STAT |
Switzerland
|
United States
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HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget > Revenues |
$212.90 billion
Ranked 20th. |
$2.45 trillion
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Budget surplus > + or deficit > - |
0.1% of GDP
Ranked 36th. |
-6.8% of GDP
Ranked 157th. |
|
| Debt > Government debt > Public debt, share of GDP |
52.4 CIA
Ranked 57th. |
72.5 CIA
Ranked 35th. 38% more than Switzerland |
|
| Overview | Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP among the highest in the world. Switzerland's economy benefits from a highly developed service sector, led by financial services, and a manufacturing industry that specializes in high-technology, knowledge-based production. Its economic and political stability, transparent legal system, exceptional infrastructure, efficient capital markets, and low corporate tax rates also make Switzerland one of the world's most competitive economies. The Swiss have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to enhance their international competitiveness, but some trade protectionism remains, particularly for its small agricultural sector. The fate of the Swiss economy is tightly linked to that of its neighbors in the euro zone, which purchases half of all Swiss exports. The global financial crisis of 2008 and resulting economic downturn in 2009 stalled export demand and put Switzerland in a recession. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) during this period effectively implemented a zero-interest rate policy to boost the economy as well as prevent appreciation of the franc, and Switzerland's economy recovered in 2010 with 3.0% growth. The sovereign debt crises currently unfolding in neighboring euro-zone countries pose a significant risk to Switzerland's financial stability and are driving up demand for the Swiss franc by investors seeking a safe-haven currency. The independent SNB has upheld its zero-interest rate policy and conducted major market interventions to prevent further appreciation of the Swiss franc, but parliamentarians have urged it to do more to weaken the currency. The franc's strength has made Swiss exports less competitive and weakened the country's growth outlook; GDP growth fell to 1.9% in 2011 and 0.8% in 2012. Switzerland has also come under increasing pressure from individual neighboring countries, the EU, the US, and international institutions to reform its banking secrecy laws. Consequently, the government agreed to conform to OECD regulations on administrative assistance in tax matters, including tax evasion. The government has renegotiated its double taxation agreements with numerous countries, including the US, to incorporate the OECD standard, and is considering the possibility of imposing taxes on bank deposits held by foreigners. These steps will have a lasting impact on Switzerland's long history of bank secrecy. | The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $49,800. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income. Imported oil accounts for nearly 55% of US consumption. Crude oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market, soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the United States into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, making this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, in October 2008 the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009 the US Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012 the federal government reduced the growth of spending and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through 2011, the direct costs of the wars totaled nearly $900 billion, according to US government figures. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries. In March 2010, President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health insurance reform that was designed to extend coverage to an additional 32 million American citizens by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on health care - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010. In July 2010, the president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight. In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board announced plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep short term rates near zero until unemployment drops to 6.5% from the December rate of 7.8%, or until inflation rises above 2.5%. Long-term problems include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits - including significant budget shortages for state governments. |
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| Exports |
$332.10 billion
Ranked 17th. |
$1.56 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP |
$632.19 billion
Ranked 21st. |
$15.68 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 25 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Per capita |
$41,505.12
per capita
Ranked 7th. |
$45,759.46
per capita
Ranked 8th. 10% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Per capita > PPP |
$44,900.00
Ranked 8th. |
$51,700.00
Ranked 6th. 15% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Purchasing power parity per capita |
$41,725.72
Ranked 9th. |
$47,587.30
Ranked 7th. 14% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP per capita |
$79,052.34
Ranked 3rd. 58% more than United States |
$49,965.27
Ranked 10th. |
|
| Gross National Income |
$277.00 billion
Ranked 15th. |
$9.78 trillion
Ranked 1st. 35 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Inflation rate > Consumer prices |
