00 Statistical base and overviews Neuchâtel 2018 022-1800 Statistical Data on Switzerland 2018 Federal Statistical Office Contents Espace de l’Europe 10 CH-2010 Neuchâtel Foreword 3

Population 4

Territory and Environment 9

Employment and Income 11

National Economy 14 Information: Telephone +41 58 463 60 11 Prices 16 Ordering of publications: Telephone +41 58 463 60 60 Industry and Services 17 Fax +41 58 463 60 61 www.statistics.admin.ch Agriculture and Forestry 20 Legend: Three dots (...) instead of a figure means that the Energy 21 data has not (yet) been gathered or calculated. A dash (–) instead of a figure is used for the value Construction and Housing 22 absolute zero. A figure indicated with a superior “p” means that this figure is provisional. Tourism 23

Abbreviations for names of cantons: Mobility and Transport 24 These are explained in the table on page 4.

Rounded figures: Switzerland and Europe 26 In general, figures are rounded up or down, which may cause the sum of rounded figures to differ from the end total. Banks, Insurance 28

Sources: Social Security 29 Statistical results are usually presented here without reference to sources. Such information is extensively presented in our portal “Statistics Switzerland” Health 32 www.statistics.admin.ch Education and Science 34 Published by: Federal Statistical Office Section Dissemination and Publications Culture, Media and 37 March 2018. Published in German, French, Italian, Information Society Romansh and English. Politics 39 Concept: Bernhard Morgenthaler †, Armin Grossenbacher Editing: Public Administration 41 Etienne Burnier and Finance Graphics, Layout: Daniel von Burg, Etienne Burnier Maps: Crime and Criminal Justice 43 Sabine Kuster Translation: Economic and Social Situation 45 From German, by the FSO Linguistic Services of the Population Cover: Gautier Rebetez Design concept: Sustainable Development 49 Roland Hirter, Berne Order number: Regional Disparities 50 025-1800 ISBN: 978-3-303-00578-1 Switzerland and its Cantons 51

Foreword of placethisyear:theRomanshpagesourwebsiteare beingex Switzerland’s fourthnationallanguage,Romansh,alsohaspride ing willbecontinuouslydevelopedonourwebsiteasofthisyear. rounded off with some animated graphics. Our interactive offer read byscrolling overthevariousgeographicregions. Thisoffer is maps are more interactive,enablingfigure-based informationtobe same astheprintedversionenrichedwithinteractivefunctions: by automaticallyadjustingtotheirscreen size.Itscontentisthe year, adaptedtoelectronic devicessuchastabletsandmobilephones Statistical DataonSwitzerlandisalsoavailableindigitalformatthis by aspecialcover, asisthiseditionofStatisticalDataonSwitzerland. tions explained on the back of this publication, this occasion is marked this one–celebratesits125thbirthday. Inadditiontovariousinnova of Switzerland–anotherflagshipFSOpublicationjointly released with 2018 isanimportantanniversaryfortheFSO:StatisticalYearbook relations betweenindividualsbothwithinandoutsideofSwitzerland. cally butthemessagestheyconveyonstateofsocietyaswell volumes aboutsociety:whatisinteresting isnotthefigures specifi tables showing the main trends in various fields. Statistics speak situation overthepastyears.Itincludesmaps,texts,graphicsand offers anoverviewofanumbertopicsrelating toSwitzerland’s varies and daily mobilityalso regularly increases. This publication depending ontheyear, staysinhotelsalso thenumberofovernight centres mainly–thegross domesticproduct increases ordecreases alike: whilethepopulationisgenerallyonrise–inurban One yearautomaticallyfollowsthenextyettheyare notnecessarily Dear readers, FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 Neuchâtel, March 2018 Federal StatisticalOffice (FSO) Director General Dr MBAGeorges-SimonUlrich also warmlyinvitedtoexplore ourStatisticalYearbook andwebsite. I hopeyouenjoydiscoveringSwitzerlandthrough itsfigures. You are able to explore and download from our database, stat-tab. merous graphics,publications,mapsandtablesare alsoavail tion andresults onourwebsite edition ofStatisticalDataonSwitzerlandplusfurtherinforma You can find more detailed data on the subjects covered in this infographics andkeyfigures foreachofthe21statisticaltopics. and StatisticalDataonSwitzerland.From nowon,theywillprovide panded alongsidetherelease oftheStatisticalYearbook ofSwitzerland

www.statistics.admin.ch . Nu 3 ------Population Appenzell A. Appenzell Schaffhausen (SH) Basel-Landschaft (BL) Basel-Stadt (BS) Solothurn (SO) Fribourg (FR) Zug (ZG) Glarus (GL) Nidwalden (NW) Obwalden (OW) Schwyz (SZ) Uri (UR) Lucerne (LU) Bern (BE) Zurich (ZH) Switzerland At year-end Biel Lugano St. Gallen Lucerne Winterthur Bern Lausanne Basel Geneva Zurich Jura (JU) Geneva (GE) Neuchâtel (NE) Valais (VS) Vaud (VD) Ticino (TI) Thurgau (TG) Aargau (AG) Graubünden (GR) St. Appenzell I. Permanent resident populationbycanton,2016 4 +1.2% compared with+0.7%). stronger thaninareas beyondtheinfluence ofurbancentres (2015: In 2016populationgrowth inareas withanurbancharacterwas andLausanne). largest agglomerations(Zurich,Basel, Geneva,Bern centres). AbouthalfofthepopulationliveinoneSwitzerland’s five urban character(urbancores andareas undertheinfluenceofurban Today (2016), 84.6% of the urban population live in areas with an The populationismostlyurban Permanent resident population inthelargestcities,2016 Gallen (SG) Gallen

Rh. (AI) Rh. (AR) Rh. in ’000 109.8 133.1 137.8 171.0 199.0 402.8 54.5 63.9 75.5 81.6 8 419.6 City 1 026.5 1 488.0 in ’000 354.4 270.7 663.5 197.6 502.6 285.6 193.1 269.4 311.9 123.9 155.9 403.4 489.5 178.6 339.2 784.8 Population growth 2016 in % in 2010 –2016 73.1 16.0 55.0 80.8 40.1 42.6 37.4 36.1 Total

Foreigners FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 25.0 6.1 8.0 6.4 6.1 3.5 5.3 8.4 7.0 7.8 4.8 14.6 40.2 25.6 23.2 33.6 28.1 24.5 24.7 18.5 23.8 11.1 16.2 25.9 22.3 35.8 22.0 22.4 27.5 23.7 14.2 14.7 20.7 11.9 18.4 16.1 26.6 in %

100.0 100.0 100.0 Urban 84.6 53.2 89.8 75.5 89.6 92.0 67.2 85.1 44.8 82.5 76.5 89.8 97.6 86.1 74.3 76.2 50.7 27.4 82.0 88.4 63.8 74.6 99.3 in % 0.0

1 354.1 in ’000 585.4 105.4 151.7 166.4 228.3 140.2 415.5 415.6 545.3 1 991.4 5 225.2 210.5 Urban agglomeration Density 249.1 278.2 129.3 313.6 475.6 257.6 226.3 270.9 551.7 340.9 195.8 598.3 176.3 183.1 282.3 175.8 895.9 87.2 65.1 27.8 92.8 59.0 77.8 34.2 km 2

Population growth Population growth 2016 in % in 2010 –2016 2016 in % in 2010 –2016 10.0 12.0 7.0 4.0 3.7 5.0 6.2 2.0 6.8 4.8 8.4 4.4 6.9 3.8 8.5 6.2 9.0 8.5 2.6 4.9 2.0 3.7 5.8 4.1 4.4 5.5 9.6 5.9 7.4 3.7 5.8 7.9 6.0 9.6 4.6 7.5 8.4

