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Switzerland in FiguresPublished by UBS Switzerland AG sh-iz-ubs-publikationen@ubs.comubs.com/siz

Issued annually in English, German, French and Italian. Editorial deadline: 17 May 2016SAP No. 80011E-1601

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Jobs Breakdown in the Industrial Sector in %

Food, beverages, tobacco 8.0Textiles, apparel, shoes 1.5

Chemicals 6.8

Metal processing� 9.2

Machinery, equipment, vehicles� 8.9

Construction 32.0

Watchmaking, precision instruments 10.0

Miscellaneous 23.5

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d

e

f

g

h

155.2

1,089.9

3,790.2649.9

242.3 251.5201.4

2,445.1

5,035.3

Primary sectorAgriculture 12

Secondary sectorIndustry, craftsTertiary sectorServicesa) Tradeb) Banking, insurancec) Hotel and

restaurant businessd) Public entitiese) Miscellaneous

Total

Jobs by Sectors

3.1

21.6

75.312.9

4.85.04.0

48.6

100.0

in 1000 in %

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Switzerlandin Figures

Switzerland: Country and PopulationThe CountryGeographical situation: Switzerland is situated between the 45th and the 48th degrees of latitude and the 5th and 11th meridians of longitude. Switzerland borders on the fol-lowing countries: Germany 362 km, France 572 km, Italy 744 km, Austria 180 km and Liechtenstein 41 km.

Of the total surface area�of�41,291�km2,�74.7%�are�productive�(31.3%�forests,�35.9%�arable� land and 7.5% residential areas) and 25.3% are covered by water, unproductive land or bear no vegetation.1

The largest agglomerations (number of habitants) are:2� Zurich� 1,315,669;�Geneva�570,222;�Basel�537,051;�Bern�406,852;�Lausanne�402,883;�Lucerne�224,720;�Saint�Gall�164,881;�Lugano�150,459;�and�Winterthur�136,579.

PopulationResident population: 8,325,194,�including�24.6%�foreigners.Change� in�permanent�resident�population�1980–1990:�6.6%,�1990–2000:�6.7%,�2000–2010:�9.2%.

Age groups:�0�to�19�years�20.1%,�20�to�64�years�61.9%,�65�years�and�over�18.0%.�

Languages:12 German 63.3%, French 22.7%, Italian 8.1%, Rhaeto-Romance 0.5%.

Religions:12 Roman�Catholic�37.9%,�Protestant�25.5%,�other�23.0%,�none�13.6%.

Employment:8�No.�of�people�in�work:�4,962,624�or�59.6%�of�resident�population.�Break-down:�3.3%�in�forestry�and�agriculture;�21.4%�in�industry,�crafts�and�construction;�75.3%�in�services�sector.�No.�of�non-Swiss�in�labor�force:�1,509,358�or�30.4%�of�the�active�population.

Energy and Waste12

Energy sources3 include oil (41.7%), nuclear fuel (26.0%), water (12.8%), gas (10.1%) and other�(9.4%).�Per�capita�costs�for�energy�are�3,665�Swiss�francs,�or�4.7%�of�GDP�per�capita�(2000: 5,7%). Foreign dependence is 76.6%. The main energy consumers are transportation (37.7%),�households�(26.5%),�industry�(19.0%)�and�services�(15.8%).�Per�capita�waste:53�729�kg,� of�which�390�kg�per�person�are�recycled.

PoliticsForm of government: The�Swiss�Confederation�(founded�in�1291)�has�been�a�Federal�Re-public since 1848 and is composed of 26 cantons, of which 6 are half-cantons. The govern-ment, or Federal Council, is a collegial board consisting of seven members. Parliament consists of�two�chambers�with�equal�rights:�The�Council�of�States�(cantonal�representation)�with� 46 members and the National Council (representation body of the people) with 200 members.

Political groups: The 200 seats of the National Council (representative body of the people) and the 46 seats of the Council of States (cantonal representation) are distributed among the fol-lowing political groups (as at 31 December 2015): Swiss People’s Party 68 (National Council)/6 (Council of States), Socialdemocrats 43/12, Christian Democrats/EPP 31/13, Parliamentary Group FDP-The Liberals 30/13, Green Party 12/1, Green Liberal Party 7/0, BDP fraction 7/1.

EducationThe 26 cantons retain primary responsibility for the three-stage educational system. Following compulsory schooling from nine to eleven years of age, young people enter the secondary stage offering a choice between general and vocational courses. The tertiary stage encom-passes advanced vocational training and university-level studies.

Pupils and students:12�Compulsory�schooling�910,285;�upper�secondary�education�361,737;�tertiary�level�289,699.�

Educational spending in million CHF:49�Total�35,380.6;�of�which�the�federal�government�pays 10.1%, the cantons and concordates 63.8%, the communes 26.1%.

Highest achieved education: Compulsory schooling 11.8%, upper secondary education 46.5%, tertiary level 41.7%.

Main Sources: Federal Office for Statistics, Swiss National Bank, Federal Finance Administration, Federal Tax Administration, Federal Customs Administration, OECD, International Monetary Fund, Eurostat, ONU, GEOSTAT, Gault-Millau Switzerland 2015, UNESCO, UBS estimates and calculations.

2013 2014 2015

Value Added in billion Swiss francsPrivate consumption 344.5 348.1 348.0 Public consumption 69.8� 70.8 72.4 Construction expenditure 58.4 60.4 59.4�Equipment�and�software 90.8� 91.9� 92.5�Inventory changes 8.5 5.2 –7.1 Exports of goods 193.7� 199.7� 193.1�Exports of services 112.6 112.9� 109.4�– Imports of goods 181.5 182.2 167.7 – Imports of services 85.4 89.6� 89.0�Gross Domestic Product 634.9 642.3 639.7 Agriculture 4.4 4.7 4.3 Manufacturing 128.1 130.1 126.6 Construction 32.2 33.2 33.1 Trade and hospitality industry 150.4 151.2 146.9�Financial services and real estate activities 130.0 129.1� 130.5 Public administration, culture, private households 168.9� 173.7 179.1�Gross National Income 646.8 638.3 646.2 Income from abroad 113.2 118.5 99.1�– Income transfers abroad 101.3 122.4 92.6�

Cantons : Switzerland is formed by 26 cantons (states):ZH = Zurich, BE = Bern, LU = Lucerne, UR = Uri, SZ = Schwyz, OW = Obwalden, NW = Nidwalden, GL = Glarus, ZG = Zug, FR = Fribourg, SO = Solothurn, BS = Basel-Stadt, BL = Basel-Landschaft, SH = Schaffhausen, AR = Appenzell Ausserrhoden, AI = Appenzell Innerrhoden, SG = Saint Gall, GR = Grisons, AG = Argovia, TG = Thurgovia, TI = Ticino, VD = Vaud, VS = Valais, NE = Neuchâtel, GE = Geneva, JU = Jura.

