The hotel sector registered 22.0 million overnight stays in Switzerland during the summer tourist season (from May to October 2018). This represents an increase of 3.1% compared with the same period a year earlier.
The number of employed persons in Switzerland rose by 1.2% between the 3rd quarter 2017 and the 3rd quarter 2018. During the same period, the unemployment rate as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) declined by 0.6 percentage points to 4.4%.
The transport performance of rail goods transport in 2017 fell by 7% compared with the previous year, while transport performance by road grew by 1.5%.
The health insurance premium index has registered an increase of 4.1% for premiums in 2018 compared with the previous year. Rising premiums curbed the growth of the average disposable income by 0.3 percentage points in 2018.
What percentage of the gross domestic product is spent on health care in Switzerland? And how does Switzerland compare with other OECD countries? See our new graph of the week to find out!
From a comprehensive census conducted every 10 years, the federal population census became an annual event in 2010. An evaluation of this new census system has been carried out.
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 Swiss Earnings Structure Survey (ESS) is a written survey, carried out every two years in enterprises in Switzerland.
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