ce:
3.81 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 26.3%
services: 69.1% (1998)

Unemployment rate:
3.3% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 25.2% (1992)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
33.1 (1992)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.2% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
21.8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $141 billion
expenditures: $139.1 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
51% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs

Industries:
machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments

Industrial production growth rate:
6.5% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
61.97 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 1.3%
hydro: 59.5%
nuclear: 37.1%
other: 2% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
56.93 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
27.8 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
27.1 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
2,241 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
268,100 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
10,420 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
289,500 bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
3.311 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
3.311 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance:
$50.44 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$166.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products

Exports - partners:
Germany 19.4%, US 10.9%, Italy 9.1%, France 8.7%, UK 5.4%, Spain
4.1% (2005)

Imports:
$162.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products,
textiles

Imports - partners:
Germany 31.6%, Italy 10.5%, France 10%, US 5.6%, Netherlands 4.8%,
Austria 4.6%, UK 4.4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$38.29 billion (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$1.077 trillion (30 June 2006)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $1.1 billion (1995)

Currency (code):
Swiss franc (CHF)

Currency code:
CHF

Exchange rates:
Swiss francs per US dollar - 1