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Switzerland is a country. The capital city is Bern, located in the Western Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 39,509 km², a population of 8,888,093 people and uses the currency Swiss franc. The President is Simonetta Sommaruga.

Key facts

currency: Swiss franc
capital city: Bern
region: Western Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 39,509 km²
population: 8,888,093 people
political leader: Simonetta Sommaruga (President)

Classified as: place

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Location on a map: 47°0′N, 8°0′E

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Environment

Switzerland is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Western Europe and 194 countries in our database.

Agricultural land: 14,993.78 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 39.89 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 34.22 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 1.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 57.88 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 34.93 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 0.07 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 4.32 % of total
Net energy imports: 50.09 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 1.39 births per woman
Forest area: 12,759 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 50.17 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 43.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 38.40
Methane emissions: 5.88 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 2.08 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 4,474,165 people
Male population: 4,413,928 people
Renewable energy consumption: 27.70 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 34,763.58 km²
Rural population: 2,292,950 people
Urban land area: 4,016.82 km²
Urban population: 6,595,143 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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Evolution of historical land area in Switzerland Forecast

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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Switzerland

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 20,000 people
Democracy score: 9.03
Democracy type: Full democracy
Individuals using the internet: 97.34 % of population
Military expenditure: 0.70 % of GDP
Net migration: 45,098 people
Press freedom: 7.43
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 38.50 %

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Business

Central government debt: 17.80 % of GDP
Expense: 16.66 % of GDP
Gdp: 884,940,402,230.41 current US$
Inflation: 2.14 annual %
Self-employed workers: 16.61 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 9.10 % of GDP
Unemployment: 4.04 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 11.65 % of total employment

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Health

Birth rate: 9.40 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 8.50 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 10,897.45 current US$
Health expenditure: 11.80 % of GDP
Hospital beds: 4.44 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 83
Suicide mortality rate: 14.50 per 100,000 population

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Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Switzerland

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Distribution of diseases in Switzerland by start date

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Sports

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Culture

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Switzerland by total students

Distribution of universities in Switzerland per foundation year

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In literature

There are 311 books written about Switzerland in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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