Data for an informed Switzerland

At its meeting in Bern on 27 October 2026, the Switzerland‒EU joint committee updated Annex A of the bilateral agreement on cooperation in the field of statistics to maintain the consistency and comparability of statistics produced by the two parties. The Federal Council approved this amendment at its meeting on 2 September 2026. The updated Annex A takes effect immediately. Keeping Annex A up to date promotes Switzerland’s international visibility, particularly as an economic centre.

In the 3rd quarter 2026, the Swiss Residential Property Price Index (IMPI) increased by 1.7% compared with the previous quarter to stand at 129.8 points (4th quarter 2019 = 100). Across Switzerland, single-family house prices rose (+2.1%) as did condominium prices (+1.3%). The biggest rise in residential property prices was observed in urban municipalities of a small or outside agglomeration (+3.4%), while the smallest increase was recorded in intermediate municipalities (+0.6%). Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, total inflation stood at +4.4%. These are some of the results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) has carried out a fundamental technical and methodological modernisation of its Social Assistance Statistics. The first results, compiled entirely using the new method, show a social assistance rate of 2.9% in 2025. In total, around 267 300 people received economic social assistance.

In 2026, the social partners signatory to Switzerland's main collective labour agreements (CLA) agreed a nominal rise in real wages of 0.5% and a nominal rise in minimum wages of 0,8%. Real wages increased by 0.3% at individual level and by 0.2% at collective level. These are some of the results of the Wage Agreements Survey carried out by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

Following the revision of Switzerland’s gross domestic product (GDP), published in 2025, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) is releasing a revised provisional series of cantonal GDP figures for the period from 2011 to 2024. This revision noticeably alters the GDP levels of the cantons, while for the most part confirming the observed long-term growth trends.

In 2025, 13.9% of people in employment in Switzerland were self-employed in their main occupation (including employees who owned their own companies). Self-employed people were, on average, eight years older than employees. Their working conditions were characterised by longer weekly working hours and working hours that encroached more on weekends. These are some of the results from ‘Self-Employment in Switzerland, 2025’, a Federal Statistical Office (FSO) publication.