Switzerland
Download Report| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Europe |
| Population (Total) | 8,516,543 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.11% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 706,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.82% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 68,943 |
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. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita) | 82.77 | 5 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 87.81 | 22 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99 | 24 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions) | 97.05 | 11 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 71.11 | 42 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Digital participation | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Mobile apps development | 89.72 | 9 |
| 3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property | 71.11 | 3 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 97.52 | 3 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 88.54 | 4 |
| 3. Government procurement of advanced technology products | 51.54 | 32 |
| 4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 69.25 | 9 |
| 5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 72.73 | 2 |
| 6. Robot density | 43.32 | 18 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 82.59 | 2 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 25.34 | 34 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 87.04 | 3 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 62.27 | 12 |
| 1. Happiness | 92.72 | 3 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 92.12 | 14 |
| 3. Income inequality | 80.79 | 29 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 90.11 | 4 |
| 1. Access to basic services | 99.93 | 10 |
| 2. Pollution | 94.94 | 16 |
| 3. Road safety | 100 | 1 |
| 4. Reading proficiency in schools | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Maths proficiency in schools | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Use of clean fuels and technology | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Internet users | 88.91 | 17 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 37.8 | 31 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 50.1 | 69 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 43.26 | 48 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 81.05 | 12 |
| 1. Firms with website | 94.95 | 5 |
| 2. Internet shopping | 71.84 | 15 |
| 3. Professionals | 66.19 | 8 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 83.33 | 8 |
| 5. Extent of staff training | 100 | 1 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 60.8 | 4 |
| 1. Government online services | 83.07 | 35 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 57.46 | 19 |
| 3.ICT use and government efficiency | 68.26 | 22 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 84.92 | 6 |
| 1. Rule of law | 97.38 | 3 |
| 2. Software piracy rate | 91.89 | 10 |
| 3. Secure Internet servers | 94.96 | 5 |
| 4. Cybersecurity | 84.32 | 39 |
| 5. Online trust and safety | 67.12 | 42 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 90.63 | 8 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 82.05 | 35 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models | 69.73 | 21 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100 | 1 |
| 5. Social safety net protection | 95.4 | 8 |
| 6. ICT regulatory environment | 95.56 | 15 |
| 1. E-Participation | 82.17 | 41 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 95.67 | 15 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 91.59 | 6 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 62.12 | 39 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 75.53 | 27 |