Switzerland's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$446.84 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Switzerland's main export partners were: the United States, Germany and China. The top three export commodities were: Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins; Pharmaceutical products and Organic chemicals. Total Imports were valued at US$371.36 Billion. In 2024, Switzerland had a trade surplus of US$75.48 Billion.

Exports in Switzerland decreased to 21005.54 CHF million in May from 24307.28 CHF million in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Switzerland Exports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Key information about Switzerland Total Exports

• Switzerland Total Exports recorded 48.0 USD bn in Jan 2025, compared with 36.3 USD bn in the previous month
• Switzerland Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1988 to Jan 2025, with an averaged value of 12.5 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 48.0 USD bn in Jan 2025 and a record low of 3.2 USD bn in Aug 1988

CEIC converts monthly Total Exports into USD. Federal Office for Customs and Border Security provides Total Exports, FOB, in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Total Exports prior to January 2012 exclude gold, silver and coins.


Further information about Switzerland Total Exports

• In the latest reports, Switzerland Total Exports grew 25.5 % YoY in Dec 2024
• Total Imports recorded 40.0 USD bn in Jan 2025, which registered an increase of 24.2 % year on year
• Switzerland Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 3.6 USD bn in Dec 2024

This statistic shows the value of export of goods from Switzerland from 2014 to 2024. In 2024, goods worth about 446.65 billion U.S. dollars were exported from Switzerland.

Switzerland Exports to United States was US$73.88 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Switzerland Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Key information about Switzerland Total Exports to USA

• Switzerland Total Exports to USA recorded 22.110 USD bn in Jan 2025, compared with 11.376 USD bn in the previous Dec 2024
• Switzerland Total Exports to USA data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1960 to Jan 2025, with an averaged value of 462.584 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 22.110 USD bn in Jan 2025 and a record low of 12.200 USD mn in Jan 1963

CEIC converts monthly Total Exports to USA into USD. Federal Office for Customs and Border Security provides Total Exports to USA, FOB, in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Total Exports to USA prior to January 1988 is sourced from the International Monetary Fund.

United States Exports to Switzerland was US$24.96 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports to Switzerland - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Switzerland's gold exports amounted to a value of over 107 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Switzerland is consistently the world's leading gold exporting country based on value. In addition to being the largest exporter of gold based on value, Switzerland is also consistently the largest importer of gold based on value in the world. This can be explained by the fact that Switzerland refines some 70 percent of the world's gold: Switzerland imports unrefined gold, and exports it in its refined form.

In 2023, around 40.2 terawatt hours of electricity were exported from Switzerland. This was a decrease compared to the previous year. The timeline shows the volume of electricity exported from Switzerland from 2003 to 2023.

Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food data was reported at 3.921 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.948 % for 2016. Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food data is updated yearly, averaging 3.482 % from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2017, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.468 % in 1971 and a record low of 2.447 % in 2002. Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food 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.WDI: Exports. Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

The graph presents the Swiss watch exports value from 2015 to 2024, by country. In 2024, the United States imported the highest value of Swiss watches in the world, at approximately **** billion Swiss francs.

Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data was reported at 91.683 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 91.174 % for 2016. Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data is updated yearly, averaging 90.402 % from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2017, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93.886 % in 1993 and a record low of 86.616 % in 2010. Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures 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.WDI: Exports. Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Fuel data was reported at 0.917 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.017 % for 2016. Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Fuel data is updated yearly, averaging 0.178 % from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2017, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.328 % in 2012 and a record low of 0.048 % in 1962. Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Fuel 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.WDI: Exports. Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Switzerland Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World data was reported at 4.147 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.541 % for 2015. Switzerland Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World data is updated yearly, averaging 3.247 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.854 % in 1982 and a record low of 2.249 % in 1967. Switzerland Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: The Arab World 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: Exports. Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

India Exports to Switzerland was US$1.51 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. India Exports to Switzerland - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals data was reported at 2.101 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.038 % for 2016. Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals data is updated yearly, averaging 2.994 % from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2017, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.669 % in 2000 and a record low of 2.035 % in 1962. Switzerland Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals 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.WDI: Exports. Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Switzerland Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Insurance & Financial data was reported at 23.925 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 23.522 % for 2016. Switzerland Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Insurance & Financial data is updated yearly, averaging 26.607 % from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.319 % in 1999 and a record low of 4.421 % in 1981. Switzerland Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Insurance & Financial 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.WDI: Exports. Insurance and financial services cover freight insurance on goods exported and other direct insurance such as life insurance; financial intermediation services such as commissions, foreign exchange transactions, and brokerage services; and auxiliary services such as financial market operational and regulatory services.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average;

Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) in Switzerland was reported at 75.33 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Switzerland - Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Switzerland Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport data was reported at 10.334 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.837 % for 2016. Switzerland Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport data is updated yearly, averaging 15.140 % from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.754 % in 1980 and a record low of 9.837 % in 2016. Switzerland Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport 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.WDI: Exports. Transport services (% of commercial service exports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted average;

Switzerland Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa data was reported at 0.481 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.525 % for 2015. Switzerland Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 1.480 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.522 % in 1981 and a record low of 0.481 % in 2016. Switzerland Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa 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: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;