In 2018, one million people received inpatient care in a Swiss hospital or birthing centre. This represents 12% of the entire Swiss population and shows a slight decline in comparison with the previous year.
This year the first day of Advent falls on the first day of December. We will be opening a new window each day in our Advent calendar. Discover a new statistical fact about life in Switzerland every day.
With 17 extra seats, the Greens have become the National Council’s fourth largest party. This is the greatest increase in a party’s seats since proportional representation was introduced in 1919.
The hotel sector registered 22.6 million overnight stays in Switzerland during the 2019 summer tourist season (from May to October). This represents an increase of 2.4% (+536 000 overnight stays) compared with the same period a year earlier.
What are the average costs generated by a passenger car per year? What is the expenditure on fuel, maintenance, insurance and taxes? See our new graph of the week to find out.
Chief data officers can now be found in all departments in the Federal Administration, Federal Chancellery and administrative services with a cross-sectional data-processing function. They serve as advocates for the implementation of the OGD strategy for 2019–2023.
The Federal Council wishes to make data management in the public sector easier and more efficient by reusing data. Four pilot projects will be launched at the Federal Statistical Office.
Visit the election website specially developed for the 2019 federal elections and take a look at the results of the National Council and Council of States elections.
The FSO has adopted a new data innovation strategy. This constitutes the first response by official statistics to the challenges posed by the digital revolution.
The survey on language, religion and culture has the aim of providing statistical information on the current situation and the evolution of practices in these areas.
The Swiss Earnings Structure Survey is a written survey, carried out every two years in enterprises in Switzerland.
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