Population FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 to alesserextent to anexcessofbirthsoverdeaths. in thelastfewdecadesismainlyattributable tonetimmigrationand 18.1% (2016)toover26%in2045. Switzerland’s population growth The proportion ofpersonsaged65andoverisexpectedtorise from in contrast, are smaller and the ageing of the population will continue. between 1940and1971)predominates.(born Younger generations, (2016)inwhichthebabyboomgeneration into oneofa“firtree” hasbeentransformed this process, theshapeofage“pyramid” 20) andpeopleofworkingage(aged20 (65 yearsorolder)increased, whilethatofyoungpeople(underage During the course of the 20 Ageing society Age structure ofthepopulation Changes ofthepermanentresidentpopulation, in% by district Population growth, 2010–2016 Men GE ≤ -2.5 60 2016 1900 VD 50 NE 40 -2.4 –-01 FR 30 JU 20 BS VS BE SO 10 0. –49 th BL century, the proportion of elderly people 0 LU A 100 Age OW G 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 0 NW ZG SH ZH 5.0 –9 UR 10 – SZ 64) declined.Asaresult of TI 20 TG GL SG Number ofpersonsin’000 AR 30 AI 10.0 –149 GR 40 50 Women CH: + 60 2016 1900 ≥ 15.0 7.0 5 Population Internal migration Internal Net migration Emigration Immigration migration,2016 International Age atdeath(years) Total Deaths, 2016 1 Children perwoman wedlock in% Proportion ofchildrenout Boys forevery100girls Total Chidren alive,2016 born 6 3 Total divorcerate Duration ofmarriage Total Divorces, 2016 Average ageatfirstmarriage(years) Foreign/Foreign Foreign/Swiss Swiss/Foreign Swiss/Swiss Total Marriages, 2016 2 Total movements specific fertility rates intheyearofobservation to awomanoverherlifetimegiventheage- observation or later, basedonthedivorcerates ofthe year of ments withinagivencommune Average numberofchildrenthat wouldbeborn Proportion ofmarriages, endingindivorce sooner Movements betweencommunes, excl. move ≥ 80 65 –79 40 –64 20 –39 15 ormoreyears years 10 –14 with minorsinvolvedin% Single women Single men Foreigners Swiss of whichforeigners of whichforeigners 0 –19 9 years 5 –9 years 0 –4 3 1 2 , 2016 521 120 653 167 407 191 683 64 964 87 883 17 028 41 646 −6 289 77 319 71 030 90 088 39 977 16 264 19 821 7 407 104.6 7 469 3 356 4 183 2 020 6 707 6 879 8 239 - 24.2 41.5 46.9 29.8 32.0 841 475 1.5 FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 7 Live birthsminusdeaths 7 incl. conversionsfromnonpermanentresidencestatus Until 2010, changeofstatusincluded,6 since2011 Total fertilityrate 5 Average numberofchildrenperwoman,5 seenote1 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Net migrationandnaturalchange –60 –40 –20 Marriages anddivorces 4 of whichtwinbirths Total Multiple births 100 foreignersare not always recorded 9 See note3. Since2011, divorcesbetweentwo marriagerates oftheyearobservation theageof50basedonage-specificfirst 8 Probability offirstmarriageforapersonunder 100% 20 40 60 80 20% 40% 60% 80% stillborn children Number ofdeliveries; childrenbornaliveand 1971 1971 0 0% 1950 Net migration Swiss Foreigners 1980 1980 Natural change 1970 1990 1990 Total divorcerate Total firstmarriagerate 4 , 2016 6 5 women men 1990 2000 2000 7 8 8

9 in ’000 1 708 1 668 2016 2016 2016 Population resident population Share offoreign permanent 10 000 20 000 30 000 40 000 50 000 Non-attributable permit accepted –F Provisionally permit seekers –N Asylum (L permit) Temporary resident diplomats International officialsand permit resident –C Permanent permit Resident –B Total by typeofpermit,2016 permanent resident population Foreign permanentand non FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 from EU/ compared withtheprevious year. Ofthese immigrants,54%came citizenship. In2016,thenumberof immigrationsincreased by1.7% Swiss). 29.9%ofchildren inSwitzerland2016hadforeign born there are only11 aged 65andover(compared with37amongthe tion isyoung:forevery100foreigners ofworkingage(aged 20 resident population)obtainedSwisscitizenship.Theforeign popula here. In2016, 42 have lived in the country for 10 years or more or were even born More than half of the residents without a Swiss passport (54.9%) Foreigners accountfor25%ofthepermanentresident population. or havebeenresidents foratleast10years Foreign population:more thanhalfwere inSwitzerland born beginningoftheyear 1 Numberofcitizenshipacquisitionsper100holdersannualandpermanentresidencepermitsatthe Acquisition ofSwisscitizenship 10% 15% 20% 25% 0% 5% 1900 0 1970 EFTA countries. 1975 1940

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937 persons (2.2% of the foreign permanent 1980 (right-hand scale) Crude naturalisation rate Total acquisitions 1985 2 178.9 1 297.2 in ’000 689.7 2016 36.9 31.4 86.7 29.4 1990 7.5 2016 population bynationality, Foreign permanentresident Other Europ. 1995 Macedonia continents countries Germany Kingdom Portugal Kosovo 1 Austria United France Turkey Serbia Other Spain Italy 2000 2005 2.0 2.0 3.1 3.3 3.3 4.0 5.2 6.0 2010 12.6 12.8 2016 14.4 – 15.1 in % 16.3 64) 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 7 - Population Non-family households Family households Single-person households Total Private households,2015 Main languages,2015 house andfamilywork. paid work(generallyfull-time)andmothersare mainlyresponsible for were inemployment.Itstillholdstruethatfatherstendtodomore exception: In2016,almosteightintenmotherscouplehouseholds The traditionalmiddle-class“singlebreadwinner” modelisnowthe age ofmothersatfirstbirth rose from 25to 31years. (1970) to 30 (2016) and among men from 26 to 32 years; the average ingly late in life: The age at first marriage among women rose from 24 The decisiontogetmarriedandstartafamilyisbeingmadeincreas marital birthsdoubledbetween2000and2016,from 11%to24%. of divorces (17 patchwork families.Thesehighfigures are the result ofagreat number least one child under 25 years 14% are lone parent families and 5.5% household type“Couplewithchildren”. Ofthehouseholdswithat In 2013–2015, only 29% of private households belonged tothe Increasingly multifacetedlivingpatterns 8 ▶ 1 Other languages Turkish Spanish Serbo-Croatian Albanian Portuguese English Romansh Italian French German languages possible more andlivinginaprivate household. Several Resident permanentpopulationaged15or Lone parentswithchild(ren) Couples withchild(ren) Childless couples

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23.9 37.3 24.9 child 1.3 1.4 5.1 0.2 5.8 25 - Territory and Environment 1961–1990, in°C Deviations fromlong-termmeanvalue Temperature fluctuations –2 –1 Alpine farmland Agricultural areas Forest andwoods Total surfacearea Period ofsurvey2004 Land use decreased despitetheneedsofagrowing population andeconomy. relatively constantsince1990.Drinkingwaterconsumptionhaseven (GDP). Greenhouse gasemissions,ontheotherhand,haveremained tends togrow atroughly thesamerateasgross domesticproduct improved efficiency. Thevolumeofmunicipalwaste,forexample, sions –unlessbehaviourschangeortechnologicaladvancesleadto rise intheconsumptionofnaturalresources andanincrease inemis A growing populationandeconomyare usuallyaccompaniedbya FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 land’s surfacearea and4.7%ofthesurfaceissealed. areas constitute7.5%ofSwitzer est figures, settlementandurban tural areas. According to the lat mainly attheexpenseofagricul urban areas havegrown by23%, 24years,settlementand Within Other natural space Lakes andwatercourses areas Settlement andurban 100 110 120 130 140 150 Use ofresourcesandemissions 1900 70 80 90 0 1 2 1990 1995

1940 2000 – 2009 1980 41 290 2005 12 930 8 690 1 774 3 079 5 139 9 678 km 2 2010 2017 21.0 12.4 23.4 31.3 100 4.3 7.5 % - - - 2016 in year sofar. tury and2015wasthewarmest in 1864 have been in the 21 Switzerland sincerecords began out of 10 of the warmest years in by colderandwarmerperiods.9 year toandischaracterised The airtemperature variesfrom –1.0 Change inlanduse square metrepersecond 1979/85 –0.86 Settlement and –0.51 urban areas –0.5 Consumption ofdrinkingwater Material consumption(DMC) Greenhouse gasemissions Gross energyconsumption Municipal waste Resident population GDP (adjustedforinflation) –0.61 –0.27

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2004/09 st cen 1.0 9 - - Territory and Environment Air pollutionsurroundingtheplaceofdomicile red list, i.e. they are considered endangered, missing or extinct. fungi inSwitzerland.Ofthespeciesexamined,35%are onthe There are around 46 10 Environment ▶ perceptions approximately correspond tothoseobservedin2011. regard toradiationfrom powerlinesormobilephoneantennae.These with regard toairpollutionsurrounding thehouseand10%with windows to be very or ratherdisturbing. 19% were of this opinion In 2015,24%ofthepopulationfoundtraffic noiseathomewithopen taxes revenue Environmentally related 10 12 CHF billion,atcurrentprices Mammals (94%ofthe87species)¹ Radiation frommobilephoneantennae/high-voltage Status Endangered animalsandplants(red lists) Dataaredeficientfortheremainingspecies. Readingaid: The endangermentstatuswas assessedfor94%ofthe87mammalspecies. 1 Share ofpopulation Perception ofenvironmentalconditionsintheplaceresidence,2015 Crustaceans: crayfishes(100%,3) 1990 0 2 4 6 8 Traffic noiseathomewhenwindowsopened Fish andcyclostomes(75%,73)

