🇨🇭 Switzerland Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇨🇭 Switzerland CH / CHE #132

Nomad Score 60.0

Cities 21

Region European Free Trade Association, Francophone, Alpine Countries, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Western Europe

Currency CHF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Assembly-independent Republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 80/100

Press Freedom (2025) 84.0/100 #9

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.882

HDI 0.970

Regional Blocs EFTA

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 89th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 99th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 97th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 100th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 96th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 99th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.6/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 2.2/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.7% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Assembly-independent Republic

Title	Name
President of the Swiss Confederation	Guy Parmelin
Vice-President of the Federal Council	Ignazio Cassis
Chancellor of Switzerland	Viktor Rossi

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 80 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 84.0 / 100

Global Rank #9 / 180

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #9 85.7

Economic #9 73.2

Legal #15 83.7

Social #15 83.4

Safety #12 93.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.882

Liberal 0.843

Participatory 0.785

Deliberative 0.852

Egalitarian 0.820

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	84.0	9	85.7	73.2	83.7	83.4	93.9
2024	84.0	9	87.8	72.3	78.9	85.2	95.9
2023	84.4	12	87.4	72.8	78.0	92.3	91.5
2022	82.7	14	90.0	68.4	81.0	88.3	85.9
2021	89.5	10	-	-	-	-	93.1
2020	89.4	8	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	89.5	6	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	88.7	5	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	87.9	7	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	88.2	7	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	86.2	20	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	89.5	15	-	-	-	-	-
2013	90.1	14	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-6.2	8	-	-	-	-	-
2010	0.0	6	-	-	-	-	-
2009	1.0	7	-	-	-	-	-
2008	3.0	7	-	-	-	-	-
2007	3.0	11	-	-	-	-	-
2006	2.5	9	-	-	-	-	-
2005	0.5	1	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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