-0.7%
Ranked 197th. |
2.1%
Ranked 160th. |
|
| Population below poverty line |
6.9%
Ranked 13th. |
15.1%
Ranked 34th. 2 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Public debt |
52.4% of GDP
Ranked 48th. |
70% of GDP
Ranked 37th. 34% more than Switzerland |
|
| Unemployment rate |
2.9%
Ranked 104th. |
8.1%
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Composition, by sector of origin > Services |
72.5%
Ranked 37th. |
79.7%
Ranked 14th. 10% more than Switzerland |
|
| Exports per capita |
$41,527.28
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than United States |
$4,972.70
Ranked 50th. |
|
| Distribution of family income > Gini index |
29.6
Ranked 20th. |
45
Ranked 9th. 52% more than Switzerland |
|
| Human Development Index |
0.947
Ranked 7th. About the same as United States |
0.944
Ranked 10th. |
|
| Tourist arrivals > Per capita |
1,135.39
per 1,000 people
Ranked 29th. 6 times more than United States |
190.7
per 1,000 people
Ranked 91st. |
|
| GDP > Purchasing power parity |
$359.00 billion
Ranked 36th. |
$16.24 trillion
Ranked 1st. 45 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Currency > PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio |
1.38
Ranked 4th. 38% more than United States |
1
Ranked 24th. |
|
| Fiscal year | calendar year | 1 |
|
| GDP > Composition by sector > Industry |
27.7%
Ranked 95th. 45% more than United States |
19.1%
Ranked 160th. |
|
| Currency > Official exchange rate > LCU per US$, period average |
$0.94
Ranked 156th. |
$1.00
Ranked 147th. 7% more than Switzerland |
|
| Inequality > GINI index |
33.68
Ranked 25th. |
40.81
Ranked 16th. 21% more than Switzerland |
|
| Imports per capita |
$37,038.19
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than United States |
$7,336.40
Ranked 47th. |
|
| Gross National Income per capita |
$38,313.36
Ranked 2nd. 12% more than United States |
$34,319.53
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Tax > Highest marginal tax rate > Individual rate |
40%
Ranked 19th. 14% more than United States |
35%
Ranked 35th. |
|
| GDP per capita in 1950 |
$8,939.00
Ranked 2nd. |
$9,573.00
Ranked 1st. 7% more than Switzerland |
|
| Technology index |
5.25
Ranked 7th. |
6.24
Ranked 1st. 19% more than Switzerland |
|
| Development > Human Development Index |
0.913
Ranked 9th. |
0.937
Ranked 3rd. 3% more than Switzerland |
|
| Population below poverty line > Per capita |
0.877%
per 1 million people
Ranked 5th. 21 times more than United States |
0.041%
per 1 million people
Ranked 44th. |
|
| Big Mac Index |
$4.93
Ranked 3rd. 57% more than United States |
$3.15
Ranked 8th. |
|
| GDP > Per capita > PPP per thousand people |
$5.61
Ranked 52nd. 34 times more than United States |
$0.16
Ranked 139th. |
|
| Exports > Commodities | machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products | agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% | |
| Poverty and inequality > Richest quintile to poorest quintile ratio |
5.5
Ranked 11th. |
8.4
Ranked 3rd. 53% more than Switzerland |
|
| Imports |
$296.20 billion
Ranked 18th. |
$2.30 trillion
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Budget > Expenditures |
$212.10 billion
Ranked 2nd. |
$3.54 trillion
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GINI index |
33.68
Ranked 26th. |
40.81
Ranked 16th. 21% more than Switzerland |
|
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold per capita |
$5,116.29
Ranked 11th. 22 times more than United States |
$234.27
Ranked 105th. |
|
| Debt > Net foreign assets > Current LCU |
337.28 billion
Ranked 65th. |
-125,482,689,271
Ranked 162nd. |
|
| Tourist arrivals |
8.61 million
Ranked 25th. |
57.94 million
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Budget > Revenues > Per capita |
$24,620.54
per capita
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States |
$8,527.60
per capita
Ranked 29th. |
|
| Inbound tourism income > Current US$ |
$17.57 billion
Ranked 17th. |
$166.53 billion
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Tax rates |
17.96
Ranked 79th. 13% more than United States |
15.91
Ranked 3rd. |
|
| GDP per person |
63,628.66
Ranked 4th. 38% more than United States |
45,989.18
Ranked 9th. |
|
| Exports > Main exports | Machinery and electronics, chemicals, precision instruments, watches | Computers and electrical machinery, vehicles, chemical products, food and live animals, military equipment and aircraft | |
| Budget > Revenues per capita |
$23,772.82
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than United States |
$6,763.09
Ranked 33th. |
|
| Debt > External |
$1.56 trillion
Ranked 11th. |
$15.93 trillion
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross domestic savings > Current US$ per capita |
13,438.05$
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than United States |
5,533.71$
Ranked 25th. |
|
| Central bank discount rate |
0.04%
Ranked 21st. |
0.5%
Ranked 122nd. 13 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > External > Per capita |
$177,373.94
per capita
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than United States |
$40,678.76
per capita
Ranked 12th. |
|
| GDP > Composition by sector > Services |
71%
Ranked 38th. |
79.7%
Ranked 15th. 12% more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > GDP > Constant LCU |
547.62 billion
Ranked 85th. |
14.23 trillion
Ranked 18th. 26 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tourism > International tourism, number of arrivals per capita |
1.08
Ranked 39th. 5 times more than United States |
0.201
Ranked 98th. |
|
| International tourism > Receipts > Current US$ > Per $ GDP |