Bern

Lugano

Geneva

ZurichBasel

Native Speakers in % of Population 2

German (64.5%)

French (22.6%)

Italian (8.3%)

Rhaeto-Romance (0.5%)

2013 2014 2015

Foreign Trade / Balance of Payments in billion Swiss francsTotal Swiss exports fob 32, 39 201.2 208.4 202.9 Machinery and electronics 33.3 33.3 31.1 Chemicals and pharmaceuticals 80.9� 85.3 84.7 Precision instruments, watchmaking, jewelry 45.3 47.1 46.7 Textiles, apparel and shoes 3.1 3.2 3.2 Agriculture and forestry 9.2� 9.4� 9.0�Total Swiss imports cif 32, 40 177.6 178.6 166.4 Raw�materials,�semifinished�products 41.3 41.4 37.5 Consumer goods 80.3 82.9� 80.0 Capital goods 41.7 42.3 40.5 Energy resources 14.3 12.0 8.4 Balance of trade 32 23.6 29.8 36.5 Balance of trade in services 20.4 18.3 16.5 Balance of labor and capital income 12.2 5.9� 14.6 Balance of current transfers –11.7 –17.0 –11.9�Current account balance 33 70.8 56.7 73.0 Balance of financial transfers 0.7 –10.1 –14.1 Balance of capital transactions 34 106.5 48.9 61.2 Errors and omissions 34.3 2.2 3.7

OtherWorld11.3

Germany28.3

France8.0

Italy9.7

UK3.9

Other EU (27)22.6

China 7.4

Japan 1.8

EU (28) 72.5

USA 7.0

Germany18.1

France6.9

Italy6.3

UK5.8

Other EU (27)16.7

USA13.5

Chi

na 4

.4

Other World25.2

EU (28) 53.7Japan 3.1

Imports and Exports – Breakdown by Country 2015 in %

Imports 32 from

Exports 32

to

Value of imported goods: CHF 166,291 million

Value of exported goods:CHF 202,900 million

1

5

4

3

11

9

12

13

13 13

13

13

8

10

7 6

2Bern

Lugano

Geneva

ZurichBasel

1 Old city of Bern2 Entlebuch Biosphere Reserve3 Three castles of Bellinzona4 Convent of St. John, Müstair5 Monte San Giorgio6 Rhaetian Railway7 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

8 Swiss National Park 9 Abbey of Saint Gall10 Tectonic Arena Sardona11 Watchmaking industry in

La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle12 Lavaux, vineyard terraces13 Prehistoric pile dwellings

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UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves

2013 2014 2015

Banks and Security Market in billion Swiss francsSwiss National Bank 20

Monetary reserves 477.4 541.7 601.9Gold holdings 35.6 39.6 35.5Currency holdings 443.3 510.1 593.2Bank notes in circulation 65.8 67.6 72.9M2 money supply, change in %8, 54 7.3 3.4 1.2Central bank money supply, s.a., change in %8 26.9 4.0 21.5Security markets and investment trusts 20

Swiss�share�index�(SPI,�1987 = 1,000) 7,838.0 8,857.0 9,094.0Swiss�Stock�Exchange�equity�turnover 8 709.7 844.8 1,053.0Stock Exchange capitalization (SPI) 1,187.5 1,277.7 1,286.8Combined investment trust assets net 594.2 679.1 722.4

Capital MarketTotal issues 29 in billion Swiss francs 80.1 148.2 130.5Domestic Swiss franc bond issues 47.2 49.1 44.2Foreign Swiss franc bond issues 21.0 25.3 17.9Share issues 48 12.0 73.8 68.4Interest rates and yields 20 in %Special�rate�bottleneck�financing�facility 0.6 0.5 0.590-day�LIBOR,�Swiss�francs 0.0 –0.1 –0.8Medium-term notes 30 0.7 0.5 0.3Yield on Swiss government bonds 31 1.3 0.4 0.0Banks20 in billion Swiss francsLoans 54 1,469.1 1,593.4 1,561.6 of which mortgages 54 893.3 928.6 955.1Savings deposits 22, 54 607.0 644.4 693.9Combined balance sheet total 54 2,932.3 3,131.3 3,117.6Securities holdings in client accounts 5,167.4 5,641.4 5,597.0

Banking Statistics 2Total assetsbillion CHF

Number ofemployees

Foreign portion in % of balance sheets

Assets LiabilitiesCantonal banks 522.6 17,150 9.7 12.9Big banks 1,460.2 53,410 71.3 67.4Regional and savings banks 109.0 3,938 1.3 1.7Raiffeisen banks 185.7 8,406 2.8 4.1Other Swiss banks 403.3 21,068 35.9 35.6Foreign-controlled banks 294.2 19,662 58.2 68.9Branches of foreign banks 59.2 1,057 22.6 87.7Private banks 7.4 599 27.0 50.0Total 3,041.7 125,289 47,0 48,1

Swiss direct investmentsabroad (in %, 2014)

Foreign direct investmentsin Switzerland (in %, 2014)

Europe

USA and Canada

Central and South Am.

