WESTERN EUROPE

Switzerland

Bern · pop. 9M · French, Swiss German, Italian · Swiss franc · landlocked

Trajectories

economic complexity

Holding a top-tier export basket since 1995.

2024 · 1.58

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median

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when	value	change
1995	1.59
1996	1.62	+0.03 pts
1997	1.60	−0.02 pts
1998low	1.57	−0.02 pts
1999	1.59	+0.02 pts
2000	1.70	+0.11 pts
2001	1.71	0 pts
2002	1.73	+0.03 pts
2003	1.70	−0.03 pts
2004	1.66	−0.05 pts
2005	1.58	−0.08 pts
2006	1.58	0 pts
2007	1.66	+0.08 pts
2008	1.62	−0.04 pts
2009	1.68	+0.05 pts
2010	1.73	+0.05 pts
2011	1.77	+0.04 pts
2012	1.73	−0.04 pts
2013	1.75	+0.02 pts
2014	1.80	+0.05 pts
2015	1.84	+0.04 pts
2016high	1.84	0 pts
2017	1.73	−0.11 pts
2018	1.75	+0.02 pts
2019	1.76	+0.01 pts
2020	1.73	−0.03 pts
2021	1.74	+0.01 pts
2022	1.75	+0.01 pts
2023	1.77	+0.02 pts
2024latest	1.58	−0.19 pts

economic momentum

$104K

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $104K

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990	$39.6K
1991	$39.5K	−0.1%
1992	$40.7K	+3.0%
1993	$39.2K	−3.6%
1994	$43.1K	+9.8%
1995	$50.1K	+16.3%
1996	$48.1K	−4.0%
1997	$41.6K	−13.5%
1998	$42.7K	+2.6%
1999	$41.7K	−2.3%
2000low	$38.9K	−6.8%
2001	$39.6K	+2.0%
2002	$42.5K	+7.1%
2003	$49.3K	+16.2%
2004	$54.7K	+10.8%
2005	$56.2K	+2.9%
2006	$59.0K	+4.9%
2007	$65.0K	+10.1%
2008	$74.2K	+14.1%
2009	$71.6K	−3.5%
2010	$76.5K	+6.9%
2011	$90.5K	+18.2%
2012	$85.8K	−5.1%
2013	$87.3K	+1.7%
2014	$88.7K	+1.6%
2015	$83.8K	−5.5%
2016	$82.2K	−2.0%
2017	$82.3K	+0.1%
2018	$85.2K	+3.6%
2019	$84.1K	−1.3%
2020	$85.9K	+2.1%
2021	$93.7K	+9.0%
2022	$94.4K	+0.8%
2023	$101K	+6.6%
2024latest	$104K	+3.4%

prices

1.1%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 1.1%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

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when	value	change
1990	5.4%
1991high	5.9%	+0.46 pts
1992	4.0%	−1.82 pts
1993	3.3%	−0.74 pts
1994	0.9%	−2.44 pts
1995	1.8%	+0.95 pts
1996	0.8%	−0.99 pts
1997	0.5%	−0.29 pts
1998	0.0%	−0.50 pts
1999	0.8%	+0.79 pts
2000	1.6%	+0.75 pts
2001	1.0%	−0.57 pts
2002	0.6%	−0.35 pts
2003	0.6%	0 pts
2004	0.8%	+0.16 pts
2005	1.2%	+0.37 pts
2006	1.1%	−0.11 pts
2007	0.7%	−0.33 pts
2008	2.4%	+1.69 pts
2009	−0.5%	−2.91 pts
2010	0.7%	+1.17 pts
2011	0.2%	−0.46 pts
2012	−0.7%	−0.92 pts
2013	−0.2%	+0.48 pts
2014	−0.0%	+0.20 pts
2015low	−1.1%	−1.13 pts
2016	−0.4%	+0.71 pts
2017	0.5%	+0.97 pts
2018	0.9%	+0.40 pts
2019	0.4%	−0.57 pts
2020	−0.7%	−1.09 pts
2021	0.6%	+1.31 pts
2022	2.8%	+2.25 pts
2023	2.1%	−0.70 pts
2024latest	1.1%	−1.07 pts

demographic curve

1.3 children per woman

Far below replacement: rapid ageing ahead.