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 Lookforstatistics FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 20% Potentially endangered 0% Not verydisturbing and socialcontributions. 6.2% oftotalrevenue from taxes taxes revenue corresponded to In 2016,environmentally related consequences oftheirdecisions. and producers tothinkaboutthe sive and encourage consumers goods andservicesmore expen make environmentally damaging Environmentally related taxes 20% 40%  40% Territoryand 60% 60% Not atalldisturbing 80% Not endangered 80% 100% 100% - Employment and Income permanent residentpopulation(15+) Labour force as%ofthe 1 New calculationmethodfrom1991onwards 100% FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 employment ismainly foundintheservicesector(9outof 10part-timejobs). employment in2017 workedinthetertiarysector(men:66.8%) andpart-time can beattributedto thetertiarisationofeconomy. 86.5%ofwomenin increase inwomen’s labourforce participationand inpart-timeemployment this percentage has also increased (+3.1% points compared to 2012). The (2012: 58.2%).Incontrast,17.6% of menworkedpart-time,although increasing formanyyears.In2017,59%ofwomenwere workingpart-time pared with+7%to2. at agreater ratethanthatofemployedmen(+8.3%to2. Between 2012 and 2017, the number of women in employment increased Considerable increase inwomen’s participationinlabourmarket 2010onwards 1 New calculationmethodfrom1975resp. 1991, sector People employed 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 1 Women Men Foreigners Swiss Total 2 Persons inemploymentbytypeofauthorisationandgender nd 20% 40% 60% 80% As of1.6.2002seasonalworkpermitsarenolongerissued 1960 Other foreigners Temporary visitors Cross-border workers Seasonal workers Temporary residents Permanent residents Qtr 0% 1971 Agriculture business Industry, 1980 Women Total Men 1980 1990 Services 1 1 1 byeconomic 2000 2000 738 4 042 1 028 3 014 1 672 2 370 million).Part-timeemploymenthas also been in millions 1991 534 183 172 34 21 85 2017 2017 4 014 3 069 1 749 2 265 2000 569 944 140 175 15 20 25 as %oftheemployedpersons People inpart-timeemployment 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Sociological definition 1 Sociological Apprentice Employee Family workers Self-employed Total 2 Permanent residentpopulation, in ‘000 employment status Employed personsaccording to nd 0% Qtr 1991 4 126 1 032 3 094 1 842 2 284 2005 557 176 228 18 53 Men Total Women − 2000 4 477 1 209 3 268 2 006 2 472 2010 584 228 337 17 42 − 276 1 4 592

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12.1 2015 29.2 Informal 4.4 3.5 3.9 4.8 6.9 8.2 3.1 4.6 4.3 6.5 3.4 3.7 4.3 3.8 3.7 6.7 31.7 42.0 20 34.9 28.4 1.0 20.2 1.7 1.6 1.4 Professional activity 33.9 34.9 1.3 33.0 40 2016 4.6 4.1 4.3 4.8 6.9 8.2 3.3 4.8 4.5 6.7 3.2 3.9 3.5 4.4 4.1 7.6 1.2 38.3 34.0 60 Organised 19.5 17.4 21.7 2017 4.4 80 3.7 4.0 4.7 6.9 7.9 3.1 4.8 4.0 6.8 2.5 3.4 3.4 4.0 3.6 8.0 - Employment and Income and real wages Evolution ofnominalwages,consumerprices Women Men Total Evolution ofreal wages 3 position 2 Professional 1 Public sector Private sector Economy asawhole public sector, 2014 Gross monthlywage Ticino (TI) NW, ZG) Central Switzerland(LU, UR, SZ, OW, GR, TG) Eastern Switzerland(GL, SH, AR, AI, SG, Zurich (ZH) North-western Switzerland(BS, BL, AG) Espace Mittelland(BE, FR, SO, NE, JU) Lake Geneva region(VD, VS, GE) Switzerland economy asawhole,2014 Wage level FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 Income ▶ –2% –1% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% h g f e d c b a Level ofcompetences Standardised monthlywage: full-timeequivalent basedon40hoursaweekand41/3weeksmonth

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 Total 2017 Lookforstatistics FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 Switzerland −0.2 −2.3 −0.9 −0.9 −1.6 −3.7 2013 100 105 110 115 Producer andimportpriceindex 0.6 0.7 1.7 0.0 0.1 1.3 1.2 80 85 90 95 2000 172 168 154 104 187 112 140 183 168 167 229 160 125 122 203 131 182 139 128 Index, Mai2000=100 −0.8 −2.3 −1.2 −0.9 −1.0 −1.3 2014 Import price 0.0 2004 0.7 1.6 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 changes inyearlyaverage in%  Germany Prices 106 103 106 137 100 117 120 109 111 102 105 103 101 108 103 2008 −1.1 −0.8 −2.0 −0.9 −4.4 −0.4 −2.1 −0.6 −0.8 Total supply 99 99 99 94 2015 0.0 1.2 0.3 0.0 Producer price 2012 France −0.4 −1.8 −0.2 −1.5 −2.4 −0.4 −2.2 −0.1 −0.5 2016 112 106 110 100 124 103 114 127 103 117 105 107 100 104 103 113 103 104 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.4 99 EU-28 =100 2017 2017 -1.6 -0.5 -1.8 -0.4 108 109 105 101 109 122 106 103 111 101 Italy 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.2 2.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.9 76 97 84 99 93 99 91 98 98 Industry and Services 1 Only market-oriented companies. The sizeofacompany isdeterminedbythenumberofemployees in private enterprises (385 700 and348200employees respectively). tertiary. Thehealthcare andretail sectorscountedthemostemployees the primarysector, 1 Overall in privateenterprises nearly 160000employees workedin by the tertiary sectorinthecase of private enterprises was 71.5%. to 49employees.In2015theshare oftotalemploymentrepresented by micro-enterprises andoverafifth (21.6%)byenterpriseswith10 ees). Slightlymore thanafourthofjobs(26.3%)are accountedfor around onethird inlargeenterprises(withfewer than250employ sector: 12employees).Overtwothirds ofemployeesworkinSMEs; also differs accordingly (service sector: 7.2 employees; secondary sector (90.7%compared with79.9%).Theaveragesizeofenterprises employees) in 2015 is larger in the service sector than in the secondary employees. Theproportion ofmicro-enterprises (withfewerthan10 dium-sized enterprises(SME)i.e.withfewerthan250 More than99%ofallenterprisesinSwitzerlandare smallandme More than99%ofenterprisesare SMEs FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 Sector 3 Sector 2 Sector 1 Total according to NOGA 2008, Market-oriented companiesandemployeesbyeconomicactivity Companies bysizecategory Company size 8.4% 1.5% Human healthandsocial assistance Administrative andsupportserviceactivities Architectural andengineeringactivities Financial serviceactivities IT andotherinformationservices Food andbeverage serviceactivities Accommodation Retail trade Wholesale trade of which: Construction ofbuildingsandCivilengineering Electricity, gasandsteamsupply Manufacture ofelectricalequipment watches andclocks Manufacture ofcomputer, electronicandopticalproducts; Manufacture ofmetalproducts Manufacture ofpharmaceuticalproducts Manufacture ofwoodandpaperproducts, andprinting Manufacture oftextiles, apparelandleathergoods Manufacture offood, beverage andtobaccoproducts of which: 0 – 9 1 , 2015 in’000 091 100 inthesecondaryand3133500 10 89.8% – 0.3% 49 20.0% 32.1% Employeesbysizecategoryofcompanies 50 – 249 Companies 582.0 436.4 90.9 54.6 55.4 24.7 16.0 23.4 35.8 24.3 10.0 3.7 6.4 5.6 8.9 0.8 0.8 2.1 7.6 0.3 2.9 4.3 2015 Employees 3 133.5 1 091.1 4 384.2 21.6% 26.3% 159.6 385.7 124.7 195.2 165.3 348.2 230.7 109.8 111.5 250 20.9 87.7 74.9 30.4 34.4 85.0 45.1 70.1 15.4 97.8 17 + - - Industry and Services Other serviceactivities Arts andrecreation Health andsocialservices Education Professional andscientificactivities Real estateactivitiesandservices Banking andinsurance Information andcommunication service activities Accommodation, foodandbeverage Transport andwarehousing Trade andrepairsector Sector 3 Construction Industry andEnergy Sector 2 Total Economic activity(NOGA2008) New companies,2015 18 seen between2006and2008 from 2011to2013. jobs (excl.construction)rose by21%.Particularlystrong growth was rose by15%.Duringthesameperiodnumberoftertiary sector of jobsfellslightly. From 2004to2016employmentinconstruction Until the2 industry hadrecovered somewhatonlytoundergofurtherdecline. of jobs had fallentothe level ofthe 4 came aslumpinthelabourmarket:by1 quarter 2008,employmentgrowth thefinancialcrisis wasstrong. With struction) rose by2.4%.Betweenthe1 From 2004to2016thenumberofsecondarysectorjobs(excl.con Employment so thatoverallproduction inthesecondarysectorstabilised. the previous year, in2016thesituation recovered forsomebranches dustry. Whereas in2015nearlyallsectorsmadelossescompared with Annual average Indexed changeinthequarterlyresults Production inthesecondarysector 100 110 120 70 80 90