Asia, Africaand Oceania

47.1

22.0

18.2

12.7

79.3

13.2

5.9

1.6

International Investment Position 2015 35 in billion Swiss francs

Swiss assetsDirect investments 1 486.5Portfolio investments 1�222.9Other assets 36 949.5Monetary reserves 601.4Total 4 260.3

Swiss liabilitiesDirect investments 1 252.3Portfolio investments 1 132.3Other liabilities 1 267.0Total 3 651.6Net assets 608.6

The Swiss Cantons

Data normally refer to the year 2015

BE

Bern

LU

Lucerne

UR

Altdorf

SZ

Schwyz

OW

Sarnen

NW

Stans

GL

Glarus

ZG

Zug

FR

Fribourg

SO

SolothurnYear of entry into Swiss Confederation 1351 1353 1332 1291� 1291� 1291� 1291� 1352 1352 1481 1481 1501 1501 1501 1513 1513 1803 1803 1803 1803 1803 1803 1815 1815 1815 1979� –Number of communities 7 168 352 83 20 30 7 11 3 11 150 109� 3 86 26 20 6 77 114 213 80 130 318 134 36 45 57 2,289 Representatives in National Council 35 25 10 1 4 1 1 1 3 7 6 5 7 2 1 1 12 5 16 6 8 18 8 4 11 2 200 Area 1 in km2 1,729� 5,959 1,494� 1,077 908� 491 276 685 239� 1,671 790� 37 518 298 243 172 2,031 7,105 1,404 992 2,812 3,212 5,225 802 282 839 41,291 Agricult. prod. land as share of the total prod. land in % 1 44.4 52.7 57.5 52.4 50.5 45.3 48.9 47.1 51.3 61.4 42.8 12.7 40.8 44.5 55.6 59.4 53.7 49.3 45.2 60.7 18.7 50.6 40.8 47.1 46.3 49.2 48.1

Population 9Residents in 1,000 1,466.1 1,017.2 398.7� 36.0 154.1 37.1 42.4 40.0 122.1 307.4 266.4 �191.8� 283.2 �79.8� 54.5 16.0 499.0� �196.6� 653.5 267.4 351.9� 773.2 335.6 178.1 484.4 72.8 8,325.2Change 2000–2015 in % 21.0 7.8 14.8 2.1 18.3 14.4 11.6 3.8 22.9 30.1 9.2 2.2 8.9 8.9 1.9 6.3 11.0 5.3 20.1 17.6 13.4 24.7 21.5 7.4 18.5 5.8 15.6Foreigners in 1,000 382.9 157.3 71.2 4.1 31.2 5.4 5.9 9.3 33.0 67.2 57.0 67.4 61.7 20.2 8.6 1.7 117.3 35.9 158.3 64.7 97.6 259.5 77.0 45.5 197.0 10.4 2,047.5Share of foreigners in % 26.1 15.5 17.9 11.5 20.2 14.4 13.9 23.3 27.0 21.9 21.4 35.2 21.8 25.3 15.7 10.8 23.5 18.3 24.2 24.2 27.7 33.6 23.0 25.6 40.7 14.3 24.6Density of population: residents per km2 848 171 267 33 170 76 154 58 512 184 337 5,190� 547 268 225 93� 246 28 466 270 125 241 64 222 1,715 87 202 Total fertility rate 12 1.55 1.50 1.53 1.56 1.60 1.71 1.50 1.54 1.59 1.66 1.48 1.37 1.54 1.48 1.72 1.77 1.54 1.48 1.57 1.60 1.41 1.59 1.51 1.58 1.50 1.65 1.54Old-age ratio 19 26.6 33.2 27.2 32.5 26.6 28.3 30.4 31.0 25.8 24.1 30.6 32.2 35.6 33.9 30.9 30.7 28.3 32.6 26.9 26.7 36.5 26.4 30.6 30.8 26.5 34.2 29.0

Public Finance and Taxes 52 Cantonal revenues, in million CHF 11 14,838 10,909 3,631 414 1,412 303 338 351 1,355 3,399 2,031 4,315 2,597 687 431 157 4,837 2,656 5,130 2,109 3,487 9,847 3,308 2,189 8,074 914 89,71714

Cantonal expenditures, in million CHF 11 14,820 10,739 3,608 393 1,402 306 337 349 1,443 3,375 3,159 3,882 2,623 682 419 152 4,682 2,639 5,158 2,101 3,577 9,653 3,212 2,189 8,095 913 89,90914

Balance revenues / expenditures, in million CHF 11 18 170 23 21 10 –3 1 2 –88 24 –1,128 432 –26 5 12 5 155 17 –28 8 –90 194 96 0 –21 1 –19214

Cantonal debt, in million CHF 12, 13 8,651 6,109 1,527 113 424 72 265 137 578 578 1,102 7,024 3,547 265 219 28 1,616 642 2,218 774 5,302 4,524 1,986 1,429 16,199 494 65,82314

Per capita, in CHF 5,981 6,052 3,871 3,129 2,774 1,962 6,294 3,446 4,813 1,907 4,177 36,854 12,609 3,338 4,043 1,750 3,259 3,279 3,438 2,936 15,132 5,941 5,985 8,060 33,933 6,824 8,01018

Tax burden

income CHF 50,000, in % 12, 16 4.07 7.41 5.33 5.39 4.13 5.24 3.93 6.31 1.76 5.38 6.78 0.74 2.59 5.44 6.11 4.61 4.39 2.63 3.65 3.19 2.90 3.56 5.64 5.86 0.21 4.53 4.2718

income CHF 100,000, in % 12, 16 9.05 13.09 10.46 9.96 7.39 9.40 9.00 10.48 4.08 11.05 12.51 12.08 10.08 10.89 11.27 8.44 11.78 9.04 9.40 9.69 9.02 13.38 9.70 13.69 8.47 12.34 10.5718

income CHF 200,000, in % 12, 16 16.62 20.97 17.36 15.15 13.40 14.42 15.31 17.36 10.08 19.84 20.41 20.44 19.99 18.88 18.91 14.96 20.68 17.25 17.40 17.09 19.04 21.01 19.35 22.04 19.44 20.99 18.7618

wealth CHF 200,000, in ‰ 12, 17 0.26 2.17 1.39 0.00 0.00 1.13 0.89 0.96 0.00 4.41 1.03 1.13 0.68 1.12 0.98 1.39 1.21 0.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.20 2.84 3.01 0.58 2.09 1.2718

wealth CHF 1,000,000, in ‰ 12, 17 1.94 4.20 2.50 1.81 1.45 1.43 1.27 3.25 1.65 6.45 2.12 4.82 6.46 4.48 3.55 2.50 4.12 2.97 2.71 2.46 4.15 6.48 5.01 6.66 4.85 4.05 3.8218

tax on earnings for juristic person in % 7, 10 21.15 21.64 12.32 15.11 15.27 12.89 12.66 15.71 14.60 19.86 21.85 22.18 20.32 16.04 13.04 14.16 17.40 16.68 18.61 16.43 20.67 22.09 21.56 15.61 24.16 20.66 19.7618

