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Slightly more than 5 million people work in Switzerland; [162] about 25% of employees belonged to a trade union in 2004. [163] Switzerland has a more flexible labor market than neighbouring countries and the unemployment rate is consistently low. [164] The unemployment rate increased from 1.7% in June 2000 to 4.4% in December 2009. [165]
Gotthard line in 1882 Development of real GDP per capita, 1851 to 2018. Switzerland as a federal state was established in 1848. Before that time, the city-cantons of Zürich, Geneva, and Basel in particular began to develop economically based on industry and trade, while the rural regions of Switzerland remained poor and underdeveloped.
The "net wealth" of Switzerland was $5.4 trillion as measured by the net worth of its richest citizens. Among this group are 740 super-rich people with assets of at least $100 million. Switzerland has 580,000 millionaires in total which is 60,000 more than Germany with a population which is approximately 10 times larger. [102]
Switzerland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with GDP per capita massively outpacing major economies like those of the U.S., Japan, the U.K., Germany, and France.
The Swiss diaspora refers to Swiss people living abroad (German: Auslandsschweizer, French: Suisses de l’étranger, Italian: Svizzeri all’estero, Romansh: Svizzers a l’exteriur), also referred to as "fifth Switzerland" (German: Fünfte Schweiz, [1] Italian: Quinta Svizzera, French: Cinquième Suisse, Romansh: Tschintgavla Svizra), alluding to the fourfold linguistic division within the ...
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Switzerland a "full democracy" in 2022. [5] [needs update] According to Freedom House, an American NGO, Switzerland is among the freest countries in the world, with a 2020 score of 39/40 on political rights and 57/60 on civil liberties (for a combined score of 96/100). [20]
Between the Alps and a Hard Place: Switzerland in World War II and the Rewriting of History (2000) excerpt and text search; Dawson, William Harbutt. Social Switzerland: Studies of Present-day Social Movements and Legislation (1897) 302 pp; with focus on social and economic history, poverty, labour online; Fahrni, Dieter. An Outline History of ...
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