2004 2008 nd 2010=100 quarter2013andagainin2015 2016thenumber 2012 2017 FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 companies Total new 34 491 39 526 5 035 3 416 2 173 4 403 1 857 8 242 3 684 1 492 2 289 1 249 4 722 3 145 1 890 for themainlyexport-orientedin and ledtoadeclineinturnover expensive forforeign purchasers that Swissproducts becamemore change rate.Thisdecisionmeant abandon theminimumeuro ex Swiss NationalBank’s decision to crisis in 2007 and in 2015 by the economy washitbythefinancial ly cyclical.Furthermore, theSwiss 2004 and2016. The trend ishigh tion) grew by26.8%between ary sector(industryandconstruc Overall production inthesecond 964 th quarter2006.Bymid-2012 st quarter2006andthe3 st quarter 2010 the number quarter2010thenumber 100.0 87.3 12.7 11.1 20.9 11.9 In % 8.6 5.5 4.7 9.3 3.8 5.8 3.2 2.4 8.0 4.8 Created jobs (full-time) 46 366 54 623 10 183 8 257 3 831 3 015 5 468 2 112 5 675 2 227 3 145 2 750 1 413 6 547 5 625 2 632 100.0 84.9 15.1 12.0 10.3 10.0 18.6 10.4 In % 5.8 5.0 2.6 4.8 7.0 5.5 3.9 4.1 rd ------

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2015 North America Exports Asia other China (PRD) Hong Kong Germany 2012 266 137 3.2 0.7 3.4 1.0 1.8 6.2 3.7 0.6 1.4 0.8 19 080 28 653 12 997 43 627 10 132 France variation fromthepreviousyearin% 3 863 9 516 India 2016 USA Italy UK −0.3 −0.1 2013 0  1.5 0.3 1.5 0.3 3.3 1.2 2.0 1.1 136 015 Total: CHF298.4billion 10 297 37 137 10 892 35 892 Industr 3 054 3 891 3 239 10 2000 −0.9 −4.0 −0.1 2014 32% 14.3 14.4 13% 1.2 0.4 1.0 0.1 1.6 0.4 1.3 20 17.3 18.3 279 155 y andServices Exports 21 535 31 056 11 794 84 685 5 870 3 151 8 125 30 26.8 −14.4 2015 50% in CHFbillion −0.8 −2.4 −1.4 −3.2 in CHFmillion −1.0 −0.7 −3.2 −0.7 −1.4 2015 32.0 36.4 40 298 408

19 407 31 080 12 114 94 277 Europe 42.7 5 087 3 466 8 355 −1.6 −1.2 −1.9 −1.0 −5.2 −1.6 −3.3 50 2016 2016 0.3 0.0 0.2 19 Agriculture and Forestry Grassland andmeadow Agricultural area used,2016 added oftheSwisseconomywas0.7%. and biodiversity. In2016,theshare ofbothsectorsinthegross value decentralised economicactivityandforprotecting landscapediversity struction materialsandrenewable energy, butalsoformaintaining These twosectorsare importantnotonlyforfoodproduction, con The landscapeistherefore largelyshapedbyagriculture andforestry. Jura. Forest andwoodlandaccountfor31%ofSwitzerland’s territory. of this area was lost, roughly equivalent to the size of the canton of of thetotalarea ofSwitzerland.Between1985and2009,850km The agriculturalandalpineareas togethermakeup36% 20 ▶ 1 Non-agricultural secondary activities Agricultural servicesoutput Animal output Crop output Output ofagriculture A fewkeyindicatorsinagriculture Total area= 100 110 120 130 140 150 Perennial crops Other arable agricultural land 60 70 80 90 Total value Other animalsandanimalproducts Milk Pigs Cattle Other cropoutputs Wine Fruits andgrapes products Vegetables andhorticultural Forage plants Cereals 1996

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- FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 Year 2016 2015 2015 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2009 2009 2009 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2014 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 Switzerland 47 000 41 285 27 087 8 327 535.0 32.6 20.9 35.9 88.2 79.5 83.9 30.8 36.9 80.8 85.1 22.9 10.5 24.6 18.0 20.1 24.6 41.2 26.9 11.9 27.6 207 3.1 0.6 8.5 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.8 7.3 5.0 3.9 31 5 4 357 113 On December31 On January 1 Germany 36 000 82 176 21 210 540.0 21.7 12.2 40.8 82.2 73.6 77.9 11.0 33.9 51.7 78.3 83.1 35.0 10.5 21.1 18.3 27.4 28.3 35.7 11.2 29.2 229 3.8 1.7 7.1 4.5 3.8 4.1 9.1 9.5 4.6 3.3 43 st 120 168 st 10 784 19 700 8 828 Greece 78.5 83.7 21.3 19.4 41.9 14.0 30.2 13.6 26.5 74.0 11.3 72.0 47.3 19.9 28.1 23.6 76.2 60.4 68.2 33.4 35.4 8.8 8.5 7.4 4.0 8.4 2.3 1.1 8.9 82 73 ...... 493 501 46 440 15 175 26 700 481.0 Spain 80.1 85.7 44.5 18.7 19.8 18.5 13.1 35.7 34.6 24.7 40.8 13.7 48.4 44.4 18.1 21.4 19.6 79.2 69.2 74.2 31.9 52.9 9.0 9.5 4.2 2.7 9.2 2.6 2.0 7.2 93 36 548 763 66 760 20 750 30 400 484.0 France 79.2 85.5 59.1 12.0 18.8 24.6 18.0 34.6 16.6 11.1 33.9 19.7 45.4 24.6 10.3 10.1 75.4 67.6 71.4 31.7 54.2 105 6.6 8.0 5.5 3.7 8.6 3.8 1.2 9.9 6.8 52 301 392 60 666 16 232 28 200 615.0 80.3 84.9 30.0 22.0 18.4 17.6 11.8 17.7 31.7 30.0 37.1 16.8 57.4 37.8 10.9 12.8 11.7 74.8 55.2 64.9 33.2 51.4 201 Italy 8.0 8.3 4.1 2.9 9.0 2.6 1.3 7.1 56 Netherlands 16 979 20 994 37 200 37 357 477.0 79.9 83.2 49.8 10.1 18.2 22.5 24.7 36.0 29.7 10.7 30.2 15.4 41.5 10.8 84.4 75.0 79.7 11.5 11.9 55.0 503 4.9 5.6 5.5 3.3 4.7 4.6 1.3 5.6 6.5 6.0 37 22 524 37 200 83 920 Austria 8 690 546.0 78.8 83.7 14.4 18.5 19.6 18.4 31.4 18.5 10.3 30.2 69.3 29.0 32.3 11.2 80.7 71.7 76.2 47.0 38.2 105 9.8 8.3 5.4 3.1 3.8 2.2 6.5 5.6 6.0 9.1 56 ... 449 159 20 706 36 000 Sweden 9 851 474.0 80.4 84.1 54.7 11.8 19.8 22.7 22.2 41.1 27.3 11.0 29.3 24.5 42.2 18.3 18.9 83.9 80.2 82.1 66.0 7.8 6.8 7.1 2.5 4.6 1.9 7.3 6.5 6.9 5.5 8.1 24 27 244 436 17 521 31 300 65 383 467.0 24.5 42.4 15.7 28.8 27.1 13.0 82.5 72.2 77.3 14.8 65.1 79.2 82.8 47.9 12.0 17.9 23.5 269 U.K. 8.6 5.9 3.9 9.9 7.7 2.9 2.7 5.0 4.7 4.8 7.7 8.6 28 ... 510 279 16 452 29 100 EU-28 22.0 30.7 26.1 13.0 46.4 18.7 78.6 67.3 72.9 77.9 83.3 10.0 19.2 20.9 117 9.6 5.1 3.6 3.2 1.7 8.4 8.8 8.6 8.4 ...... Year Switzerland Germany Greece Spain France Italy Netherlands Austria Sweden U.K. EU-28 Inhabitants in ’000 20164 8 327 82 176 10 784 46 440 66 760 60 666 16 979 8 690 9 851 65 383 510 279 Inhabitants per km2 20154 207 229 82 93 105 201 503 105 24 269 117 People under 20 in % 20164 20.1 18.3 19.4 19.8 24.6 18.4 22.5 19.6 22.7 23.5 20.9 People over 64 in % 20164 18.0 21.1 21.3 18.7 18.8 22.0 18.2 18.5 19.8 17.9 19.2 Foreigners as % of the total population 20164 24.6 10.5 7.4 9.5 6.6 8.3 4.9 14.4 7.8 8.6 ... Live births per 1000 inhabitants 2015 10.5 9.1 8.5 9.0 12.0 8.0 10.1 9.8 11.8 12.0 10.0 Births outside of marriage in % 2015 22.9 35.0 8.8 44.5 59.1 30.0 49.8 ... 54.7 47.9 ... Female life expectancy at birth (in years) 2015 85.1 83.1 83.7 85.7 85.5 84.9 83.2 83.7 84.1 82.8 83.3 Male life expectancy at birth (in years) 2015 80.8 78.3 78.5 80.1 79.2 80.3 79.9 78.8 80.4 79.2 77.9