National fiscal equalization Resource index 27 120.6 74.2 83.5 64.1 170.6 91.7 143.9 70.5 263.5 76.6 76.9 143.5 97.6 98.3 85.5 84.5 79.7 83.0 87.7 78.6 96.2 103.9 67.8 90.5 143.3 64.0 100.0Total net payments in million CHF 15, 27 442 –1,265 –253 –81 176 –22 31 –70 326 –428 –257 93� –4 –1 –44 –17 –393� –259� –226 –226 –49� –11 –606 –183 246 –162 –3,246

Economy and Living Standard 20

Gross domestic product in million CHF 49 137,139 75,797 24,791 1,832 8,713 2,318 2,831 2,578 18,253 17,093 16,786 31,197 18,653 6,776 3,015 935 35,397 13,665 39,183 15,559 27,661 50,621 17,054 14,512 48,001 4,495 634,85414

Employed in 1,000 12 798.4 544.5 220.0 19.7 86.4 20.4 23.9 22.1 66.5 158.8 140.5 94.2 141.2 42.0 30.2 9.1 269.4 107.5 355.1 147.3 157.1 374.5 167.8 86.2 203.0 34.8 4,320.4Foreign labor force in 1,000 12 219.6 83.2 39.5 2.2 17.7 3.1 3.6 5.5 17.7 35.7 29.4 36.5 31.6 10.7 5.1 1.5 65.1 21.6 85.8 37.5 46.3 130.6 41.6 23.8 82.8 5.2 1,082.8Unemployment rate in % 8 3.5 2.6 2.1 1.1 1.7 0.9 1.1 2.2 2.3 3.0 2.7 3.8 2.8 3.4 1.9 1.1 2.4 1.8 3.1 2.5 3.8 5.0 4.3 5.5 5.6 4.2 3.3Companies 7 Number of stock corporations 33,110 16,515 9,040 605 6,768 2,005 2,429� 1,319� 17,421 6,974� 4,175 4,447 4,868 1,646 2,068 954� 11,529� 6,054 10,841 5,675 17,472 13,812 7,681 3,033 17,110 1,674 209,225 Number of sole-proprietor companies 27,217 17,670 5,561 474 3,378 575 690� 728 3,395� 6,121 4,490� 3,612 4,806 1,609� 1,082 282 9,524 4,393� 11,149� 4,631 6,592� 17,161 7,132 3,121 9,418 1,649� 156,460 Banks 2 Residents per bank subsidiary 3,545 3,135 3,907� 3,273 2,634 2,833 3,006 2,487 3,246 3,745 3,663 2,443 5,308 2,739� 5,406 2,642 3,178 1,814 4,136 4,254 2,290� 4,506 3,130 4,222 2,775 2,414 3,345 Savings deposits, CHF per inhabitant 22 97,910� 65,954� 73,433 62,458 115,240 81,664 109,791� 66,643 121,593� 49,308 63,606 113,768 75,723 60,491� 75,966� 95,118 66,066 73,589� 70,629� 67,159� 59,678 48,178 56,905� 41,550 54,013 47,300 71,688 Mortgages, CHF per inhabitant 119,003 94,719� 105,485 100,644 140,509� 114,677 113,213 98,382 155,202 97,493� 114,175 87,680 122,072 105,003 104,025 103,633 103,135 153,150 120,499� 119,424 125,467 96,157 99,848 78,916� 97,236 92,653 109,271 Construction Newly built housing units 49 9,557 4,397 2,955 229 1,471 233 268 142 743 2,334 1,464 181 1,077 519 348 56 3,426 2,280 4,307 2,142 2,292 4,762 2,668 590 1,281 444 50,166Housing units approved for construction 24 9,965 3,884 3,258 425 2,027 211 262 295 894 2,392 1,354 806 1,458 926 270 103 3,206 1,025 5,658 2,460 1,885 4,169 3,880 520 2,004 307 53,644Housing vacancy rate in % 25 0.78 1.47 0.93 1.25 0.89 0.54 1.40 2.12 0.46 0.96 2.33 0.34 0.39 1.36 1.96 0.83 1.79 1.36 1.98 1.68 1.01 0.68 2.04 1.28 0.41 2.35 1.19Traffic Automobiles per 1,000 inhabitants 26 500 515 530 537 631 591 619 578 641 582 578 345 515 558 571 583 549 558 586 621 634 530 631 543 463 580 541New car registrations per 1,000 inhabitants 59.8 47.9 52.6 45.5 58.2 54.4 57.3 52.1 75.5 59.0 47.8 48.5 45.1 43.6 48.5 60.1 47.8 49.8 53.5 50.8 74.3 58.6 52.0 53.0 50.9 60.2 54.4Health Inhabitants per physician 12 394� 461 616 1,091� 721 921� 809� 652 490� 764 593� 236 426 526 629� 834 538 568 620 632 467 411 634 487 270 696� 463 Inhabitants per dentist 12 1,757 1,926� 2,003 2,770 2,093� 1,754 2,338 2,653 1,792� 2,685 2,198� 1,222 2,038 2,336 535 2,642 1,999� 2,084 2,272 3,067 1,564 2,092� 2,572 2,015 1,801 4,526 1,953 Premium of basic health care insurance in CHF 28 426 450 388 354 376 359 347 372 362 401 417 546 461 415 371 327 394 361 403 386 448 472 371 459 524 455 428Foreign trade in million CHF Exports 32 13,651 13,849 4,383 520 1,318 801 1,592 568 8,264 9,069 5,228 47,450 10,469 1,537 951 89 10,425 2,277 10,578 3,609 5,799 13,447 3,275 8,186 19,300 1,072 197,70814