35.31$
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 58th. 4 times more than United States |
9.9$
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 97th. |
|
| Consumer spending |
58
Ranked 89th. |
71.37
Ranked 53th. 23% more than Switzerland |
|
| Consumer price index |
104.32%
Ranked 149th. |
113.41%
Ranked 105th. 9% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Composition by sector > Agriculture |
1.3%
Ranked 188th. 8% more than United States |
1.2%
Ranked 191st. |
|
| GDP per capita > PPP > Current international $ |
35,633.2 PPP $
Ranked 7th. |
41,889.57 PPP $
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than Switzerland |
|
| Industries | machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, and insurance | highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining |
|
| GDP > Composition, by end use > Imports of goods and services |
-41.9%
Ranked 72nd. 2 times more than United States |
-16.9%
Ranked 4th. |
|
| GDP per capita in 1973 |
$17,953.00
Ranked 1st. 8% more than United States |
$16,607.00
Ranked 2nd. |
|
| New businesses registered > Number > Per capita |
2.42
per 1,000 people
Ranked 22nd. 6% more than United States |
2.28
per 1,000 people
Ranked 26th. |
|
| GDP per capita > Constant LCU | 58733.03 | 37267.33 |
|
| Balance of payments > Capital and financial account > Foreign direct investment > Net inflows > BoP > Current US |
$24.80 billion
Ranked 13th. |
$134.71 billion
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Labor force |
4
Ranked 159th. |
155
Ranked 39th. 39 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP per capita in 1900 |
$3,531.00
Ranked 6th. |
$4,096.00
Ranked 3rd. 16% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Real growth rate |
1%
Ranked 140th. |
2.8%
Ranked 106th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > Government debt > Gross government debt, share of GDP |
49.1 IMF
Ranked 71st. |
106.53 IMF
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > Central government debt, total > Current LCU |
157.02 billion
Ranked 38th. |
12.26 trillion
Ranked 8th. 78 times more than Switzerland |
|
| International tourism > Number of arrivals |
7.23 million
Ranked 25th. |
49.21 million
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Economic growth > Per capita |
-2.97
Ranked 103th. |
-3.47
Ranked 111th. 17% more than Switzerland |
|
| Foreign direct investment > Net > BoP > Current US$ per capita |
-4,935.617 BoP $
Ranked 131st. |
340.7 BoP $
Ranked 23th. |
|
| GDP per capita > Constant 2000 US$ |
34,777.96 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 6th. |
37,267.33 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP in 1970 |
$21.90
Ranked 14th. |
$1,025.50
Ranked 1st. 47 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Micro > Small and medium enterprises > Number > Per capita |
46.87
per 1,000 people
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than United States |
19.98
per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. |
|
| Economic freedom |
81
Ranked 5th. 7% more than United States |
76
Ranked 10th. |
|
| GDP > Official exchange rate per capita |
$66,761.16
Ranked 4th. 41% more than United States |
$47,264.02
Ranked 8th. |
|
| Stock of direct foreign investment > At home |
$955.10 billion
Ranked 9th. |
$2.65 trillion
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Current account balance |
$63.82 billion
Ranked 9th. |
$-440,400,000,000.00
Ranked 180th. |
|
| Agriculture > Products | grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs | wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish; forest products |
|
| Trade > Imports per capita |
$28,920.46
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than United States |
$6,152.08
Ranked 42nd. |
|
| Currency | Swiss franc | US dollar | |
| Current account balance > BoP > Current US$ per capita |
7,241.88 BoP $
Ranked 5th. |
-2,678.39 BoP $
Ranked 134th. |
|
| GNI per capita |
$76,350.00
Ranked 7th. 57% more than United States |
$48,620.00
Ranked 11th. |
|
| GDP > Purchasing power parity > Per capita |
$41,505.12
per capita
Ranked 7th. |
$45,759.46
per capita
Ranked 8th. 10% more than Switzerland |
|
| Companies > Listed domestic companies, total |
238
Ranked 36th. |
4,102
Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Exports per capita |
$29,725.59
Ranked 5th. 7 times more than United States |
$4,105.70
Ranked 46th. |
|
| Business > Companies > Corporate governance (overall rating) |
5.86
Ranked 11th. |
7.16
Ranked 4th. 22% more than Switzerland |
|
| Current account balance per capita |
$6,306.78
Ranked 6th. |
0.0
Ranked 79th. |
|
| Money and quasi money > M2 > Current LCU | 692724000000 | 9258648000000 |
|
| Tourism > International tourism, number of arrivals |
8.53 million
Ranked 30th. |
62.71 million
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross national saving |
31.5% of GDP
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than United States |
12.5% of GDP
Ranked 118th. |
|
| Tax > GDP > Constant LCU per capita |
68,477.31
Ranked 71st. 51% more than United States |
45,335.9
Ranked 81st. |
|
| Retail > Gross value added by wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels |
106.57 billion
Ranked 18th. |
2.36 trillion
Ranked 1st. 22 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Companies > Market capitalization of listed companies > Current US$ per capita |
$134,925.78
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than United States |
$59,469.57
Ranked 6th. |
|
| Market capitalization of listed companies > Current US$ per capita |
