BASIC STATISTICS OF SWITZERLAND (2015 or latest available year)1
(OECD values in parentheses)
PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
Population (million)	8.1	(1 274)	Population density per km2	196.9	(35.1)
Share of population by type of region:a			Population compound annual growth rate, latest 5 years	0.8	(0.6)
Predominantly urban (%)	60.6	(45.2)	Income inequality (Gini coefficient)	0.28	(0.32)
Intermediate (%)	36.2	(34.5)	Poverty rate (% of population with less than 50% of med. income)	9.1	(11.3)
Rural (%)	3.3	(25.7)	Life expectancy	83.3
ECONOMY AND EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS
Total GDP (national currency, billion)	646		Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)	51.2	(28.5)
Total GDP (USD, billion, current PPPs)	506	(51 188)	Main exports (% of total merchandise exports)
GDP compound annual real growth rate, latest 5 years	1.5	(1.7)	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	30.5
GDP per capita (1 000 USD current PPPs)	62.3	(40.2)	Pharmaceutical products	20.8
Value added shares (%)			Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	7.9
Agriculture	0.7	(1.8)	Main imports (% of total merchandise imports)
Industry including construction	25.5	(24.8)	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	34.4
Services	73.8	(73.4)	Pharmaceutical products	8.6
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	62.9	(28.9)	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	7.0
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Percentage of GDPb
Expenditure	33.9	(41.8)	Education expenditure	6.0	(5.3)
Revenue	35.0	(38.7)	Health expenditure	2.3	(7.6)
Gross financial debt	45.2	(113.2)	Environmental protection expenditure	0.7	(0.5)
Fiscal balance	1.1	-(3.1)	Environmentally related taxes: (% of GDP)	1.8	(1.6)
			(% of total tax revenue)	6.6	(5.2)
LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION
Unemployment rate (% of civilian labour force)	4.2	(7.3)	Patent applications in environment-related technologies (% of all technologies, average of latest 3 years)c	8.7	(11.7)
Tertiary educational attainment of 25 to 64 years-olds (%)	41.7	(35.0)	Environmental management	2.7	(4.4)
Gross expenditure on R&D, % of GDP	3.0	(2.4)	Water-related adaptation technologies	0.9	(0.5)
			Climate change mitigation technologies	6.7	(9.4)
ENVIRONMENT
Energy intensity: TPES per capita (toe/cap.)	3.0	(4.1)	Road vehicle stock (veh./100 inhabitants)	73.5	(68.2)
TPES per GDP (toe/1 000 USD, 2010 PPPs)	0.1	(0.1)	Water stress (abstraction as % of available resources)	3.8	(9.7)
Renewables (% of TPES)	22.4	(9.6)	Water abstraction per capita (m3/cap./year)	249	(819)
Carbon intensity (energy-related CO2):			Municipal waste per capita (kg/capita)	742	(520)
per capita (t/cap.)	4.7	(9.4)	Material productivity (USD, 2010 PPPs/DMC, kg)	4.3	(1.7)
per GDP (t/1 000 USD, 2010 PPP)	0.09	(0.26)	Land area (1 000 km2)	40	(34 404)
GHG intensity:d			% of arable land and crops	10.8	(12.2)
per capita (t/cap.)	6.0	(12.4)	% of permanent meadows and pastures	27.8	(23.4)
per GDP (t/1 000 USD, 2010 PPP)	0.11	(0.34)	% of forest area	31.6	(31.3)
Mean population exposure to air pollution (PM2.5), μg/m3	12.5	(14.5)	% of other land (built-up and other land)	29.8	(33.1)
← 1. Values earlier than 2010 are not taken into consideration. OECD value is a simple average of available countries b) OECD value: where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of the latest available data is calculated. c) Higher-value inventions that have sought patent protection in at least two jurisdictions. Average of latest 3 years d) Excluding emissions/removals from land use, land-use change and forestry. Source : Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the OECD, IEA/OECD, EUROSTAT and the World Bank.