Swiss Federal Statistical Office

In our increasingly complex world, the role of information is becoming a key issue - for guidance, for decision making and for future planning. Information determines the quality of actions. Nowadays, statistics plays a vital role in political decisions, at parliamentary, executive or voting level, in industry and even in everyday life. Statistics has become a key factor for ensuring transparency in social and political debates. Therefore, producers of statistics have a special responsibility: the statistical information must be scientifically sound, professionally independent, efficient and of a high quality. It must be up-to-date and easily accessible for all.