Imports 32 26,633 12,253 6,984 347 1,600 421 782 520 4,629 4,385 6,469 4,712 14,069 3,207 481 110 8,441 1,924 25,415 4,190 6,308 6,878 3,289 4,579 13,032 1,160 162,81814

Cantonal trade balance –12,982 1,596 –2,601 173 –282 380 810 48 3,635 4,684 –1,241 42,738 –3,600 –1,670 470 –21 1,984 353 –14,837 –581 –509 6,569 –14 3,607 6,268 –88 34,89014

Tourism in the Cantons : Interesting Figures and Facts to RememberHotel rooms per km2 cantonal surface 1 8.6 2.8 3.8 1.2 2.4 4.2 2.8 1.1 5.4 1.3 2.1 109.9 2.6 2.3 3.7 3.4 2.4 2.6 2.2 2.2 2.9 3.0 2.6 1.4 32.9 1.0 3.1Hotel overnights in 1,000 51 5,012 4,975 2,030 241 591 663 213 128 327 452 396 1,202 292 152 118 154 968 4,717 702 418 2,180 2,674 3,738 224 2,953 107 35,628Share of Swiss / European hotel guests in % 28 / 38 44 / 25 36 / 22 40 / 43 64 / 20 39�/�20 46 / 31 84 / 14 42 / 35 63 / 28 50 / 37 33 / 44 49�/�40 51 / 36 77 / 18 86 / 11 58 / 32 59�/�34 51 / 37 65 / 32 62 / 28 45 / 35 55 / 32 52 / 37 19�/�38 84 / 14 45 / 32Share of summer overnights in Swiss hotels 58.2 60.2 64.1 63.2 60.5 60.8 61.5 54.2 58.5 61.2 59.7 54.2 55.9 63.6 61.7 74.3 55.4 43.8 54.8 61.0 72.0 57.4 46.5 60.2 54.4 65.4 56.2Residents per restaurant with Gault-Millau rating 17,664 10,937 9,272 3,997 15,407 6,179 6,059 13,340 11,101 10,979 12,108 14,751 28,316 9,979 3,895 5,324 11,881 2,397 31,121 14,855 6,517 7,435 5,009 8,480 8,499 8,086 9,935Highest point in meters 1,292 4,274 2,350 3,630 2,802 3,238 2,901 3,614 1,580 2,389 1,445 522 1,169 912 2,502 2,502 3,248 4,049 908 991 3,402 3,210 4,634 1,552 516 1,302 4,634

Capital

ZH

Zurich

JU

Delémont

BS

Basel

BL

Liestal

SH

Schaffhausen

AR

Herisau

AI

Appenzell

SG

Saint Gall

GR

Chur

AG

Aarau

TG

Frauenfeld

TI

Bellinzona

VD

Lausanne

VS

Sion

NE

Neuchâtel

GE

GenevaYear of entry into Swiss Confederation 1351 1353 1332 1291� 1291� 1291� 1291� 1352 1352 1481 1481 1501 1501 1501 1513 1513 1803 1803 1803 1803 1803 1803 1815 1815 1815 1979� –Number of communities 7 168 352 83 20 30 7 11 3 11 150 109� 3 86 26 20 6 77 114 213 80 130 318 134 36 45 57 2,289 Representatives in National Council 35 25 10 1 4 1 1 1 3 7 6 5 7 2 1 1 12 5 16 6 8 18 8 4 11 2 200 Area 1 in km2 1,729� 5,959 1,494� 1,077 908� 491 276 685 239� 1,671 790� 37 518 298 243 172 2,031 7,105 1,404 992 2,812 3,212 5,225 802 282 839 41,291 Agricult. prod. land as share of the total prod. land in % 1 44.4 52.7 57.5 52.4 50.5 45.3 48.9 47.1 51.3 61.4 42.8 12.7 40.8 44.5 55.6 59.4 53.7 49.3 45.2 60.7 18.7 50.6 40.8 47.1 46.3 49.2 48.1

Population 9Residents in 1,000 1,466.1 1,017.2 398.7� 36.0 154.1 37.1 42.4 40.0 122.1 307.4 266.4 �191.8� 283.2 �79.8� 54.5 16.0 499.0� �196.6� 653.5 267.4 351.9� 773.2 335.6 178.1 484.4 72.8 8,325.2Change 2000–2015 in % 21.0 7.8 14.8 2.1 18.3 14.4 11.6 3.8 22.9 30.1 9.2 2.2 8.9 8.9 1.9 6.3 11.0 5.3 20.1 17.6 13.4 24.7 21.5 7.4 18.5 5.8 15.6Foreigners in 1,000 382.9 157.3 71.2 4.1 31.2 5.4 5.9 9.3 33.0 67.2 57.0 67.4 61.7 20.2 8.6 1.7 117.3 35.9 158.3 64.7 97.6 259.5 77.0 45.5 197.0 10.4 2,047.5Share of foreigners in % 26.1 15.5 17.9 11.5 20.2 14.4 13.9 23.3 27.0 21.9 21.4 35.2 21.8 25.3 15.7 10.8 23.5 18.3 24.2 24.2 27.7 33.6 23.0 25.6 40.7 14.3 24.6Density of population: residents per km2 848 171 267 33 170 76 154 58 512 184 337 5,190� 547 268 225 93� 246 28 466 270 125 241 64 222 1,715 87 202 Total fertility rate 12 1.55 1.50 1.53 1.56 1.60 1.71 1.50 1.54 1.59 1.66 1.48 1.37 1.54 1.48 1.72 1.77 1.54 1.48 1.57 1.60 1.41 1.59 1.51 1.58 1.50 1.65 1.54Old-age ratio 19 26.6 33.2 27.2 32.5 26.6 28.3 30.4 31.0 25.8 24.1 30.6 32.2 35.6 33.9 30.9 30.7 28.3 32.6 26.9 26.7 36.5 26.4 30.6 30.8 26.5 34.2 29.0

Public Finance and Taxes 52 Cantonal revenues, in million CHF 11 14,838 10,909 3,631 414 1,412 303 338 351 1,355 3,399 2,031 4,315 2,597 687 431 157 4,837 2,656 5,130 2,109 3,487 9,847 3,308 2,189 8,074 914 89,71714