126,208.03$
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than United States |
57,519.54$
Ranked 6th. |
|
| Household final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$ per capita |
29,330.31$
Ranked 2nd. 5% more than United States |
28,053.8$
Ranked 3rd. |
|
| Budget > Expenditures per capita |
$24,354.18
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United States |
$10,981.93
Ranked 24th. |
|
| Reserves > Total reserves > Includes gold, current US$ |
$531.30 billion
Ranked 6th. |
$574.27 billion
Ranked 4th. 8% more than Switzerland |
|
| Stock of broad money | None | None |
|
| Exchange rates | Swiss francs (CHF) per US dollar -<br />0.94 (2012 est.)<br />0.89 (2011 est.)<br />1.04 (2010 est.)<br />1.09 (2009)<br />1.08 (2008) | <strong>British pounds per US dollar: </strong>0.6324 (2012 est.), 0.624 (2011 est.), 0.6472 (2010), 0.6175 (2009), 0.5302 (2008)<br /><strong>Canadian dollars per US dollar:</strong> (2012 est.), 1.001 (2012 est.), 0.9895 (2011 est), 1.0302 (2010 est.), 1.1431 (2009), 1.0364 (2008)<br /><strong>Chinese yuan per US dollar:</strong> (2011 est.), 6.311 (2012 est.), 6.4615 (20111 est.), 6.7703 (2010 est.), 6.8314 (2009), 6.9385 (2008)<br /><strong>euros per US dollar:</strong> 0.7838 (2012 est.), 0.7185 (2011 est.), 0.755 (2010 est.), 0.7198 (2009), 0.6827 (2008)<br /><strong>Japanese yen per US dollar:</strong> 79.42 (2012 est.), 79.81 (2011 est.), 87.78 (2010), 93.57 (2009), 103.58 (2008) |
|
| Debt > External per capita |
$177,457.19
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than United States |
$40,666.44
Ranked 13th. |
|
| Size of economy > Share of world GDP |
0.74%
Ranked 19th. |
31.49%
Ranked 1st. 43 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross fixed capital formation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP |
0.209$
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 90th. 12% more than United States |
0.187$
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 112th. |
|
| Exports > Partners | Germany 19.8%, US 11.1%, Italy 7.2%, France 7.1%, UK 5.4% | Canada 18.9%, Mexico 14%, China 7.2%, Japan 4.5% |
|
| GDP > Official exchange rate |
$622.60 billion
Ranked 20th. |
$16.02 trillion
Ranked 1st. 26 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP per capita > PPP > Constant 2000 international $ |
31,701.31 PPP 2000 $
Ranked 7th. |
37,267.33 PPP 2000 $
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than Switzerland |
|
| Investment > Gross fixed |
20.6% of GDP
Ranked 84th. 60% more than United States |
12.9% of GDP
Ranked 139th. |
|
| Income receipts > BoP > Current US$ per capita |
13,740.21 BoP $
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than United States |
1,606.16 BoP $
Ranked 22nd. |
|
| Bank liquid > Reserves to bank assets ratio |
0.78
Ranked 159th. 3% more than United States |
0.76
Ranked 160th. |
|
| Tax > Highest marginal tax rate > Corporate rate |
21.17%
Ranked 76th. |
40%
Ranked 4th. 89% more than Switzerland |
|
| Stock of narrow money | None | None |
|
| GDP > Composition, by sector of origin > Industry |
26.8%
Ranked 109th. 40% more than United States |
19.2%
Ranked 161st. |
|
| Debt > Net domestic credit > Current LCU |
1.14 trillion
Ranked 59th. |
16.15 trillion
Ranked 16th. 14 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Exports > Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ per capita |
$30,100.89
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than United States |
$5,885.16
Ranked 34th. |
|
| Government spending |
31.66 billion
Ranked 25th. |
1.74 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 55 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Net current transfers from abroad > Constant LCU | -9922558000 | -74888950000 |
|
| Foreign direct investment > Net inflows > BoP > Current US$ per capita |
2,073.41 BoP $
Ranked 10th. 6 times more than United States |
371.4 BoP $
Ranked 35th. |
|
| GDP > Current LCU | 457025000000 | 12416510000000 |
|
| High-technology > Exports > Current US$ > Per capita |
$5.42 million
per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than United States |
$760,722.33
per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th. |
|
| GDP > Composition, by sector of origin > Agriculture |
0.7%
Ranked 204th. |
1.1%
Ranked 194th. 57% more than Switzerland |
|
| Savings > Gross domestic savings > Current US$ per capita |
$24,796.32
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than United States |
$8,113.69
Ranked 21st. |
|
| Tax > Tax payments > Number |
19
Ranked 115th. 73% more than United States |
11
Ranked 139th. |
|
| Tax > Components of taxation > Personal income tax |
34.4%
Ranked 7th. |
37.7%
Ranked 5th. 10% more than Switzerland |
|
| Real interest rate |
2.53%
Ranked 89th. |
3.08%
Ranked 86th. 22% more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross domestic savings |
150.88 billion
Ranked 17th. |
1.61 trillion
Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Inflation |
103.77
Ranked 160th. |
109.85
Ranked 143th. 6% more than Switzerland |
|
| Investment > External financial assets per capita |
€218,108.35
Ranked 1st. 64% more than United States |
€133,164.46
Ranked 2nd. |
|
| Outbound tourist spending |
13.41 billion
Ranked 20th. |
117.97 billion
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Income > GNI, PPP > Current international $ per capita |
$55,092.55
Ranked 4th. 5% more than United States |
$52,608.35
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Income > GNI per capita, PPP > Current international $ |
$55,090.00
