Performance Overview
SWITZERLAND is one of the global leaders in two of the pillars of the NRI, while it performs less well with respect to the other two pillars. The country’s best showing relates to the Impact (2nd) pillar, primarily as a result of the high scores it achieves in the Economy (3rd) and SDG Contribution (2nd) sub-pillars. Switzerland is also impressive when it comes to the Technology (3rd) pillar, where it enjoys superior levels of Access (4th), Content (3rd), and Future Technologies (7th). Its performances in the pillars on People and Governance (both 12th) are more disappointing. In the former case, the score is primarily dragged down by comparatively weak ICT usage among Individuals (44th), which stand in stark contrast to the ICT usage and skills by Businesses (3rd). In the latter case, it is mainly due to a relatively low level of Inclusion (18th).

1. Mobile tariffs | 93.92 | 6 |
2. Handset prices | 82.77 | 5 |
3. Households with internet acccess | 88.54 | 22 |
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99.00 | 24 |
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 97.05 | 11 |
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 71.15 | 43 |
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100.00 | 1 |
1. GitHub commits | 100.00 | 1 |
2. Wikipedia edits | 83.14 | 16 |
3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
4. Mobile apps development | 90.67 | 9 |
1. Availability of latest technologies | 93.09 | 6 |
2. Company investment in emerging technology | 89.43 | 4 |
3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 72.81 | 8 |
4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 67.41 | 3 |
5. Robot density | 43.32 | 18 |
1. Medium and high-tech industry | 82.59 | 2 |
2. High-tech exports | 24.57 | 35 |
3. PCT patent applications | 89.42 | 3 |
4. Labour productivity per employee | 75.26 | 10 |
5. Prevalence of gig economy | 66.09 | 27 |
1. Happiness | 98.31 | 2 |
2. Freedom to make life choices | 91.48 | 19 |
3. Income inequality | 78.09 | 31 |
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 90.87 | 4 |
1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 90.16 | 13 |
2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 71.43 | 9 |
3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 73.02 | 75 |
4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 95.95 | 5 |
5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 97.02 | 3 |
1. Internet users | 89.72 | 17 |
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 38.31 | 31 |
3. Use of virtual social networks | 51.55 | 72 |
5. Tertiary enrolment | 43.26 | 49 |
5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
6. ICT skills | 89.20 | 7 |
1. Firms with website | 95.48 | 5 |
2. Ease of doing business | 82.05 | 35 |
3. Professionals | 64.46 | 6 |
4. Technicians and associate professionals | 73.98 | 14 |
5. Business use of digital tools | 83.55 | 20 |
6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 61.17 | 4 |
1. Government online services | 82.42 | 36 |
2. Publication and use of open data | 57.46 | 19 |
3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 57.55 | 27 |
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 86.04 | 5 |
1. Secure Internet servers | 91.52 | 5 |
2. Cybersecurity | 84.51 | 39 |
3. Online access to financial account | 66.23 | 19 |
4. Internet shopping | 71.84 | 15 |
1. Regulatory quality | 90.63 | 8 |
2. ICT regulatory environment | 95.56 | 16 |
3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 85.14 | 5 |
4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
1. E-Participation | 90.13 | 18 |
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 95.67 | 15 |
3. Availability of local online content | 95.34 | 5 |
4. Gender gap in internet use | 62.12 | 41 |
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 75.53 | 28 |