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General profile: Switzerland

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
8.871 Millions
..
886 895 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 39 516 km²
2.13 %
0.98 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+4.9 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
149 888
195 609
289 720
420 170
Merchandise imports
147 127
176 281
253 027
364 098
Merchandise trade balance
2 760
19 329
36 693
56 072
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
32 %32 %68 %68 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
62 85351 14845 16327 01820 10762 85351 14845 16327 01820 107
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
(e) 69 743
101 141
124 569
168 929
Services imports
59 507
89 131
122 015
192 411
Services trade balance
(e) 10 236
12 010
2 554
-23 482
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
12.1
11.4
10.5
12.4
Travel
14.2
14.6
13.6
12.5
Other services
71.5
70.9
72.6
71.1
TRADE INDICES
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979710195101101100104100951121017370768376709698105108105103102102100959496969999928989
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.0 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
418 293
598 851
694 118
886 895
GDP per capita, current US$
56 284
76 523
83 791
99 982
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
2.75
3.24
1.64
0.98
Current account balance, % of GDP
11.36
13.03
8.88
6.98
Exchange rate (/US$)
1.245
1.043
0.962
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
50.411.424.576.963.250.411.424.576.963.2
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+11.8 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
-266.95
29 875.94
65 063.28
13 506.83
FDI outflows
51 117.51
86 182.50
77 186.41
104 953.61
Personal remittances, % of GDP
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..
..
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
13 507-43 248-76 785-49 570-84 436-100 954128 15688 47265 0639 3401 15529 48326 41529 87629 93516 21533 53844 598-2671 84617 3056 8649 38919 855FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
(e) 5.27
9.24
9.51
12.05
Balance, % of imports
(e) 10.90
16.72
17.81
19.26
Normalized balance
(e) 0.052
0.077
0.082
0.088
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
137140130122124124123123116120133126125120110117113106102
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 74%Urban 74%Rural 26%Rural 26%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.038 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
832
1 023
1 401
854
Container port throughput (TEU)
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Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
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Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
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Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
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Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
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Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024