Passenger transport

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On average, each Swiss resident covered a daily distance of 30.0 kilometres within Switzerland in 2021. The total distance covered on Swiss roads, rail and cable cars added up to almost 125 billion person-kilometres. This was 22% more than in 2000, but 10% less than in 2019, the year before the COVID pandemic started.

Key figures on passenger transport

Passenger transport performance
Land transport performance (rail, road incl. human-powered transport and cable cars)	124.5 billion person-km	2021
Change	+22%	2000–2021
Aviation: Passengers1	43.6 million	2022
Change	+27%	2000–2022
Mobility behaviour
Average daily distance per person (inside Switzerland)	30.0 km	2021
Change	–14%	2000–2021
Share of leisure traffic	43%	2021
Commuting
Average commute (one way)	13.6 km	2021
Cross-border transport
Border crossings in private motor vehicles (arrivals and departures)	1.2 million persons/day	2021
Transalpine transport
Transalpine crossings in private motor vehicles (both directions)	74 300 persons/day	2021

1) Local and transfer passengers in scheduled and charter flights Sources: FSO – Transalpine and cross-border passenger transport (A+GQPV), Passenger transport performance (PV-L), Commuting (PEND); FSO, ARE – Mobility and transport microcensus (MTMC); FSO, FOCA – Aviation, scheduled and charter flights (AVIA_LC)

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