Cantonal expenditures, in million CHF 11 14,820 10,739 3,608 393 1,402 306 337 349 1,443 3,375 3,159 3,882 2,623 682 419 152 4,682 2,639 5,158 2,101 3,577 9,653 3,212 2,189 8,095 913 89,90914

Balance revenues / expenditures, in million CHF 11 18 170 23 21 10 –3 1 2 –88 24 –1,128 432 –26 5 12 5 155 17 –28 8 –90 194 96 0 –21 1 –19214

Cantonal debt, in million CHF 12, 13 8,651 6,109 1,527 113 424 72 265 137 578 578 1,102 7,024 3,547 265 219 28 1,616 642 2,218 774 5,302 4,524 1,986 1,429 16,199 494 65,82314

Per capita, in CHF 5,981 6,052 3,871 3,129 2,774 1,962 6,294 3,446 4,813 1,907 4,177 36,854 12,609 3,338 4,043 1,750 3,259 3,279 3,438 2,936 15,132 5,941 5,985 8,060 33,933 6,824 8,01018

Tax burden

income CHF 50,000, in % 12, 16 4.07 7.41 5.33 5.39 4.13 5.24 3.93 6.31 1.76 5.38 6.78 0.74 2.59 5.44 6.11 4.61 4.39 2.63 3.65 3.19 2.90 3.56 5.64 5.86 0.21 4.53 4.2718

income CHF 100,000, in % 12, 16 9.05 13.09 10.46 9.96 7.39 9.40 9.00 10.48 4.08 11.05 12.51 12.08 10.08 10.89 11.27 8.44 11.78 9.04 9.40 9.69 9.02 13.38 9.70 13.69 8.47 12.34 10.5718

income CHF 200,000, in % 12, 16 16.62 20.97 17.36 15.15 13.40 14.42 15.31 17.36 10.08 19.84 20.41 20.44 19.99 18.88 18.91 14.96 20.68 17.25 17.40 17.09 19.04 21.01 19.35 22.04 19.44 20.99 18.7618

wealth CHF 200,000, in ‰ 12, 17 0.26 2.17 1.39 0.00 0.00 1.13 0.89 0.96 0.00 4.41 1.03 1.13 0.68 1.12 0.98 1.39 1.21 0.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.20 2.84 3.01 0.58 2.09 1.2718

wealth CHF 1,000,000, in ‰ 12, 17 1.94 4.20 2.50 1.81 1.45 1.43 1.27 3.25 1.65 6.45 2.12 4.82 6.46 4.48 3.55 2.50 4.12 2.97 2.71 2.46 4.15 6.48 5.01 6.66 4.85 4.05 3.8218

tax on earnings for juristic person in % 7, 10 21.15 21.64 12.32 15.11 15.27 12.89 12.66 15.71 14.60 19.86 21.85 22.18 20.32 16.04 13.04 14.16 17.40 16.68 18.61 16.43 20.67 22.09 21.56 15.61 24.16 20.66 19.7618

National fiscal equalization Resource index 27 120.6 74.2 83.5 64.1 170.6 91.7 143.9 70.5 263.5 76.6 76.9 143.5 97.6 98.3 85.5 84.5 79.7 83.0 87.7 78.6 96.2 103.9 67.8 90.5 143.3 64.0 100.0Total net payments in million CHF 15, 27 442 –1,265 –253 –81 176 –22 31 –70 326 –428 –257 93� –4 –1 –44 –17 –393� –259� –226 –226 –49� –11 –606 –183 246 –162 –3,246

Economy and Living Standard 20

Gross domestic product in million CHF 49 137,139 75,797 24,791 1,832 8,713 2,318 2,831 2,578 18,253 17,093 16,786 31,197 18,653 6,776 3,015 935 35,397 13,665 39,183 15,559 27,661 50,621 17,054 14,512 48,001 4,495 634,85414

