At the end of 2017, there were 1.7 million residential buildings and 4.5 million dwellings in Switzerland. More than half of the buildings were single-family houses and only one or two people lived in 46% of these buildings.
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 social partners signatory to Switzerland's main collective labour agreements (CLA) agreed a nominal rise in real wages of 0.9% and a nominal rise in minimum wages of 0.5% for 2018.
Just in time for the European Statistics Day on 20 October, the updated 2018 edition of the collective publication from the European Statistical System ‘The life of women and men in Europe – a statistical portrait’ will be released. This digital, interactive publication contributes to a better understanding of the diversity and characteristics of the life of Europeans.
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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