Total area in km2 20095 41 285 357 113 120 168 493 501 548 763 301 392 37 357 83 920 449 159 244 436 ... Agricultural area as % of the total area 20095 36.9 51.7 35.4 52.9 54.2 51.4 55.0 38.2 8.1 65.1 ... Forest area as % of the total area 20095 30.8 33.9 33.4 31.9 31.7 33.2 11.9 47.0 66.0 14.8 ... 5 Greenhouse gas emissions in CO2 2015 5.8 11.0 8.9 7.2 6.8 7.1 11.5 9.1 5.5 7.7 8.4 equivalents (t per inhabitant)

Employment rate 2016 83.9 77.9 68.2 74.2 71.4 64.9 79.7 76.2 82.1 77.3 72.9 Women 2016 79.5 73.6 60.4 69.2 67.6 55.2 75.0 71.7 80.2 72.2 67.3 Men 2016 88.2 82.2 76.2 79.2 75.4 74.8 84.4 80.7 83.9 82.5 78.6 Unemployment rate (15–74) ILO-based 2016 5.5 4.1 23.6 19.6 10.1 11.7 6.0 6.0 6.9 4.8 8.6 Women 2016 5.4 3.8 28.1 21.4 9.9 12.8 6.5 5.6 6.5 4.7 8.8 Men 2016 5.5 4.5 19.9 18.1 10.3 10.9 5.6 6.5 7.3 5.0 8.4 15 – 24 year-olds 2016 8.5 7.1 47.3 44.4 24.6 37.8 10.8 11.2 18.9 13.0 18.7 Long-term unemployed based on ILO- 2016 35.9 40.8 72.0 48.4 45.4 57.4 41.5 32.3 18.3 27.1 46.4 definition (15–74) in % of the enemployed

Gross domestic product (GDP) per inhabitant, 2016 47 000 36 000 19 700 26 700 30 400 28 200 37 200 37 200 36 000 31 300 29 100 in purchasing power standard (PPS) Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) 2017 0.6 1.7 1.1 2.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 2.2 1.9 2.7 1.7

Gross energy consumption, TOE 1 per inhabitant 2015 3.1 3.8 2.3 2.6 3.8 2.6 4.6 3.8 4.6 2.9 3.2 Share of renewable energies in gross energy 2015 20.9 12.2 11.3 13.7 8.6 16.8 4.7 29.0 42.2 7.7 13.0 consumption in %

Beds in hotels and health establishments per 2016 32.6 21.7 74.0 40.8 19.7 37.1 15.4 69.3 24.5 ...... 1000 inhabitants Cars per 1000 inhabitants 20155 535.0 540.0 ... 481.0 484.0 615.0 477.0 546.0 474.0 467.0 ... Road accidents: fatalities per 1 million 20155 31 43 73 36 52 56 37 56 27 28 ... inhabitants

Expenditure on social security in a % of GDP 2015 27.6 29.2 26.5 24.7 33.9 30.0 30.2 30.2 29.3 28.8 ... Cost of the healthcare system in % of GDP 2015 11.9 11.2 8.4 9.2 11.1 9.0 10.7 10.3 11.0 9.9 ... Infant deaths 2 2015 3.9 3.3 4.0 2.7 3.7 2.9 3.3 3.1 2.5 3.9 3.6

Young people (18 – 24) without post-com- 2016 26.9 35.7 13.6 34.6 16.6 31.7 29.7 18.5 27.3 15.7 26.1 pulsory education in % Persons (25 – 64) with highest educational 2016 41.2 28.3 30.2 35.7 34.6 17.7 36.0 31.4 41.1 42.4 30.7 attainment at tertiary level in % Education expenditure in % of GDP 2014 5.0 4.6 ... 4.2 5.5 4.1 5.5 5.4 7.1 5.9 5.1

At-risk-of-poverty rate 3 2016 7.3 9.5 14.0 13.1 8.0 11.8 5.6 8.3 6.8 8.6 9.6 Median of the equivalised disposable net 2016 27 087 21 210 8 828 15 175 20 750 16 232 20 994 22 524 20 706 17 521 16 452 income, in purchasing power standard (PPS) Housing costs as % of the disposable household 2016 24.6 27.4 41.9 18.5 18.0 17.6 24.7 18.4 22.2 24.5 22.0 income 1 Tonnes of crude oil equivalent 4 On January 1st 2 Children who died in their first year of life per 1000 live births 5 On December 31st 3 As % of all employed persons

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113.3 p 82.1 90.2 22.3 1995 130.5 107.1 96.6 23.4 2000 176.9 139.9 154.4 25.5 2010 205.9 161.9 178.4 2015 29.8 42.9 27.6 in % 0.5 2.9 3.7 6.1 5.1 9.1 29 p Social Security Proportion ofsocialassistancebeneficiaries as percentagesoftheresidentpopulation by canton Social assistancerate,2016 BV: BV: EL (SI): survivors’benefits EL (OAI): old-agepensions OASI OASI in AppenzellInnerrhoden. average annualpremium wasCHF4625inBaselStadtand ferences can,however, beobservedbetweencantons.In CHF ( compulsory healthinsurancerose from CHF2091(2002)to3442 The averageannualcantonalpremiums perinsured personforthe Health insurance 3 2 1 Social insurance:beneficiaries,2016 disability. of socialbenefitsare attributedtoold-age,sickness/healthcare and (functions ofsocialbenefits)isextremely uneven: more thanfour-fifths The distribution of social benefits among the different risks and needs Expenditure onbenefits 30 2016 GE survivors’ insurance (SI) Disability insurance (IV) Supplementary benefits(EL)oldage(OAI)and Old-age andsurvivors’insurance (AHV)

pensions old-age and widowers’ pensions widows’ and < 1.5 1 1 : survivors’benefits : old-agepensions 3555 ). In VD 2016 foryoungpersonsandCHF1039children. Great dif NE 1.5 –2.9 theaverageannualpremium wasCHF FR JU 2 2 BS VS BE SO 2 285.5 BL 3.0 –4.4 188.0 745.0 201.1 181.8 3.8 LU FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 A OW G 5 4 ALV UV UV EL (IV): suppl. disabilitybenefits IV IV BV: disabilitybenefits NW Unemployment insurance (ALV) Accident insurance (UV) 3 3 : additionaldisabilitybenefits : disabilitybenefits 4 4 ZG SH : disabilitybenefits : survivors’pensions 5 : unemploymentbenefits ZH UR SZ 4.5 –5.9 TI TG GL SG AR AI 4040 GR ≥ 6.0 for adults, foradults, 2016 in ’000 2482 CH: 113.7 251.7 119.5 331.7 the 72.4 82.1 19.7 3.3 -

