Switzerland unemployment rate for 2024 was 4.11%, a 0.07% increase from 2023.

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<li>Switzerland unemployment rate for 2023 was <strong>4.04%</strong>, a <strong>0.08% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Switzerland unemployment rate for 2022 was <strong>4.12%</strong>, a <strong>0.89% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>Switzerland unemployment rate for 2021 was <strong>5.01%</strong>, a <strong>0.2% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
</ul>Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

In 2024, the average unemployment rate for Swiss nationals was 1.6 percent. For foreigners, the unemployment rate was more than double at around 4.6 percent. However, both the unemployment rate for Swiss nationals and foreigners have increased compared to the previous year.

This dataset provides values for UNEMPLOYMENT RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Switzerland Part Time Employment: % of Total Employment data was reported at 36.310 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 37.010 % for 2015. Switzerland Part Time Employment: % of Total Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 32.080 % from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2016, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.450 % in 2014 and a record low of 31.090 % in 2006. Switzerland Part Time Employment: % of Total Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank: Employment and Unemployment. Part time employment refers to regular employment in which working time is substantially less than normal. Definitions of part time employment differ by country.; ; International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: More and more women are working part-time and one of the concern is that part time work does not provide the stability that full time work does.

Germany’s GDP per capita stood at almost 54,989.76 U.S. dollars in 2024. Germany ranked among the top 20 countries worldwide with the highest GDP per capita in 2021 – Luxembourg, Ireland and Switzerland were ranked the top three nations. Rising annual income in Germany The average annual wage in Germany has increased by around 5,000 euros since 2000, reaching in excess of 39,000 euros in 2016. Germany had the tenth-highest average annual wage among selected European Union countries in 2017, ranking between France and the United Kingdom. Growing employment More than two thirds of the working population in Germany are employed in the service sector, which generated the greatest share of the country’s GDP in 2018. Unemployment in Germany soared to its highest level in decades in 2005, but the rate has since dropped to below 3.5 percent. The youth unemployment rate in Germany has more than halved since 2005 and currently stands around 6.5 percent.

Switzerland Employment To Population Ratio: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15+: Male data was reported at 70.648 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 70.824 % for 2016. Switzerland Employment To Population Ratio: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15+: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 73.535 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2017, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.754 % in 1991 and a record low of 70.645 % in 2014. Switzerland Employment To Population Ratio: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15+: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank: Employment and Unemployment. Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in November 2017.; Weighted average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections. National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Switzerland Part Time Employment: Male: % of Total Male Employment data was reported at 23.140 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 24.190 % for 2015. Switzerland Part Time Employment: Male: % of Total Male Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 17.630 % from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2016, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.210 % in 2014 and a record low of 16.110 % in 1997. Switzerland Part Time Employment: Male: % of Total Male Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank: Employment and Unemployment. Part time employment refers to regular employment in which working time is substantially less than normal. Definitions of part time employment differ by country.; ; International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: More and more women are working part-time and one of the concern is that part time work does not provide the stability that full time work does.

Switzerland Household Income: Avg: Gross: Primary: Employment: Employee Income data was reported at 6,541.335 CHF in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 6,362.019 CHF for 2014. Switzerland Household Income: Avg: Gross: Primary: Employment: Employee Income data is updated yearly, averaging 6,299.056 CHF from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2015, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,541.335 CHF in 2015 and a record low of 5,485.002 CHF in 2006. Switzerland Household Income: Avg: Gross: Primary: Employment: Employee Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Swiss Federal Statistical Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.H010: Household Budget Survey.

Switzerland Wages Index data was reported at 103.700 2010=100 in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 103.300 2010=100 for 2014. Switzerland Wages Index data is updated yearly, averaging 91.699 2010=100 from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2015, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 103.700 2010=100 in 2015 and a record low of 80.345 2010=100 in 1993. Switzerland Wages Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.IMF.IFS: Wages, Labour Cost and Employment Index: Annual.