International migrations are movements of persons who change their place of usual residence from one country to another. A distinction is made between immigration (when the reference country is the arrival country) and emigration (when the country of reference is the departure country). The balance between immigration and emigration movements is referred to as net migration.
Statistical sources
Population and Household Statistics (STATPOP): international migration by Swiss and foreign nationals who are part of the permanent resident population. STATPOP replaced the Statistics on Annual Population Status (ESPOP) as of 2011.
State Secretariat for Migration (SEM): international migration of foreigners
Labour Market Accounts (LMA): international migrations by labour-market status. For statistical purposes, the concept of international migration is expanded to cover new cross-border commuters (counted as immigrations) and persons losing the status of cross-border commuters (counted as emigrations).
| Language | EN |
|---|---|
| Other languages | IT , FR , DE |
| Type | Definition |
| Published on | 22.08.2018 |
| Published by | Federal Statistical Office |
| Theme |
Population
Work and income |
| FSO number | glos-615-en |
| Survey, statistics | Labour Market Accounts |