Employed in 1,000 12 798.4 544.5 220.0 19.7 86.4 20.4 23.9 22.1 66.5 158.8 140.5 94.2 141.2 42.0 30.2 9.1 269.4 107.5 355.1 147.3 157.1 374.5 167.8 86.2 203.0 34.8 4,320.4Foreign labor force in 1,000 12 219.6 83.2 39.5 2.2 17.7 3.1 3.6 5.5 17.7 35.7 29.4 36.5 31.6 10.7 5.1 1.5 65.1 21.6 85.8 37.5 46.3 130.6 41.6 23.8 82.8 5.2 1,082.8Unemployment rate in % 8 3.5 2.6 2.1 1.1 1.7 0.9 1.1 2.2 2.3 3.0 2.7 3.8 2.8 3.4 1.9 1.1 2.4 1.8 3.1 2.5 3.8 5.0 4.3 5.5 5.6 4.2 3.3Companies 7 Number of stock corporations 33,110 16,515 9,040 605 6,768 2,005 2,429� 1,319� 17,421 6,974� 4,175 4,447 4,868 1,646 2,068 954� 11,529� 6,054 10,841 5,675 17,472 13,812 7,681 3,033 17,110 1,674 209,225 Number of sole-proprietor companies 27,217 17,670 5,561 474 3,378 575 690� 728 3,395� 6,121 4,490� 3,612 4,806 1,609� 1,082 282 9,524 4,393� 11,149� 4,631 6,592� 17,161 7,132 3,121 9,418 1,649� 156,460 Banks 2 Residents per bank subsidiary 3,545 3,135 3,907� 3,273 2,634 2,833 3,006 2,487 3,246 3,745 3,663 2,443 5,308 2,739� 5,406 2,642 3,178 1,814 4,136 4,254 2,290� 4,506 3,130 4,222 2,775 2,414 3,345 Savings deposits, CHF per inhabitant 22 97,910� 65,954� 73,433 62,458 115,240 81,664 109,791� 66,643 121,593� 49,308 63,606 113,768 75,723 60,491� 75,966� 95,118 66,066 73,589� 70,629� 67,159� 59,678 48,178 56,905� 41,550 54,013 47,300 71,688 Mortgages, CHF per inhabitant 119,003 94,719� 105,485 100,644 140,509� 114,677 113,213 98,382 155,202 97,493� 114,175 87,680 122,072 105,003 104,025 103,633 103,135 153,150 120,499� 119,424 125,467 96,157 99,848 78,916� 97,236 92,653 109,271 Construction Newly built housing units 49 9,557 4,397 2,955 229 1,471 233 268 142 743 2,334 1,464 181 1,077 519 348 56 3,426 2,280 4,307 2,142 2,292 4,762 2,668 590 1,281 444 50,166Housing units approved for construction 24 9,965 3,884 3,258 425 2,027 211 262 295 894 2,392 1,354 806 1,458 926 270 103 3,206 1,025 5,658 2,460 1,885 4,169 3,880 520 2,004 307 53,644Housing vacancy rate in % 25 0.78 1.47 0.93 1.25 0.89 0.54 1.40 2.12 0.46 0.96 2.33 0.34 0.39 1.36 1.96 0.83 1.79 1.36 1.98 1.68 1.01 0.68 2.04 1.28 0.41 2.35 1.19Traffic Automobiles per 1,000 inhabitants 26 500 515 530 537 631 591 619 578 641 582 578 345 515 558 571 583 549 558 586 621 634 530 631 543 463 580 541New car registrations per 1,000 inhabitants 59.8 47.9 52.6 45.5 58.2 54.4 57.3 52.1 75.5 59.0 47.8 48.5 45.1 43.6 48.5 60.1 47.8 49.8 53.5 50.8 74.3 58.6 52.0 53.0 50.9 60.2 54.4Health Inhabitants per physician 12 394� 461 616 1,091� 721 921� 809� 652 490� 764 593� 236 426 526 629� 834 538 568 620 632 467 411 634 487 270 696� 463 Inhabitants per dentist 12 1,757 1,926� 2,003 2,770 2,093� 1,754 2,338 2,653 1,792� 2,685 2,198� 1,222 2,038 2,336 535 2,642 1,999� 2,084 2,272 3,067 1,564 2,092� 2,572 2,015 1,801 4,526 1,953 Premium of basic health care insurance in CHF 28 426 450 388 354 376 359 347 372 362 401 417 546 461 415 371 327 394 361 403 386 448 472 371 459 524 455 428Foreign trade in million CHF Exports 32 13,651 13,849 4,383 520 1,318 801 1,592 568 8,264 9,069 5,228 47,450 10,469 1,537 951 89 10,425 2,277 10,578 3,609 5,799 13,447 3,275 8,186 19,300 1,072 197,70814

Imports 32 26,633 12,253 6,984 347 1,600 421 782 520 4,629 4,385 6,469 4,712 14,069 3,207 481 110 8,441 1,924 25,415 4,190 6,308 6,878 3,289 4,579 13,032 1,160 162,81814

Cantonal trade balance –12,982 1,596 –2,601 173 –282 380 810 48 3,635 4,684 –1,241 42,738 –3,600 –1,670 470 –21 1,984 353 –14,837 –581 –509 6,569 –14 3,607 6,268 –88 34,89014

Tourism in the Cantons : Interesting Figures and Facts to RememberHotel rooms per km2 cantonal surface 1 8.6 2.8 3.8 1.2 2.4 4.2 2.8 1.1 5.4 1.3 2.1 109.9 2.6 2.3 3.7 3.4 2.4 2.6 2.2 2.2 2.9 3.0 2.6 1.4 32.9 1.0 3.1Hotel overnights in 1,000 51 5,012 4,975 2,030 241 591 663 213 128 327 452 396 1,202 292 152 118 154 968 4,717 702 418 2,180 2,674 3,738 224 2,953 107 35,628Share of Swiss / European hotel guests in % 28 / 38 44 / 25 36 / 22 40 / 43 64 / 20 39�/�20 46 / 31 84 / 14 42 / 35 63 / 28 50 / 37 33 / 44 49�/�40 51 / 36 77 / 18 86 / 11 58 / 32 59�/�34 51 / 37 65 / 32 62 / 28 45 / 35 55 / 32 52 / 37 19�/�38 84 / 14 45 / 32Share of summer overnights in Swiss hotels 58.2 60.2 64.1 63.2 60.5 60.8 61.5 54.2 58.5 61.2 59.7 54.2 55.9 63.6 61.7 74.3 55.4 43.8 54.8 61.0 72.0 57.4 46.5 60.2 54.4 65.4 56.2Residents per restaurant with Gault-Millau rating 17,664 10,937 9,272 3,997 15,407 6,179 6,059 13,340 11,101 10,979 12,108 14,751 28,316 9,979 3,895 5,324 11,881 2,397 31,121 14,855 6,517 7,435 5,009 8,480 8,499 8,086 9,935Highest point in meters 1,292 4,274 2,350 3,630 2,802 3,238 2,901 3,614 1,580 2,389 1,445 522 1,169 912 2,502 2,502 3,248 4,049 908 991 3,402 3,210 4,634 1,552 516 1,302 4,634

Switzerland

Bern

Notes/Sources: Unless otherwise indicated, data refer to 2015 and represent to some ex-tent estimates or provisional information.1 2004/2009�area�statistics� 2 31 December 2014 3 Gross consumption 4 Excluding the building and construction trade 5 Income from alcohol control, National Bank transactions, radio, wire-less networks etc. 6 United States, Canada, Mexico 7 31 December 2015 8 Annual average 9�Permanent resident population at the end of the year 10 Effective maximal rate in the cantonal capital, according to Hinny 11 Current account/income statement 2015 12 2014 13 Indebtedness according to the Harmonized Accounting Model for the Cantons and Communes (HAM2) 14

