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Switzerland

Swiss Confederation

Flag of Switzerland
Region
Europe · Western Europe
Capital
Bern
Population
9,092,436 (2025)
Government
federal republic (formally a confederation)
Currency
Swiss franc (CHF)
Official languages
French, Italian, Romansh, Swiss German
Spoken languages
German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%
Written scripts
Latin
Area
41,284 km²
Coastline
Landlocked
UN member
Yes
Affiliations
EFTA, IMF, OECD, WCO, WTO
Borders
Austria , France , Italy , Liechtenstein , Germany

Political stability

83 / 100

Economic stability

72 / 100

Population stability

62 / 100

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports
gold, packaged medicine, vaccines, nitrogen compounds, base metal watches (2023)
Key imports
gold, packaged medicine, vaccines, cars, jewelry (2023)
Natural resources
hydropower potential, timber, salt
Luxury goods
watches, jewelry, fine chocolate
Primary route
North Sea hub ports (Rotterdam, Antwerp, Le Havre) to global services
Secondary route
Suez Canal corridor to Asia

Trade research

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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.