Ranked 4th. 5% more than United States |
$52,610.00
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Inequality > Gini coefficient > Level |
0.276 Different summary measure
Ranked 21st. |
0.381 Different summary measure
Ranked 4th. 38% more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Total tax wedge > Single worker |
29.5%
Ranked 23th. |
30%
Ranked 21st. 2% more than Switzerland |
|
| Poverty > Poverty by individual and household characteristics > Poverty rate > Children |
9.43%
Ranked 22nd. |
20.59%
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Switzerland |
|
| IKEA > First store opening year | 1973 | 1985 | |
| GDP > By type of expenditure > Household consumption expenditure per capita |
45,311.89
Ranked 4th. 28% more than United States |
35,518
Ranked 8th. |
|
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold |
$531.10 billion
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than United States |
$150.20 billion
Ranked 18th. |
|
| Big Mac Index > Per $ GDP |
$0.19 per $14.1 billion of GDP
Ranked 43th. 48 times more than United States |
$0.00 per $14.1 billion of GDP
Ranked 63th. |
|
| Size of economy > GDP > GDP growth |
0.967%
Ranked 134th. |
2.21%
Ranked 111th. 2 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Constant 2000 US$ |
258.65 billion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 19th. |
11.05 trillion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 1st. 43 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Highest marginal tax rate > Individual > On income exceeding > US$ |
$630,312.00
Ranked 1st. 69% more than United States |
$372,950.00
Ranked 2nd. |
|
| International tourism > Expenditures > Current US$ per capita |
1,487.14$
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than United States |
337.12$
Ranked 32nd. |
|
| Purchasing power parity conversion factor > LCU per international $ | 1.72 | 1 |
|
| Micro > Small and medium enterprises > Number |
344,000
Ranked 7th. |
5.87 million
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Composition, by end use > Household consumption |
57.4%
Ranked 128th. |
68.6%
Ranked 80th. 20% more than Switzerland |
|
| Poverty and inequality > Income inequality 1993-2011 |
33.68 latest available
Ranked 15th. |
40.81 latest available
Ranked 3rd. 21% more than Switzerland |
|
| Current transfers > Receipts > BoP > Current US$ |
14.93 billion BoP $
Ranked 9th. |
15.77 billion BoP $
Ranked 8th. 6% more than Switzerland |
|
| Innovation > Patent applications, residents per million |
201.84
Ranked 16th. |
795.12
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > Current LCU |
24.23 billion
Ranked 70th. |
1.4 trillion
Ranked 15th. 58 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > Net current transfers from abroad > Current LCU |
-13,799,196,283
Ranked 127th. |
-144,700,000,000
Ranked 130th. 10 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > Government debt > Net government debt, share of GDP |
28.27 IMF
Ranked 60th. |
87.86 IMF
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Saving rate |
32.32
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than United States |
9.77
Ranked 96th. |
|
| GDP > PPP > Constant 2000 international $ per capita |
31,701.24 PPP 2000 $
Ranked 7th. |
37,380.07 PPP 2000 $
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than Switzerland |
|
| International tourism > Number of departures |
11.43 million
Ranked 18th. |
63.5 million
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Economic aid > Donor |
$1.65 billion
Ranked 15th. |
$23.53 billion
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Consumption > Consumption by sector > Equals: Household final consumption expenditure |
371.21 billion USD
Ranked 16th. |
10.44 trillion USD
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > Central government debt, total > Current LCU per capita |
20,532.14
Ranked 32nd. |
39,342.95
Ranked 20th. 92% more than Switzerland |
|
| Net income > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita |
4.99 million BoP $
per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 131 times more than United States |
38,102.24 BoP $
per 1,000 people
Ranked 22nd. |
|
| GDP > CIA Factbook |
$239.30 billion
Ranked 34th. |
$10.99 trillion
Ranked 1st. 46 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Poverty and inequality > Poorest's share in national income or consumption |
7.55%
Ranked 17th. 39% more than United States |
5.44%
Ranked 30th. |
|
| Investment > External financial assets |
€1.74 trillion
Ranked 13th. |
€42.17 trillion
Ranked 1st. 24 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > Net foreign assets > Current LCU per capita |
42,174.74
Ranked 62nd. |
-399.736
Ranked 157th. |
|
| Tax > GDP > Current LCU |
591.85 billion
Ranked 96th. |
16.24 trillion
Ranked 28th. 27 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Taxes > Total tax revenue > Total tax revenue |
29.66%
Ranked 25th. 5% more than United States |
28.33%
Ranked 27th. |
|
| GDP > PPP per capita |
$33,506.71
Ranked 5th. |
$39,712.68
Ranked 2nd. 19% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP in 1970 per million |
$3.54
Ranked 5th. |
$5.00
Ranked 1st. 41% more than Switzerland |
|
| GNI |
512.34 billion
Ranked 18th. |
14.01 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 27 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Development > Human Development Index > Inequality adjusted |
0.849
Ranked 7th. 3% more than United States |
0.821
Ranked 16th. |
|
| GDP > PPP |
$247.60 billion
Ranked 34th. |
$11.63 trillion
