Digitalisation

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2nd place in Digital Public Services competition: the I14Y platform

The I14Y interoperability platform is Switzerland's national data catalogue. The project was entered for a competition in Germany on digital public services and won second place.

Explainer videos on the CPI and PPI

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Short explainer videos on the CPI and the PPI

Would you like to have a better understanding of the National Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Producer Price Index (PPI)? The FSO regularly publishes the latest developments in these indices. You can watch two videos on our YouTube channel that explain how the CPI and PPI are calculated.

Passenger transport by rail

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Public transport in 2022: passenger transport by rail

In 2022, 19.3 billion passenger-kilometres of transport performance were covered by rail on the Swiss rail network. This is 35% more than in 2021, but still 11% less than in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Internships during the studies

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Topic report of the survey 2020 on the social and economic situation of students

In 2020, 38% of higher education students said they had completed at least one internship since the beginning of their higher education studies. 7% of students said they had taken concrete steps in order to carry out an internship and 18% that they intended to do one before the end of their studies.

Empty dwellings census

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Empty dwellings census of 1 June 2023

On 1 June 2023, there were 54 765 vacant dwellings in Switzerland. This was 1.15% of the total housing stock (including single-family houses). This means that the dwelling vacancy rate fell by 0.16 percentage points year-on-year.

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Our English pages offer only a limited range of information on our statistical production. For our full range please consult our pages in French and German (top right hand screen).

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Takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS

Following the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, here is some useful information from the FSO on the financial services sector in Switzerland.

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30 years of the Federal Statistics Act

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the creation and adoption of the Federal Statistics Act (FStatA) in Switzerland.

In focus

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Experimental statistics

Experimental statistics are produced using new methods and/or new data sources.

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Open Government Data

The FSO’s Open Government Data unit is responsible for implementing the Swiss OGD strategy in close cooperation with the Department of Home Affairs.

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Statistics counts

The "Statistics count" website highlights the importance of statistics for all stakeholders in society.

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Unlocking the power of data initiative

This project aims to contribute to advancing data ecosystems to provide the information needed for an fact-based worldview.

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Monitoring of the legislature plan

The purpose of the legislature indicators is to observe the objectives defined by the Federal Council and Parliament in the 2019–2023 Legislature Plan.

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Data science

The federal government wishes to use data science in a more targeted way in the future to support the government and the administration in their work.

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The Confederation's annual statistical programme

The Confederation’s annual statistical programme shows how the mandate of federal statistics to produce and communicate user-friendly information on important areas of life in society is implemented.

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Artificial Intelligence

At its meeting on 25.08.2021, the Federal Council decided to develop a “Competence Network for Artificial Intelligence” (CNW AI). The corresponding unit for this will be attached to the FSO.

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