Switzerland: Labour force participation rate
People aged 15 and over who are economically active (employed or looking for work), as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimate.
Official statisticSource figures as of October 8, 2026Sources & methods
- Sources
- World Bank
- Period covered
- 1990 – 2025
- Source figures as of
- October 8, 2026
- Geography
- Switzerland
- Sector
- Whole economy (not a single sector)
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable
- Transformations
- Views other than the level (changes, averages, volatility) are calculated by CK Economics from these figures
- Revisions
- Replaced with the source’s latest figures whenever it revises them.
- Data status
- Current
Key figures
CK estimate% of population aged 15+ · calculated by CK Economics from World Bank data
- Latest · 2025
- 66.7
- −0.4 pp vs a year earlier1
- 5-year change
- −1.2 pp
- since 20202
- 10-year change
- −1.5 pp
- since 20152
- Record high
- 68.7
- 20163
- Record low
- 64
- 19943
- Where the latest ranks
- 17th pct.
- Higher than 17% of the other 35 observations since 19904
- 1Latest observation against the observation one year earlier (for weekly data, the nearest within three days).
- 2Latest observation against the observation five and ten years earlier.
- 3Highest and lowest published observations across the full history shown.
- 4Share of the other published observations that are lower than the latest one, rounded down.
Methodology
People aged 15 and over who are economically active (employed or looking for work), as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimate. Compiled by the World Bank from national statistical offices and international agencies; some series (labour force participation) are ILO modelled estimates. Source series SL.TLF.CACT.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI 2026-10-08). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS?locations=CHE
All data
36 observations, newest first · % of population aged 15+
| Period | Value | Change y/y |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.7 | −0.36 pp |
| 2024 | 67.1 | −0.35 pp |
| 2023 | 67.5 | +0.38 pp |
| 2022 | 67.1 | −0.66 pp |
| 2021 | 67.7 | −0.25 pp |
| 2020 | 68 | −0.34 pp |
| 2019 | 68.3 | −0.25 pp |
| 2018 | 68.6 | +0.04 pp |
| 2017 | 68.5 | −0.13 pp |
| 2016 | 68.7 | +0.45 pp |
| 2015 | 68.2 | +0.23 pp |
| 2014 | 68 | +0.39 pp |
| 2013 | 67.6 | +0.02 pp |
| 2012 | 67.6 | +0.06 pp |
| 2011 | 67.5 | +0.51 pp |
| 2010 | 67 | −1.26 pp |
| 2009 | 68.3 | +0.08 pp |
| 2008 | 68.2 | +0.58 pp |
| 2007 | 67.6 | +0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 67.3 | +0.36 pp |
| 2005 | 67 | −0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 67.3 | −0.59 pp |
| 2003 | 67.8 | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 67.8 | −0.02 pp |