Ranked 1st. 47 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Market capitalization of listed companies > Current US$ |
938.62 billion$
Ranked 9th. |
17 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Companies > Listed domestic companies, total per million |
29.76
Ranked 31st. 2 times more than United States |
13.07
Ranked 49th. |
|
| Tax > GDP > Current US$ per capita |
$78,924.73
Ranked 4th. 53% more than United States |
$51,748.56
Ranked 10th. |
|
| Industrial production growth rate |
1%
Ranked 115th. |
3.2%
Ranked 79th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Purchasing power parity > GDP per capita > PPP > Current international $ |
$45,116.93
Ranked 7th. |
$45,989.18
Ranked 6th. 2% more than Switzerland |
|
| World trade > Exports |
254.23 billion
Ranked 15th. |
1.58 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Europe |
5.3 million
Ranked 19th. |
10.7 million
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Bank capital to assets ratio |
5.1%
Ranked 68th. |
10.4%
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Companies > Stock market > Stocks traded, total value > Current US$ per capita |
$80,153.62
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than United States |
$68,092.78
Ranked 3rd. |
|
| Lending interest rate |
3.12%
Ranked 137th. |
6.19%
Ranked 118th. 98% more than Switzerland |
|
| Industrial > Production growth rate |
2.4%
Ranked 116th. |
3.3%
Ranked 92nd. 38% more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > Current LCU per capita |
3,167.74
Ranked 68th. |
4,477.99
Ranked 46th. 41% more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > GDP per capita > Constant LCU |
68,477.31
Ranked 71st. 51% more than United States |
45,335.9
Ranked 81st. |
|
| Spending > Household final consumption expenditure per capita > Constant 2000 US$ |
$32,412.71
Ranked 1st. 5% more than United States |
$30,898.88
Ranked 3rd. |
|
| Income > GDP per capita, PPP > Current international $ |
$53,280.57
Ranked 6th. 3% more than United States |
$51,748.56
Ranked 8th. |
|
| Debt > Interest rates > Central bank discount rate |
0.25%
Ranked 91st. The same as United States |
0.25%
Ranked 92nd. |
|
| Business > Companies > Specific companies > IKEA > Debut |
1,973
Ranked 44th. |
1,985
Ranked 31st. 1% more than Switzerland |
|
| Currency > Real effective exchange rate index > 2005 = 100 |
114.42
Ranked 32nd. 28% more than United States |
89.58
Ranked 88th. |
|
| Net domestic credit > Current LCU | 822352300000 | 11970270000000 |
|
| International tourism > Receipts > Current US$ per capita |
1,742.75$
Ranked 14th. 4 times more than United States |
416.03$
Ranked 44th. |
|
| Retail > Gross value added by wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels per capita |
13,325.41
Ranked 3rd. 77% more than United States |
7,520.82
Ranked 17th. |
|
| GDP > By type of expenditure > Household consumption expenditure |
362.37 billion
Ranked 17th. |
11.15 trillion
Ranked 1st. 31 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Household spending per capita |
21,941.35
Ranked 3rd. |
26,782.83
Ranked 1st. 22% more than Switzerland |
|
| Commercial bank prime lending rate |
2.69%
Ranked 174th. |
3.25%
Ranked 170th. 21% more than Switzerland |
|
| Companies > Market capitalization of listed companies > Current US$ |
$1.08 trillion
Ranked 14th. |
$18.67 trillion
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Current account balance > BoP > Current US$ |
53.86 billion BoP $
Ranked 6th. |
-791,508,800,000 BoP $
Ranked 137th. |
|
| Trade > Imports |
$226.30 billion
Ranked 19th. |
$1.90 trillion
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Currency > Real effective exchange rate index |
104.02%
Ranked 52nd. 12% more than United States |
92.75%
Ranked 64th. |
|
| Currency > Official exchange rate > LCU per US$ > Period average | 1.25 | 1 |
|
| Oil > Exports |
9,851 bbl/day
Ranked 91st. |
1.92 million bbl/day
Ranked 9th. 195 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > CIA Factbook per capita |
$32,606.62
Ranked 5th. |
$37,882.45
Ranked 2nd. 16% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Composition, by end use > Exports of goods and services |
52.3%
Ranked 62nd. 4 times more than United States |
13.5%
Ranked 182nd. |
|
| Purchasing power parity > GNI per capita > PPP > Current international $ |
$46,990.00
Ranked 4th. 3% more than United States |
$45,640.00
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Income > Health expenditure per capita, PPP > Constant 2005 international $ |
$5,564.25
Ranked 4th. |
$8,607.88
Ranked 1st. 55% more than Switzerland |
|
| Consumption > Consumption by sector > Equals: Household final consumption expenditure per capita |
46,915.35 USD
Ranked 2nd. 40% more than United States |
33,496.5 USD
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Spending > Household final consumption expenditure > Current US$ per capita |
$45,311.14
Ranked 1st. 28% more than United States |
$35,518.00
Ranked 4th. |
|
| Tax > GDP > Current LCU per capita |
74,007.72
Ranked 86th. 43% more than United States |
51,748.56
Ranked 98th. |
|
| Debt > Strength of legal rights index > 0=weak to 10=strong per million |
1
Ranked 82nd. 35 times more than United States |
0.0287
Ranked 182nd. |
|
| Oil > Production |
3,488 bbl/day
Ranked 98th. |
9.69 million bbl/day
Ranked 3rd. 2778 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Economy growth |
-1.91
Ranked 104th. |
-2.63
Ranked 111th. 38% more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Exports > Exports of goods and services |
330.1 billion
Ranked 18th. |
2.2 trillion