Social Security was borne bythecommunesand17.8%Confederation. was borne broader sense.In2015theybore 44.6%ofnetexpenditure, 36.9% The cantonswere theprincipaldisbursersofsocialassistancein rose by0.7%from CHF9786in2014to98542015. Expenditure persocialassistanceinthenarrow sensebybeneficiary sistance inthebroader sensewas0.8%higherthantheprevious year. At CHF958percapita,theaverageannualexpenditure forsocialas for just7.3%ofexpenditure. advance alimony payments and housing benefits) together accounted age anddisabilitybenefits,unemploymentassistance,family ing benefits belonging tosocial assistance in thebroader sense (old third on social assistance in the narrow sense (CHF 2.6bn). The remain plementary benefits relating to OASI and IV (CHF4.8bn), and another in the previous year (+1.9%). 60% of this expenditure went on sup totalled CHF 8 billion, i.e. approximately CHF 150 million more than In 2015,netexpenditure onsocialassistanceinthebroader sense Rising expenditure onsocialassistance FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 ▶ plementary benefits. 65 andover, whoreceive supportwhenneededfrom theOASsup They are lowest(socialassistancerate0.2%)amongpersons aged under 18.Ingeneral,ratestend to diminishwithincreasing age. Social assistanceratesare highestamongchildren andyoungpeople pending onaperson’s age,familystructure andnationality. social assistancevariesgreatly de The riskofbecomingreliant on term unemployed. parents, foreigners andthelong- This includesforexample,single over-represented inthesetowns. pendent onsocialassistanceare who are to a greater degree de city character. Groups of persons sized townswithadistinctinner- are foundinlargerandmedium differences: the highest rates There are considerable regional supported bysocialassistance. of the total population, were In 2016,273 Social assistancebeneficiaries In CHFbillion(currentprices) 2015 2010 2005 Net expenditureonmeans-testedsocialbenefits

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Health 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 in 2012. home foranaverageof13days to work or to carry out work at unable forhealthreasons togo day life. Swiss inhabitants were seem toaffect workandevery rary physicalandmentalproblems bad orverybad.However, tempo of men and women qualified it as good orveryandonly4% women describedtheirhealthas In 2012,84%ofmenand81% Self-rated health 32 per 1000livebirths Infant mortality 1 Accidents andactsofviolence types Diseases oftherespiratory system, all Circulatory system Cancer-related illness, alltypes Infectious diseases of which: All causes Causes ofdeath,2015 Life expectancy 1900 0 Age-standardised deathrate per100 000inhabitants Suicide Accidents, alltypes Cerebrovascular diseases Ischemic heartdisease

1920 1940 1960 Men Women 1980 2016 15.1 85.3 1970 81.5 FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 - - 32 646 1 419 2 299 2 315 1 455 4 001 9 715 9 571 792 397 Number ofdeaths 1 70–100% 60–69% 50–59% 40–49% Degree ofdisability Disabled accidents Non-occupational accidents Occupational Accidents, 2016 cases 1 New AIDS Tuberculosis Hepatitis B Meningitis Acute gastro-intestinalinfections Infectious diseases well asischaemicheartdisease. acts ofviolence,lungcanceras in particularduetoaccidentsand die earlier(before theageof70), by 7.4years(2016).Mentendto women by4.1yearsandformen years. Since1991ithasrisenfor continued to increase in recent mortality. Life expectancy has also result offallinginfantandchild ing thelastcentury, largelyasa Life expectancyhasshotupdur Men 1980 Receiving govt. disabilitypensions 9.1 34 960 11 878 Women 1990 1 179 1 528 2 299 2 113 3 372 7 690 1 6.8 , 2016 279 431

2000 4.9 547.0 1 313 017 198 217 154.0 164.0 , 2016 88 694 15 690 16.6 25.9 44.3 36.7 22.7 64.4 Men 7 614 5 587 6.9 Men Men Death rate 2010 3.8 217 575 Women 73 603 16 055 67 715 Women Women 367.0 104.0 106.0 6 779 6 581 9 222 1 12.2 19.1 22.6 19.4 29.4 2016 612 3.6 5.7 4.4 55 44 50 - Health 1 80+ yearsold old years 60 –79 old years 15 –59 hospitals, 2016 Hospitalisation rateinacute 1 Home care Hospitalisation Physicians’ consultations Services, 2012 a dailybasis. (1992: 20%).17%ofmenand9%womenconsumedalcoholon percentage ofpeopledrinkingalcoholeverydayhasfallento13% parison withthe2007HealthSurvey, theyhaveremained stable.The The percentages havefallenslightlycompared to1992,butincom at the time of the survey in 2012: 24% of women and 32% of men. bacco andalcohol.About28%ofthepopulationasawholesmoked more seriousfrom thepublichealthangleisconsumptionofto approximately 11%of15 Illegal drugsare mainlyusedbyteenagersandyoungadults.In2012, Consumption ofalcohol,tobaccoandillegaldrugs,2012 FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 ▶ tion isnotsosignificant. The impactoftheageingpopula technology, andgreater comfort. specialisation and greater use of e.g. expandedfacilities,growing damental factorinthisincrease: Development ofsupplyisafun went on health (1990: 8.3%). In 2015,11.9%oftheGDP Health care costs 100 125 150 175 200 225 of thecorrespondingpopulationcategory Population fromage15 1995

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Inpatient curative care Total in CHFmillion Total nb. ofclients in ‘000 Nursing homes Dentists practice Physicians withprivate per 100 000inhabitants Physicians anddentists 3 2 1 Administration Prevention Medical goods Ancillary Services Long TermCare Rehabilitative care care Outpatient curative 1 main function estimate Medicines andtherapeutic apparatus Such aslaboratory analyses, radiology, transport Result ofanextrapolation andnotofanannual Since 2008, physicianswithambulatorysectoras Clients ≥80yearsold of which: Physicians Pharmacies of which: Dentists outpatient centres Medical practices and Hospitals of which: Women Men 1 1  3

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Education and Science Higher education Upper secondary Compulsory education Total Educational level Students demand foreducation. of theBolognareform). Thesereforms are alsoreflected inincreasing and theuniversitiesofappliedsciencesaswellimplementation beyond compulsoryeducation(introduction ofthevocationalMatura last twodecades,thenationalstructures havealsobeenreformed at thepreviously optionalpre-school levelisnowcompulsory. Inthe school foreleveninsteadofnineyears.Inmostcantons,attendance tion ofcompulsoryeducation,children willbeexpectedtoattend The Swisseducationsystemischanging.Alongwiththeharmonisa levels. secondary schools,there are two,three orfourdifferent performance able incompulsoryschooling:dependingonthecanton,lower The diversityofthedifferent educationsystemsisparticularlynotice Switzerland’s education systemischaracterised by strong federalism. Moving towards aSwisseducationalsystem 34 and thearts. and businessfields,whilewomen choose thehumanities,socialwork ity. Attheuniversitylevelmenstilltendtooptfortechnical, scientific the retail, health and personal care sectors, women are in the major models. Intheindustryandhandicrafts sector, menpredominate; in dominated byeithermenorwomen, notleastduetotraditionalrole This appliestobothvocationaltraining anduniversity. Jobsectorsare Particularly strikingdifferences stillexistinthechoiceofsubjectarea. higher educationalrequirements. frequently andatthelowersecondaryleveItheyattendschoolswith in compulsory education: they are transferred to a special class less longer in education than women. Conversely, girls are more successful higher vocationaleducation.Accordingly, onaveragemenstillremain is now almost even, men are still more likely than women to complete the genderratioinuniversitiesandofappliedsciences complete post-compulsoryeducationorvocationaltraining.Whereas recent decades.Today almostasmanywomenmenundertakeand Women havebeenthemainbeneficiariesofeducationalboomin The gendergaphasnarrowed 1 Includinguniversitiesforteachereducation sciences Universities ofapplied of technology Universities andinstitutes Advanced vocat. training Special syllabusschools Lower secondary Primary Pre-school

