Economic Climate of Switzerland

 

The Economic Climate of Switzerland

      Switzerland's economy has not dramatically changed in last year and still remains to be the fifth freest country in the economic category.  Unemployment is extremely low with 4.2 and the GDP is 362.4 billion.  Some of the reasons the economy is so successful in Switzerland can be thanked for the trading, taxes and investments right.  Their rules and regulations for trading and investing allows them to be extremely competitive with other countries.  Even though trading relies on other countries, the other European counties by most of their exports.
      When the other European countries were not doing well in 2009 due to the economic downturn, it did effect the Swiss's economy.  Therefore, the Swiss government decided to do something for themselves to help them and the appreciation of the franc.  The national bank allowed a zero-interest rate which allowed the economy to recover as well as a 3.0 % growth in 2010.


Below is a chart of how the economy had a great downfall in 2008 and 2009 and how quickly it grew within a year

Works Cited: http://www.heritage.org/index/country/switzerland http://perspectives.pictet.com/2011/09/01/switzerland-gdp-growth-2/ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sz.html

Urban/Rural Population

Urban population (% of total) in Switzerland

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www.swissworld.org/en/geography/town_and.../where_people_live/ 

The Urban population (% of total) in Switzerland was last reported at 73.60 in 2010, according to a World Bank report published in 2012. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.

The Rural population (% of total population) in Switzerland was last reported at 26.40 in 2010, according to a World Bank report published in 2012. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Size of Market

Demographics:

Population 7,925,517 (July 2012 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 15.2% (male 621,785/female 586,205) 15-24 years: 11.7% (male 471,703/female 454,174) 25-54 years: 44% (male 1,754,394/female 1,736,083) 55-64 years: 11.9% (male 470,295/female 474,934) 65 years and over: 17.1% (male 584,809/female 771,135) (2012 est.) Median age total: 42 years male: 40.9 years female: 43.1 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate 0.92% (2012 est.) Birth rate 10.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate 8.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate 1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization urban population: 74% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population Zurich 1.143 million; BERN (capital) 346,000 (2009) Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate total: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 81.17 years male: 78.34 years female: 84.16 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate 1.53 children born/woman (2012 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.4% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 18,000 (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths fewer than 100 (2009 est.) Sanitation facility access improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population Nationality noun: Swiss (singular and plural) adjective: Swiss Ethnic groups German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6% Religions Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census) Languages German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census) note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 15 years (2008) Education expenditures 5.2% of GDP (2007) Maternal mortality rate 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Health expenditures 11.3% of GDP (2009) Physicians density 4.07 physicians/1,000 population (2009) Hospital bed density 5.31 beds/1,000 population (2008) Obesity - adult prevalence rate 8.2% (2007) www.indexmundi.com https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook switzerland-demographics.weebly.com/demographic-characteristics.html