | .. | .. | 58.924 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: Mathematics, unadjusted, immigrant students | | .. | .. | 89.469 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: Mathematics, adjusted, 2nd generation | | .. | .. | 36.46 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: Mathematics, adjusted, immigrant students | | .. | .. | 59.85 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: Reading, unadjusted, 2nd generation | | .. | .. | 53.43 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: Reading, unadjusted, immigrant students | | .. | .. | 93.1 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: Reading, adjusted, 2nd generation | | .. | .. | 31.61 | .. | .. | .. |
PISA results for children of immigrants: Reading, adjusted, immigrant students | | .. | .. | 63.85 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment rates of the foreign- and the native-born | Employment rate of native-born men | | .. | .. | 86.1001 | 85.5998 | .. | .. |
Employment rate of the foreign-born men | | .. | .. | 81.6 | 81.2173 | .. | .. |
Employment rate of the native-born women | | .. | .. | 73.258 | 72.6577 | .. | .. |
Employment rate of the foreign-born women | | .. | .. | 63.1686 | 63.7995 | .. | .. |
Unemployment rates of the foreign- and the native-born | Unemployment rate of native-born men | | .. | .. | 2.7596 | 2.8726 | .. | .. |
Unemployment rate of the foreign-born men | | .. | .. | 7.1687 | 7.4705 | .. | .. |
Unemployment rate of the native-born women | | .. | .. | 3.0118 | 3.3504 | .. | .. |
Unemployment rate of the foreign-born women | | .. | .. | 9.096 | 9.1988 | .. | .. |