2024 · 1.3

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)

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when	value	change
1960	2.4
1961	2.5	+3.3%
1962	2.6	+2.4%
1963	2.6	+2.7%
1964high	2.7	+0.4%
1965	2.6	−2.6%
1966	2.5	−3.5%
1967	2.4	−4.4%
1968	2.3	−4.2%
1969	2.2	−4.4%
1970	2.1	−4.1%
1971	2.0	−2.9%
1972	1.9	−6.4%
1973	1.8	−5.2%
1974	1.7	−4.4%
1975	1.6	−6.9%
1976	1.6	−3.7%
1977	1.5	−1.3%
1978	1.5	−1.3%
1979	1.5	+0.7%
1980	1.6	+2.0%
1981	1.6	0.0%
1982	1.6	+0.6%
1983	1.5	−2.6%
1984	1.5	+0.7%
1985	1.5	−0.7%
1986	1.5	+0.7%
1987	1.5	−0.7%
1988	1.6	+3.3%
1989	1.6	−0.6%
1990	1.6	+1.3%
1991	1.6	0.0%
1992	1.6	0.0%
1993	1.5	−4.4%
1994	1.5	−1.3%
1995	1.5	−0.7%
1996	1.5	+1.4%
1997	1.5	−1.3%
1998	1.5	−0.7%
1999	1.5	+0.7%
2000	1.5	+1.4%
2001	1.4	−8.0%
2002	1.4	+0.7%
2003	1.4	0.0%
2004	1.4	+2.2%
2005	1.4	0.0%
2006	1.4	+1.4%
2007	1.5	+1.4%
2008	1.5	+1.4%
2009	1.5	+1.4%
2010	1.5	+1.3%
2011	1.5	0.0%
2012	1.5	0.0%
2013	1.5	0.0%
2014	1.5	+1.3%
2015	1.5	0.0%
2016	1.5	0.0%
2017	1.5	−1.3%
2018	1.5	0.0%
2019	1.5	−2.6%
2020	1.5	−1.4%
2021	1.5	+4.1%
2022	1.4	−8.6%
2023	1.3	−4.3%
2024latest	1.3	−3.0%

Metrics

population

9M

101 of 176

REST Countries · UN data
gdp

$894B

20 of 170

World Bank · latest available
gdp per capita

$100,624

3 of 170

World Bank · latest available
military spending

$6B

39 of 151

SIPRI via World Bank
military % of gdp

0.7%

133 of 148

SIPRI via World Bank
area

41K km²

136 of 176

REST Countries
population density

220 /km²

28 of 176

zuhd — derived from population and area
life expectancy

84.1 yr

1 of 175

World Bank · latest available
internet access

97%

16 of 166

ITU via World Bank
co₂ per capita

3.7 t

66 of 163

World Bank · Climate Watch
urbanisation

85%

28 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
fertility rate

1.3

152 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
foreign-born share

31%

8 of 167

World Bank · UN DESA
remittances % of gdp

0.4%

123 of 155

World Bank · IMF BOP
r&d % of gdp

3.2%

9 of 123

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
researchers per million

6,108

8 of 118

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
scientific articles / yr

24K

23 of 168

NSF / World Bank
high-tech exports %

30%

10 of 153

World Bank · UN Comtrade
gini inequality

33.8

62 of 139

World Bank · PovcalNet
youth unemployment

9%

55 of 166

ILO via World Bank
democracy (v-dem)

0.84

5 of 163

V-Dem via Our World in Data
clean government

81

6 of 164

Transparency International via Our World in Data
press freedom

10.6

10 of 163

RSF via Our World in Data
human development

0.970

3 of 164

UNDP via Our World in Data
refugees hosted

196K

34 of 150

UNHCR via Our World in Data
refugees produced

5

149 of 152

UNHCR via Our World in Data