| Settlement and urban areas |
current
|
8% |
| Farmland |
current
|
23% |
| Alpine farmland |
current
|
12% |
| Wooded areas |
current |
32% |
| Lakes and watercourses |
current |
4% |
| Other natural space |
current |
21% |
| Daily consumption of drinking water |
2022 |
289 l/person |
| Raw material consumption (RMC) |
2022 |
16 t/person |
| Municipal waste |
2022 |
674 kg/person |
| Share of separately collected municipal waste |
2022 |
52% |
| Greenhouse gas footprint |
2021 |
12.8 t eq. CO2/person |
| Number of known plant, fungal or animal species in Switzerland |
1994/2024 |
approx. 56 000 species |
| Number of assessed species |
1994/2024 |
10 884 species |
| Share of endangered species (Red lists) |
1994/2024 |
35% |
| Environmentally related taxes revenue |
2023e |
CHF 10 billions |
| Employees of the environmental sector in full time equivalents |
2022 |
168 000 |
| National expenditure on environmental protection |
2022 |
CHF 15.1 billions |
| Environmental subsidies and other transfers |
2022 |
CHF 2.3 billions |