Switzerland

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currency: Swiss franc
capital city: Bern
region: Western Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 39,509 km²
population: 8,849,852 people
political leader: Simonetta Sommaruga (President)

Classified as: place

Summary

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 8,849,852 people and uses the currency Swiss franc. The President is Simonetta Sommaruga.

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): 36.11 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: 12,725 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 50.17 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 45.56 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 38.40
Methane emissions: 6.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.95 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 4,452,743 people
Male population: 4,397,109 people
Renewable energy consumption: 27.70 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 34,763.58 km²
Rural population: 2,283,085 people
Urban land area: 4,016.82 km²
Urban population: 6,566,767 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Switzerland by population

Cities in Switzerland

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Switzerland

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Switzerland

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Switzerland

Evolution of historical forest area in Switzerland

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Switzerland

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Switzerland

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Switzerland

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Switzerland

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Switzerland

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Switzerland

Evolution of historical land area in Switzerland

Evolution of historical median age in Switzerland

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Switzerland

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Switzerland

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Switzerland

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Switzerland

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Switzerland

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Switzerland

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Switzerland

Evolution of historical population in Switzerland

Relationship between urban land area and population in Switzerland

Evolution of historical female population in Switzerland

Evolution of historical male population in Switzerland

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Switzerland

Evolution of historical rural land area in Switzerland

Evolution of historical rural population in Switzerland

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Switzerland

Evolution of historical urban land area in Switzerland

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Switzerland

Evolution of historical urban population in Switzerland

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Switzerland

Relationship between population and date in Switzerland

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Switzerland

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Switzerland

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Switzerland

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Switzerland

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Switzerland

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

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Switzerland

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Switzerland

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Switzerland

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Switzerland

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Switzerland

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Switzerland

Distribution of sites in Switzerland by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Switzerland

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Switzerland

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Switzerland

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Switzerland

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Switzerland

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Switzerland

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Switzerland

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Switzerland

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Switzerland

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Switzerland

Geographical distribution of sites in Switzerland by area

Sites in Switzerland

Proportion of transboundary sites in Switzerland

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Switzerland by mean width

Wildfires in Switzerland

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires 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: 0.76 % of GDP
Net migration: 39,998 people
Press freedom: 7.43
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 38.50 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Switzerland

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Switzerland

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Switzerland

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Switzerland

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Switzerland

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Switzerland

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Switzerland

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Switzerland

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Switzerland

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Switzerland

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Switzerland

Evolution of historical net migration in Switzerland

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Switzerland

Political parties in Switzerland

Distribution of politicians from Switzerland by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Switzerland

Politicians from Switzerland

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Business

Central government debt: 18.15 % of GDP
Expense: 10.38 % of GDP
Gdp: 884,940,402,230.41 current US$
Inflation: 2.14 annual %
Self-employed workers: 16.35 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 9.10 % of GDP
Unemployment: 4.05 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 9.73 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in Switzerland

Distribution of companies founded in Switzerland by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Switzerland

Companies from Switzerland

Proportion of employee types in companies from Switzerland

Evolution of historical central government debt in Switzerland

Evolution of historical expense in Switzerland

Evolution of historical GDP in Switzerland

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Switzerland

Evolution of historical inflation in Switzerland

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Switzerland

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Switzerland

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Switzerland

Evolution of historical unemployment in Switzerland

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Switzerland

Exchanges in Switzerland

Proportion of shops per country in Switzerland

Shops in Switzerland

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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

Evolution of historical death rate in Switzerland

Evolution of historical birth rate in Switzerland

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Switzerland

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Switzerland

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Switzerland

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Switzerland

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Switzerland

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Switzerland

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Switzerland

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Switzerland

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Switzerland

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Switzerland

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Switzerland

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Switzerland

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Switzerland

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Switzerland

Diseases in Switzerland

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Switzerland

Proportion of diseases in Switzerland by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Switzerland by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Switzerland

Evolution of historical deaths in Switzerland

Relationship between cases and deaths in Switzerland

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Switzerland by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Switzerland

Athletes from Switzerland

Proportion of competitions per city in Switzerland

Competitions in Switzerland

Proportion of competitions per country in Switzerland

Distribution of competitions in Switzerland by start date

Proportion of medals won by Switzerland in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Switzerland

Distribution of artists from Switzerland by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Switzerland

Geographical distribution of museums in Switzerland by visitors

Museums in Switzerland

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Switzerland by total students

Distribution of universities in Switzerland per foundation year

Universities in Switzerland

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In literature

There are 311 books written about Switzerland in the database

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

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