This PESTLE country analysis report on Switzerland provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
Synopsis
- Understand the political system in Switzerland through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in Switzerland through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in Switzerland through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in Switzerland through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
- Understand the legal landscape in Switzerland through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
- Understand the environmental landscape in Switzerland through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators
Scope
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Switzerland, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Switzerland 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment.
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
Reasons to Buy
- What is the outlook in Switzerland in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does Switzerland perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does Switzerland perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does Switzerland perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Summary
- Key findings
- PESTLE highlights
- Key macroeconomic updates
- Key fundamentals
- Key Facts and Geographic Location
- Key facts
- Geographic location
- PESTLE Analysis
- Summary
- Political analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Economic analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Social analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Technological analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Legal analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Environmental analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Fulfillment of international environmental commitments
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Political Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Structure of government
- Key policies
- Performance
- Outlook
- Economic Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Performance
- GDP composition by sector
- International investment position
- Monetary situation: Key monetary indicators
- Employment
- Outlook
- Social Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Demographic composition
- Urban/rural composition and migration
- Religious composition
- Education
- Healthcare
- Social welfare
- Performance
- Outlook
- Technological Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Intellectual property
- R&D
- Performance
- Telecommunications and internet
- R&D
- Outlook
- Legal Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Judicial system
- New laws in Switzerland
- Taxation
- Corporate governance
- Performance
- Outlook
- Environmental Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Environmental regulations
- Policy
- Participation in global efforts, agreements, and pacts
- Performance
- Outlook
- Appendix
- Ask the analyst
- About the Publisher
Table 1: Key fundamentals, 2020-27f
Table 2: Key facts, 2023
Table 3: Analysis of political landscape
Table 4: Analysis of economic landscape
Table 5: Analysis of social landscape
Table 6: Analysis of technological landscape
Table 7: Analysis of legal landscape
Table 8: Analysis of environmental landscape
Table 9: Population by gender (as a percentage of total population), 2022
Table 10: Patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office, 2016-21
List of Figures
Figure 1: Key economic indicators trend
Figure 2: Map of Switzerland, 2023
Figure 3: Trade openness, total trade as a percentage of GDP, 2022
Figure 4: Switzerland’s export destinations share as % of total exports, 2022
Figure 5: Tertiary education attainment (population aged 25-64), 2021
Figure 6: Labor force participation by gender, 2011-22
Figure 7: Public spending on labor markets as a percentage of GDP, 2020
Figure 8: Old-age dependency ratio (percentage of the working-age population), 2050
Figure 9: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 2021
Figure 10: Product market regulation, 2018
Figure 11: Tax wedge as a percentage of labor cost, 2022
Figure 12: FDI restrictiveness index, 2020
Figure 13: Environmental tax as a percentage of GDP, 2020
Figure 14: Municipal waste across OECD nations, 2021
Figure 15: Timeline of key political events
Figure 16: Key political figures
Figure 17: Swiss National Council composition by number of seats, as of mid-2022
Figure 18: Evolution of GDP growth, 2012-22
Figure 19: Real GDP and real GDP growth rate, 2018-27f
Figure 20: GDP by sector, 2022
Figure 21: Agricultural output, 2018-23f
Figure 22: Industrial output, 2018-23f
Figure 23: Services output, 2018-23f
Figure 24: External trade, 2018-27f
Figure 25: Consumer price index and inflation, 2018-27f
Figure 26: Unemployment rate, 2018-27f
Figure 27: Major religions, 2020
Figure 28: Government expenditure on healthcare, 2018-27f
Figure 29: Government expenditure on education, 2018-27f
Figure 30: Internet users, 2018-23f
Figure 31: CO2 emissions, 2013-21