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Purchasing power parity > Gross domestic product per capita > PPP |
36,953.74
Ranked 7th. |
41,761.08
Ranked 6th. 13% more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > Interest payments > Current LCU |
3.5 billion
Ranked 72nd. |
324.26 billion
Ranked 15th. 93 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Innovation |
26.9
Ranked 6th. |
30.3
Ranked 1st. 13% more than Switzerland |
|
| Electricity > Consumption per capita |
7,425.27 kWh
Ranked 6th. |
12,194.74 kWh
Ranked 2nd. 64% more than Switzerland |
|
| Market capitalization of listed companies > Current US$ > Per $ GDP |
2,557.35$
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 3rd. 87% more than United States |
1,368.98$
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 15th. |
|
| GDP > CIA Factbook > Per capita |
$32,606.81 per capita
Ranked 5th. |
$37,791.00 per capita
Ranked 2nd. 16% more than Switzerland |
|
| Household spending |
169.63 billion
Ranked 18th. |
8.22 trillion
Ranked 1st. 48 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Income > Household final consumption expenditure, PPP > Constant 2005 international $ per capita |
$21,818.74
Ranked 4th. |
$30,898.88
Ranked 1st. 42% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Composition, by end use > Government consumption |
11.2%
Ranked 154th. |
19.5%
Ranked 53th. 74% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Per $ GDP |
$41,505.12
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 7th. |
$45,759.46
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 8th. 10% more than Switzerland |
|
| Spending > Household final consumption expenditure, etc. > Current US$ |
$362.36 billion
Ranked 19th. |
$11.15 trillion
Ranked 1st. 31 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Entrepreneurship > Starting a Business > Index ranking |
28
Ranked 127th. 9 times more than United States |
3
Ranked 152nd. |
|
| GNI > Current US$ per capita |
53,470.25$
Ranked 2nd. 27% more than United States |
42,124.23$
Ranked 5th. |
|
| GDP > Constant 2000 US$ per capita |
34,777.89 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 6th. |
37,380.07 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross domestic savings > Current US$ |
99.3 billion$
Ranked 18th. |
1.62 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross Domestic Product > GDP > Size of GDP > GDP per capita |
$41,101.45 US dollars, current price
Ranked 5th. |
$45,488.88 US dollars, current price
Ranked 3rd. 11% more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Exports |
$232.60 billion
Ranked 19th. |
$1.27 trillion
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Purchasing power parity > GDP > PPP > Current international $ |
$348.81 billion
Ranked 30th. |
$14.12 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 40 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Public expenditure > Social expenditure > Public social expenditure |
20.3%
Ranked 18th. 28% more than United States |
15.9%
Ranked 27th. |
|
| Entrepreneurship > Hiring and Firing > Index ranking |
11
Ranked 143th. 83% more than United States |
6
Ranked 148th. |
|
| Income > GDP, PPP > Current international $ per capita |
$53,280.57
Ranked 6th. 3% more than United States |
$51,748.56
Ranked 8th. |
|
| Total > Reserves in months of imports |
2.92
Ranked 74th. 3 times more than United States |
0.92
Ranked 120th. |
|
| Imports > Commodities | machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles | agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) | |
| Debt > Banks > Automated teller machines > ATMs > Per 100,000 adults |
99.19
Ranked 16th. |
173.43
Ranked 4th. 75% more than Switzerland |
|
| Business > Companies > Specific companies > Apple Stores |
3
Ranked 12th. |
254
Ranked 1st. 85 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Inflation > Consumer price index > 2005 = 100 |
104.03
Ranked 172nd. |
117.56
Ranked 152nd. 13% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Constant LCU | 436803400000 | 11046430000000 |
|
| Gross domestic savings > Current US$ > Per $ GDP |
276.91$
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 36th. Twice as much as United States |
138.73$
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 102nd. |
|
| Poverty and inequality > Inequality adjusted income index |
0.76
Ranked 6th. 12% more than United States |
0.681
Ranked 22nd. |
|
| Trade > Export growth |
9.88
Ranked 42nd. 18% more than United States |
8.37
Ranked 54th. |
|
| Welfare > Social contributions > Current LCU |
36.41 billion
Ranked 39th. |
905.45 billion
Ranked 8th. 25 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Welfare > Revenue, excluding grants > Current LCU |
99.89 billion
Ranked 72nd. |
2.54 trillion
Ranked 19th. 25 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Labor force per thousand people |
0.0005
Ranked 110th. 2% more than United States |
0.000489
Ranked 115th. |
|
| Business efficiency |
82.53
Ranked 8th. |
100
Ranked 1st. 21% more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Imports > Imports of goods and services |
264.24 billion
Ranked 20th. |
2.74 trillion
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > Government debt > Net government debt, share of GDP per million people |
3.53 IMF
Ranked 44th. 13 times more than United States |
0.277 IMF
Ranked 77th. |
|
| GDP > Median household income (PPP) |
$83,504.00
Ranked 1st. 57% more than United States |
$53,046.00
Ranked 7th. |
|
| Household final > Consumption expenditure per capita > Constant 2000 US$ |
20,807.31 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 4th. |