Total of cantons 15 Resource levelling, cost compensation and hardship relief 16 Federal, cantonal, municipal and church taxes on gross income of a married person without children residing in the cantonal capital 17 Cantonal, municipal and church taxes on net worth of a married person without children residing in the cantonal capital 18 Weighted according to population 19�Percentage�ratio�of�persons�over�64�to�persons�in�the�20–64�age�range;�per-manent resident population 20 End of year 21 Excluding Japan and China 22 Due to clients on savings and deposit accounts, medium-term notes 23 Brazil, Russia, India, China 24 Number of permits for new apartments not yet in construction, end of 2015 25 1 June 2015 26 End of September 2015 27 2016 28 September�2015;�cantonal�average�premiums�for�2015/2016�for�compulsory health insurance (including accident cover) 29�Issue value 30 Representative group of banks 31 Maturity 10 years 32 Excluding precious metals, precious and semi precious stones, works�of�art�or�antiques� 33 Current account surplus: more exports than imports 34 Positive balance: capital export 35 Assets�=�Swiss�assets�or�claims�abroad;�liabilities�=�foreign�assets�or�claims in Switzerland 36 Excluding monetary reserves 37 Employed and unemployed 38 Stan-dardized 39�fob = free on board 40 cif = cost, insurance, freight 41 Gross;�central�government,�regional and local authorities, and social security 42 Tax, social insurance contributions and other revenues 43 Normal rate 44 No value added/sales tax at federal or EU level 45 Official reserve assets (at approximate market values) 46 National currency units per USD (annual

average) 47 National currency units per euro (annual average) 48 Swiss All Share Index 49�2013 50 Nominal 51 Hotels, spas or therapy centers 52 Without the communities 53 Municipal solid waste 54 As of June 2013, savings deposits at PostFinance Ltd are included in the calculation of the money aggregates 55 Maximum rate

Origin of Guests, Measured in Overnights 2015 51 in %

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Number of hotel overnights: 35.6 million

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SwitzerlandGermanyOther EUBRIC 23

JapanAsia 21

NAFTA 6

Other countries

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Eurozone (19)

Germany France Italy Austria JapanUK USA China IndiaSwitzerland Compared to Other Countries in 2015

Switzer- land

Population, in million 338.5 81.2 64.3 60.8 8.6 65.1 321.6 126.9 1,374.6 1,292.7 8.3Area in 1,000 km2 2,758.5 357.0 549.1� 301.3 83.9� 243.6 9,826.7� 377.9 9,597.0� 3,287.3 41.3 Inhabitants per km2 123 227 117 202 103 267 33 336 143 393� 201 Labor force, in million 37 163.1 41.8 29.3� 25.6 4.4 32.7 164.2 64.8 823.5 516.2 5.0 Unemployment rate in % 8, 38 10.9� 4.6 10.4 11.9� 5.7 5.4 5.3 3.4 4.1 7.1 3.3 Gross domestic product, in billion USD 50 11,540.3 3,357.6 2,421.6 1,815.8 374.1 2,849.3 17,947.0 4,123.3 10,982.8 2,090.7 664.5 Change in real terms 2014 / 2015 in % 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.9 2.2 2.4 0.5 6.9 7.3 0.9 Gross domestic product per capita, in USD 34,092� 41,350 37,661 29,865� 43,500 43,768 55,805 32,493� 7,990� 1,617 80,060

Consumer prices index change 8 in % 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.4 4.9 –1.1Industrial production 4 1.6 0.5 2.1 0.9 1.6 1.0 1.3 –1.0 5.9 3.2 –2.5Retail sales in real terms 2.7 2.9 3.8 1.8 1.6 4.1 1.3 –1.2 11.1 n.a. –1.2Hourly wages in industry 1.9� 2.4 1.3 2.6 2.1 1.4 1.8 0.2 n.a. n.a. 1.2

Exported goods fob, in billion USD 39 2,265.7 1,329.5� 505.9� 459.1� 152.3 460.4 1,504.9� 624.9� 2,274.9� 267.1 289.8 Change 2014 / 2015 in % 50 –12.3 –11.0 –12.9� –13.4 –14.5 –8.9� –7.1 –9.5� –2.9� –17.2 –7.0 Imported goods cif, in billion USD 40 1,991.0� 1,050.0 572.7 408.9� 155.2 625.8 2,307.9� 648.5 1,682.0 392.0� 253.2 Change 2014 / 2015 in % 50 –14.8 –13.0 –15.4 –13.8 –14.7 –9.4� –4.3 –20.2 –14.1 –15.3 –8.3 Swiss imports (goods) from …, in billion USD 32 110.3 48.9 13.9 16.7 7.6 6.8 12.1 3.2 12.8 1.3 –Swiss exports (goods) to …, in billion USD 32 92.6 38.1 14.5 13.3 5.9 12.1 28.5 6.6 9.3 1.9 –Trade balance, in billion USD 274.7 279.5� –66.8 50.2 –2.9� –165.4 –803.0 –23.6 592.9� –124.9� 36.6 Balance on current account, in billion USD 33 344.7 285.2 –3.0 38.7 13.5 –123.5 –484.1 137.5 293.2 –26.2 75.8

Budget balance, as a % of GDP 41 –2.0 0.6 –3.6 –2.6 –1.6 –4.4 –3.7 –5.2 –2.7 –7.2 0.4Government debt, as a % of GDP 41 93.2 71.0 96.8 132.6 86.2 89.3 105.8 248.1 43.9 67.2 34.413

Fiscal burden, as a % of GDP 12, 42 46.8 36.1 45.2 43.6 43.0 32.6 26.0 33.6 28.3 19.7 27.0VAT in % 43 n.a.44 19.0� 20.0 22.0 20.0 20.0 n.a.44 8.0 17.0 15.055 8.0 Monetary reserves, in billion USD20, 45 701.4 173.7 138.2 130.8 22.2 155.9� 118.5 1,233.2 3,406.1 350.4 601.9

Dollar rate46 0.9007 0.9007 0.9007 0.9007 0.9007 0.6544 1.0000 121.0400 6.2850 64.1530 0.9627Euro rate47 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 0.7264 1.1102 134.3600 6.9785 71.2449 1.0684

3-month interest rate 8 in % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.2 4.9 7.0 –0.8Yield on 10-year government bonds 8 1.3 0.5 0.8 1.7 0.7 1.9 2.1 0.3 3.4 7.8 –0.1Stock price index, change 2014 / 2015 8 11.8 13.1 12.2 10.3 0.9 –1.3 0.2 22.7 65.7 10.9 4.6

Value added in tourism, in billion USD 457.4 130.7 89.2 76.3 20.5 103.7 488.0 106.7 224.0 41.6 13.8 as a % of GDP 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.2 5.5 3.6 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.0 2.1