Switzerland Economy 2026

Executive summary

Switzerland is the world's 20th-largest economy, with a nominal GDP of $1.04 trillion (2025) according to the World Bank. Measured per person, its GDP per capita of $114,769 ranks 2nd globally and sits above the OECD average of $51,734. The economy grew 1.3% in its latest year, with consumer-price inflation of 0.2% and unemployment of 4.9%. Switzerland has a population of 9.1 million (42nd-largest among the economies tracked). Every figure below carries its World Bank series and year; the full dataset is downloadable as CSV and JSON under a CC BY 4.0 licence.

Key findings

Switzerland — country facts

Switzerland's capital is Bern; the World Bank classifies it as a high income economy in the Europe & Central Asia region. Key reference facts:

Economic size

Switzerland is the world's 20th-largest economy by nominal GDP at $1.04 trillion (2025). At purchasing-power parity (PPP) — which adjusts for local price levels — its GDP is $932.1 billion, a fairer gauge of real output. For reference, the world economy totals $118.35 trillion.

What the data says about Switzerland's economy

What the data says about Switzerland: it is a smaller economy but a wealthy one per head — the world's 20th-largest economy by GDP yet 2nd by GDP per capita ($114,769, above the OECD average of $51,734). On a purchasing-power basis it ranks 4th.

The latest data indicates an economy growing more slowly than the OECD (1.3% vs 1.8%), with inflation of 0.2% and unemployment of 4.9%. Exports worth 78.1% of GDP make it a highly open, trade-driven economy.

Taken together, the indicators point to a mature, high-income economy competing on productivity and innovation — context for reading Switzerland's individual metrics against global peers below.

Living standards

GDP per capita — output per person — is $114,769 (2nd globally), above the OECD average of $51,734 and the world average of $14,406. At PPP it is $102,513. GNI per capita — income including flows from abroad — is $110,330, a useful cross-check.

Economic growth

Real GDP grew 1.3% in the latest year. The chart tracks Switzerland's growth against Sweden over the past decade.

Inflation

Consumer-price inflation was 0.2% in Switzerland's latest year, against a world backdrop of disinflation from the 2022–2023 shock.

Labour market

The unemployment rate (ILO-modelled, for cross-country comparison) was 4.9%.

Trade & structure

Exports equal 78.1% of GDP and industry accounts for 25.0% of value added — indicators of how open and how industrialised the economy is.

Population

Switzerland has 9.1 million people (42nd-largest of the economies tracked), the denominator behind every per-capita figure above.

All indicators at a glance

Every tracked indicator for Switzerland, with its world rank and reference year.

Switzerland vs regional peers

How Switzerland compares with other Europe economies Affärslivet tracks, on the headline measures (Switzerland marked ★). Regional peers are the fairest benchmark — similar development stage and shared shocks.

Limitations & notes

Every figure here is an official World Bank series for Switzerland, carried at the latest year each indicator reports — reporting lags differ, so some numbers are a year or two older than others (each carries its year). World ranks are computed across the economies Affärslivet tracks, not all ~200 countries, so they indicate Switzerland's standing among major economies rather than a global absolute. The profile describes the economy's measured structure, not its causes or outlook; nothing is estimated by Affärslivet. The full dataset is free to download and reproduce below.

Scoreboard (machine-readable data)

Every headline indicator with its value, period, source and confidence. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.

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Methodology & verification

This profile compiles World Bank Open Data indicators for Switzerland, which harmonises national statistics for cross-country comparison. GDP is shown in both nominal (current US$) and PPP (international $) terms; growth and inflation are annual percentages; unemployment uses the ILO-modelled estimate. World ranks are computed across the ~50 major economies tracked and are indicative, not exhaustive. Each value is the latest year available; missing values are shown n/a, never estimated. Confidence: High (official multilateral source).

Data dictionary

Frequently asked questions

Glossary

GDP (nominal)

Gross domestic product at current market prices and exchange rates. ↗

GDP (PPP)

GDP converted at purchasing-power parity, adjusting for price-level differences between countries. ↗

GDP per capita

GDP divided by population — a gauge of average prosperity. ↗

GNI per capita

Gross national income per person, including net income from abroad. ↗

Inflation (CPI)

Annual percentage change in consumer prices. ↗

Unemployment (ILO)

Share of the labour force without work but seeking it, on the internationally comparable ILO definition. ↗

World Bank Open Data

A free, authoritative database of harmonised economic indicators for every country. ↗

Sources

• World Bank Open Data — Switzerland
• World Bank — country metadata (capital, income group)
• World Bank Open Data (home)
• IMF World Economic Outlook
• OECD Data
• Affärslivet — Sweden Economic Indicators

Related reports & data

• Germany Economy
• United Kingdom Economy
• France Economy
• Italy Economy
• Largest Economies in the World
• Affärslivet Business Climate Index
• Sweden Economic Indicators