1 1 441.7 2000/01 160.5 315.7 278.5 473.7 156.4 957.2 25.1 96.7 38.7 48.6 Number in 1 496.1 2005/06 FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 112.4 204.7 324.5 298.4 454.1 156.1 957.3 54.1 38.2 48.7 ’ 000 1 588.8 2015/16 145.9 295.4 365.2 249.0 477.6 170.6 928.3 92.8 56.6 31.1 2000/01 47.8 25.9 45.6 43.1 41.9 47.8 37.9 49.7 49.3 48.5 48.7 % ofwomen 2005/06 48.1 44.4 49.1 43.6 46.8 47.5 37.7 49.6 49.2 48.4 48.6 2015/16 48.5 52.2 50.4 43.6 49.6 47.7 35.1 49.1 49.1 48.7 48.5 - - - Education and Science 65–74 55–64 45–54 35–44 25–34 25–64 Students intheuppersecondarylevel FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 to 50%by2027. population groups aged25 The percentage ofpersonswithatertiary-levelqualificationinthe Swiss populationisexpectedtorise considerablyinthecomingyears. In accordance withthisdevelopmenttheeducationallevelof the universitiesofappliedsciencesandteachereducation. 2000 and2016.Thisisinnosmallpartduetotheestablishmentof students athighereducationinstitutionsmore thandoubledbetween 2000 to38.1%in2016(includingspecialisedMatura).Thenumberof example (vocationalMaturaandacademicMatura)rose from 25.7%in Thepercentage ofpeopletakingtheMaturaexaminationsfor cerned. Educational coursesgivingaccesstouniversitiesare particularlycon secondary level and especially at tertiary level has risen considerably. Over the past thirty years the participation in education at upper Increased participationineducation Men Education level,2016 175 200 225 250 Total 20 40 60 80 years 75+ 0 1980 Tertiary level 0% (incomplete databefore1999) Bridge-year programs and training Vocational education 20% 1985 40% 1990 60% 1995 Secondary IIlevelorhigher 80% – 100% 64 isexpectedtorisefrom 40%in2014 2000 Baccalaureate schools schools, specialisedmatura Upper-secondary specialised Women 65–74 55–64 45–54 35–44 25–34 25–64 Share ofthepermanentresidentpopulation Total years 2005 75+ 0% 2010 20% 40% 2015 «Reference» Scenario 60% 80% In ’000 100% 2025 35 - Education and Science Compulsory school University staff, 2016 Teachers, 2015/16 1 Universities Universities of Applied Science Higher vocationaltraining Higher education Voc. training certificate Vocational baccalaureate Academic baccalaureate Upper secondarylevel Educational level qualifications, 2016 Selected educational 36 Undistributed funds Universities Higher vocationaltraining General schools Basic vocationaltraining Special schools Compulsory school(incl. pre-school) Total 2015 Public expenditure oneducation, 4 3 2 1 Univ. ofappliedsciences Universities Upper secondaryschool Schools providinggeneral andvocationaleducation double countspossible Includes SwissFederal vocationaldiploma Including universitiesforteachereducation Including scientificstaff Excluding schoolswithaspecialcurriculum, Assistants Other lecturers Professors Assistants Other lecturers Professors Lower secondaryschool Primary school Pre-school of whichcoststeachingstaff Doctorate Master’s degree Bachelor’s degree Licentiate/Diploma Master’s degree Bachelor’s degree Diploma Swiss Fed. prof. diploma Swiss Federal diploma PET diploma

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9.3% 23.3% Culture, media, on cultureandmedia(0.1%) Research anddevelopment 12.8% 1990 Libraries Audience, inmillion 26.3% 20.9% Museums Concerts, Fine Arts theatre 2016 and 10 20 30 40 0 - Politics 1 BDP GLP SVP SP CVP FDP National CouncilElections,2015 distribution ofseats National Council,2015: referendums) andpopularvotes. also characterisedbyfar-reaching democraticrights(initiativesand (representing thecantons,46seats).TheSwisspoliticalsystemis Council (representing thepeople,200seats)andCouncilofStates CVP). Theyare electedbybothchambersinparliament:theNational legial bodyconsistingof7members(from 2016:2FDP, 2SP, 2SVP, 1 (FederalCouncil)isacol in existencesince1848.TheGovernment The Swiss Confederation, today made up of 26 cantons, has been The politicalsystem FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 BDP SVP SP CVP FDP Parties abbreviations cal polarisation–cametoahaltand was,tosomeextent,reversed. centre parties(GLP/PVL,BDP/PBD)brought aboutareduction inpoliti from the2011nationalcouncilelections–inwhichemerging new Party (CVP/PDC)whichreached arecord lowlevel.Thetrend observed the Green LiberalParty(GLP/PVL)andtheChristianDemocraticPeople’s by thenewcentre parties,theConservativeDemocraticParty(BDP/PBD), increased itsshare forthefirsttimesince1979.Losseswere registered secondly, the RadicalDemocraticParty/TheLiberals(FDP/PLR)which by apartysincethefirstproportional representation votein1919and UDC) whichshowedthegreatest electoralstrength (29.4%)achieved with aconsiderableincrease invotes,theSwissPeople’s Party(SVP/ There were twowinnersofthenationalcouncilelectionsin2015: National CouncilElections2015 See belowforabbreviations 2 1 Other parties Small right-wingparties GPS FDP 1 PdA 1 CSP-OW, 2 Lega, 1MCR, Others: 2EVP, SVP The Liberals“ 2009: mergeroftheFDP(Free Democratic Party) withtheLPS(Liberal Party) underthedesignation “RDP. EVP (2seats, 2women), CSP, PdA(1seat), Sol., splintergroups(CSP-OW1seat) SD, EDU, Lega(2seats, 1woman), MCR(1seat) Conservative Democratic Party Christian Democratic People’s Party Swiss People’s Party Social Democratic Party Radical Democratic Party 2 65 33 7 1

1 Share ofthe 27 votes in% 43 Sol. PdA GLP CSP EVP 7 11 29.4 18.8 11.6 16.4 7 5.3 2.6 7.1 4.1 4.6 Solidarity Labour Party Green Liberal Party Christian SocialParty Evangelical People’s Party CVP BDP GPS GLP SP Seats Non-affiliated CVP FDP distribution ofseats Council ofStates,2015: SVP 11 65 43 27 33 4 3 7 7 Women 11 25 13 MCR Lega dei Ticinesi EDU SD GPS 2 1 5 1 3 9 7 5 Mouvement Citoyens Federal democratic union Swiss Democrats Green Party ofSwitzerland 1 13 Men 12 54 18 18 26 2 2 6 6 4 Percentage of BDP (1) GPS (1) Romand women 50.0 33.3 45.5 14.3 42.9 16.9 58.1 33.3 21.2 39 SP - - Politics Popular initiatives 2 Includes popularinitiativeswithcounterproposals 1 Includes counterproposalstopopularinitiatives 40 ▶ yearsaftertheelections, inaccordancewiththethree-yearcyclethatwas thenormatthattime. respectiveNationalCouncilelections. Until1931, withinoneandahalfyearsbefore 1 These areaverage values forreferendumsthattookplacewithintwoyearsbefore andtwoyearsafterthe 1951–1980 1901–1950 1848–1900 1951–1980 1901–1950 1848–1900 Compulsory referendums National PopularVotes 1981–2017 1981–2017 National participationinreferendums andelections Council elections. (40%), therefore roughly reaching thesamelevelasthatofNational slightly in2017at47%compared withthe 1990s (43%) and 1980s on thedeclinein1980sithas sincestabilised.Itevenincreased referendum proposals. Whilevoterparticipation innationalvoteswas has beeninfluencedbyconsiderable variationsduetothedifferent Council elections. In contrast, voter participation in national votes been observedwith48%ofvotersparticipatinginthe2015National porary lowof42%duringthe1990s.Sincethenaslightrecovery has elections, thiswasfollowedbyacontinuousdeclinereaching atem While voterparticipationstoodat80%inthe1919NationalCouncil 100% Participation rateinnationalelectionsandreferendums 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 0%

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Communes Social insurances,inCHFbillion 164.4 44.9 42.1 63.2 52.0 1995 2000 2 Revenue 193.9 Cantons 54.4 42.7 77.3 63.5 2010 14 343 215.8 2000 96.9 33.4 26.9 36.6 1990 62.7 47.6 87.3 69.4 2016 − Confederation 28 731 152.6 207.0 - - - - 104.5 41.6 40.6 60.3 48.2 2000 44.4 58.0 2000 5.7 10% 20% 30% 40% Public spendingratio 2005 0% Expenditure 1990 191.4 23 584 55.8 43.2 76.1 60.3 2010 185.6 104.0 39.6 43.4 2010 7.4 1995 213.3 62.0 47.9 87.0 67.5 2016 24 147 2010 198.9 2000 102.5 43.3 54.1 2014 3.7 11.8 2000 2005 3.4 1.5 2.8 3.8 in %ofGDP 23 583 196.4 44.5 54.9 98.2 2015 Surplus 2.6 2010 in CHFbillion −1.4 −0.5 in CHFbillion 2010 in %ofGDP 2.5 1.2 3.1 2016 22 886 192.7 2016 −0.3 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 45.1 56.2 92.7 2016 2016 2.6 0% 0.7 0.3 1.9 2.6 41 Public Administration and Finance Extraordinary receipts Ordinary receipts Total in CHFbillion. Following deductionsindoublepayment Revenue: Publicadministration subsequently fellagain.Attheendof2015,debtratewas30%. 2005 to2011.In2012debttemporarilyincreased slightlyandthen reduction of public debt was possible onanongoingbasisfrom measures (i.e.relief programmes, debtandexpenditure brakes),the gold reserves oftheSwissNationalBankaswellvariousstructural economic recovery until 2008, togetherwiththe shedding ofsurplus 1990 and2003,however, itrose continuously. Thankstoastrong is alsorelatively lowcompared withotherOECDcountries;between Switzerland’s public debtratioaccording to theMaastrichtdefinition 42 and finance ▶ in CHFbillion. Following deductionsindoublepayment Public administrationexpenditure byfunction Finance andtaxes Economy Environmental protectionandspatialplanning Transport andtelecommunications Social security Health care Culture, sportandleisure, church Education Public orderandsecurity, defence General administration Total Revenue fromextraordinary investments Extraordinary revenue Investment revenue Financial revenue Operating revenue

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Crime andcriminal 2005 Drunk driving 2000 2014 1 2010 2015 2010 Capacity 2 2016 2016 2016 Economic and Social Situation of the Population Composition ofgross incomebyhouseholdtype, 2012 Single-person households65+ Single-person households<65 families, where the averageamountsto12%. income onlyinspecifictypesofhouseholds,suchassingle-parent Transfers from otherhouseholdsrepresent animportantsource of and, inparticular, incomefrom assetsplayarelatively importantrole. major part of thehouseholdincome, but income from employment example, thatinhouseholdsaged65andover, pensionsrepresent the household incomeisconsidered byhouseholdtype.Thisshows,for The picture becomesmore differentiated whenthecompositionof from assetsandtransfersfrom otherhouseholds. at 19%.Theremainder ofhouseholdincomeismadeup pillars oftheSwisspensionsystemandothersocialsecuritybenefits important componentconsistsofpensionsfrom thefirstandsecond represents themaincomponentofhouseholdincome.Thesecond Averaged outover all households, income from employment at76% Household budgets:Income FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 capital, amongotherthings. even aminus,whichmeansthatthesehouseholdsare livingontheir average save less than younger households. Sometimes this figure is depending onhouseholdtype.Householdsovertheageof65 income isleftforsaving.There are significantdifferences inthisarea After all expenditure has been deducted, on average 14% of the gross entertainment, recreation andculture. expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drinks, on transport and on item isexpenditure onhousingat15%.Otherlargeitemsinclude the largestitem.Inarea ofconsumerexpenditure, thelargest Compulsory deductions,whichcomprise29%ofgross income,are The variationsinthecompositionofspendingare lesspronounced. Household budgets:Expenditure 2 Less sporadic income 1 Taxes, socialinsurance contributions, basic healthinsurance premiums, transfers to otherhouseholds Composition ofhouseholdbudget,2012 Entertainment, recreationandculture Restaurants andhotels Other goodsandservices Income fromassetsandrental Income fromemployment Couples withchildren Single parentfamilies All households alcoholic beverages Couples 65+ Couples <65 Food andnon- 2 Savings 0% 5 17 15 Transport 5.6% 6.0% 9.9% 20% 6.4% 11 14.0% 8.0% Monetary transfersfromotherhouseholds Pensions andsocialsecuritybenefits 72 14.9% 76 40%

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2014 72 80% 4 14 19 3 12 8 100% 6 5 1 45 Economic and Social Situation of the Population which hasrisenfrom around 2%to8%. other expenditure hasincreased, suchasexpenditure ontransport, 7%. Incontrasttheproportion of but nowadays this has fallen to coholic drinksin1945was35%, expenditure onfoodandnon-al total expenditure represented by today. Forexample,theshare of differences betweenhouseholds are considerablylargerthanthe cantly overtime.Thesechanges expenditure haschangedsignifi The compositionofhousehold time Household expenditure over 46 1 Material deprivationratebyvarious socio-demographic characteristics, 2015 Availability ofselectedconsumergoods,2015 dishwasher, whilein 1998thefigure was only61%. 2015 more than86%ofthepopulationlivedinahouseholdwith machines andtumbledryers,there hasalsobeenanincrease. In In the case of household appliances, such as dishwashers, washing in ahouseholdwithcomputer. proportions are continuingtorise:in1998only55%ofpeoplelived a computerand97%inhouseholdwithmobilephone.These with IThardware. Atotalof94%peopleliveinahouseholdwith goods showsthat households in Switzerland are very well-equipped Information abouttheavailabilityofaselectiondurableconsumer Availability ofconsumergoods Foreigners fromcountriesoutsideofEurope Television set Persons inahouseholdwiththesecharacteristics

interval (95%) Confidence Total population Couples underage65withoutchildren Couples 93% Single personsunderage65 Mobile phone Single-parent households with 3ormorechildren Compulsory education 97% 65 yearsandolder Higher education Upper secondary with 2children 18–64 years with 1child 0–17 years Women PC Swiss 94% Men FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 0% expenditure items Trends inselectedhousehold 10% 20% 30% 40% Dishwasher 0% 1945 5% 86% non-alcoholic beverages Food and Washing machine 10% 100% =totalexpenditure 1970 Housing andenergy Transport 15% 64% 1990 20% Tumble dryer 38% 2015 25% Economic and Social Situation of the Population CHF 5263fortwoadultswithchildren. person (60%ofthemedianequivalentavailableincome)and permonthforasingle threshold forasinglepersonwasCHF 2506 or some1 children. According totherelative at-risk-of-povertyconcept,14.6% a singlepersonandCHF3984permonthfortwoadultswith based onthesocialsubsistencelevel,wasCHF2239permonthfor to approximately 570 holds in Switzerland was affected by income poverty. This corresponds In 2015,7%ofthepermanentresident populationinprivatehouse Monetary povertyandriskof FSO, Statistical DataonSwitzerland 2018 a week’s holidayawayfrom homeeachyear. wet accomodation.Inaddition,9%ofthepopulationcouldnotafford with problems ofcrime,violenceorvandalismand12%withatoo exposed tonoisefrom neighboursorthestreet, 12%are confronted the residential environment. 18%ofthepopulationsaythatthey are deprivation whichaffects theperceived inconvenienceswithregard to means to meet unexpected expenses of CHF 2500. This is followed by 22% ofthepopulationlivinginprivatehouseholdsdidnothave common materialdeprivationiscausedbyalackoffinancial reserves. this percentageuse is concerned, was almost 5%. One of the most a computerforfinancial reasons; asfarowningacarforprivate cial. In 2015, less than 2% of people living in Switzerland went without The reasons fornotowningadurablegoodare notnecessarilyfinan Material deprivation tending tobeinsecure, theriskofpovertyisgreater. If workingconditionsandmethodscanbeconsidered asclearlyor the (longerterm)securityandinsecurityofemploymentsituation. The phenomenonofworkingpovertyisbestunderstoodinrelation to by povertydespitebeinginemployment. 2015 some 3.9% or approximately 145 generally offers effective protection from poverty. Nevertheless, in the lowestpovertyrates.Successfulintegrationinlabourmarket People livinginhouseholdswithhighlabourparticipationtendtohave Poverty ofemployedpersons 2 1 Based onthe incomewithoutconsideringanyassets Risk ofpovertyrate Foreigners fromcountriesoutsideofEurope Persons inahouseholdwiththesecharacteristics interval (95%) Confidence Total population Couples underage65withoutchildren Couples 185 Single personsunderage65 Single-parent households 000 personswere atriskofpoverty. Theriskofpoverty’s with 3ormorechildren Compulsory education 65 yearsandolder 1 byvarious socio-demographic characteristics, 2015 Higher education Upper secondary with 2children 000 persons.Theaveragepovertythreshold, 18–64 years with 1child 0–17 years Women Swiss Men 2 2 2 2 2 2 0% 000 individuals were affected 10% 20% 30% 40% 47 - - Economic and Social Situation of the Population of thepoorest 20%. wealthiest 20%ofthepopulationwasfourtimesgreater thanthat which theylive.In2015,theequivaliseddisposableincomeof of people’s standard ofliving,regardless ofthetypehouseholdin household. Thustheequivaliseddisposableincomeactsasanindex come; theresulting balanceisdividedbytheequivalentsizeof compulsory expenditure isdeductedfrom thehousehold’s gross in alised disposableincome.Thisiscalculatedasfollows:Ahousehold’s Inequalities inincomedistributionare assessedonthebasisofequiv Inequalities inincomedistribution 48 ▶ Key dataongenderequality Professors, otherlecturers, assistantsandresearchstaff 2 Representation inpolitics Employment Education Residentpopulationaged25 1 0% 2 1 Based ontheincomewithoutconsidering anyassets Poverty rate Foreigners fromcountriesoutsideofEurope Percentage ofwomen(latestavailabledata2014–2017) Persons inahouseholdwiththesecharacteristics 15.2 16.1

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