25,841.85 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 1st. 24% more than Switzerland |
|
| Public institution index |
6.22
Ranked 8th. 8% more than United States |
5.74
Ranked 21st. |
|
| GNI > Atlas method > Current US$ per capita |
55,318.36$
Ranked 2nd. 27% more than United States |
43,695.99$
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Income > GNI, PPP > Current international $ |
$440.58 billion
Ranked 28th. |
$16.51 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 37 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Income > Household final consumption expenditure, PPP > Constant 2005 international $ |
$174.49 billion
Ranked 31st. |
$9.70 trillion
Ranked 1st. 56 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Income > GDP, PPP > Current international $ |
$426.09 billion
Ranked 30th. |
$16.24 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 38 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Currency > Monetary unit | 1 Swiss Franc = 100 Rappen | 1 US dollar = 100 cents | |
| Budget > Expenditures > Per $ GDP |
$0.37
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 40th. 86% more than United States |
$0.20
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 112th. |
|
| Aid > Untied given per million people |
$211.21 million
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than United States |
$57.27 million
Ranked 16th. |
|
| Taxes and other revenues |
34.2% of GDP
Ranked 61st. 2 times more than United States |
15.3% of GDP
Ranked 2nd. |
|
| Patents granted |
183 per million people
Ranked 10th. |
289 per million people
Ranked 3rd. 58% more than Switzerland |
|
| Balance of payments > Financial > Reserves |
-30,495,422,500.81
Ranked 139th. |
-52,181,533,779.94
Ranked 142nd. 71% more than Switzerland |
|
| Balance of payments > Current account > Goods > Services and income > Exports > Goods and services > Current U |
$280.16 billion
Ranked 15th. |
$1.57 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Balance of payments > Current account > Balances > Current account balance > Current US$ |
$41.07 billion
Ranked 6th. |
$-378,434,537,000.00
Ranked 143th. |
|
| Foreign direct investment > FDI > FDI flows and stocks > Inward FDI stocks |
$218,024.00 Million US dollars
Ranked 12th. |
$2.15 million Million US dollars
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Oil > Proved reserves |
0.0
Ranked 114th. |
20.68 billion bbl
Ranked 13th. |
|
| Companies > Ease of doing business index > 1=most business-friendly regulations |
29
Ranked 161st. 7 times more than United States |
4
Ranked 185th. |
|
| Natural gas > Production |
0.0
Ranked 45th. |
611 billion cu m
Ranked 1st. |
|
| GDP deflator |
104.63
Ranked 162nd. |
112.4
Ranked 146th. 7% more than Switzerland |
|
| New businesses registered > Number |
18,284
Ranked 22nd. |
676,830
Ranked 1st. 37 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Oil > Consumption |
242,700 bbl/day
Ranked 50th. |
19.15 million bbl/day
Ranked 1st. 79 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tourism > International tourism, receipts > Current US$ |
$21.06 billion
Ranked 14th. |
$185.89 billion
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Electricity > Consumption |
57.5 billion kWh
Ranked 13th. |
3.74 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 65 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Spending > Final consumption expenditure > Constant 2000 US$ per capita |
$38,339.59
Ranked 4th. 2% more than United States |
$37,586.27
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Tax > GDP > Current US$ |
$631.17 billion
Ranked 21st. |
$16.24 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 26 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Currency > GDP > Constant 2000 US$ per capita |
$54,993.90
Ranked 4th. 21% more than United States |
$45,335.90
Ranked 10th. |
|
| Portfolio investment > Excluding LCFAR > BoP > Current US$ |
-58,899,510,000 BoP $
Ranked 107th. |
-1,088,672,000,000 BoP $
Ranked 120th. 18 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Net trade in goods and services > BoP > Current US$ |
25.7 billion BoP $
Ranked 16th. |
-716,730,000,000 BoP $
Ranked 137th. |
|
| Net capital account > BoP > Current US$ |
-104,280,600 BoP $
Ranked 102nd. |
-4,351,000,000 BoP $
Ranked 114th. 42 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Budget > Expenditures > Per capita |
$25,222.64
per capita
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States |
$9,065.55
per capita
Ranked 26th. |
|
| GDP > Composition, by end use > Investment in inventories |
0.9%
Ranked 62nd. 2 times more than United States |
0.4%
Ranked 87th. |
|
| Economic growth > Evolution of GDP > Real GDP growth |
3.33%
Ranked 14th. 64% more than United States |
2.02%
Ranked 26th. |
|
| Tourist arrivals by region of origin > Africa |
78,143
Ranked 38th. |
251,654
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Exports > By good > Chocolate cocoa preparations |
320,146
Ranked 8th. |
502,876
Ranked 6th. 57% more than Switzerland |
|
| Taxes > Taxes on the average worker > Taxes on the average worker |
29.6%
Ranked 23th. |
29.98%
Ranked 22nd. 1% more than Switzerland |
|
| Purchasing power parity > GNI > PPP > Current international $ |
$363.28 billion
Ranked 28th. |
$14.01 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 39 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Debt > External > Per $ GDP |
$2,836.01
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than United States |
$760.50
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 31st. |
|
| Trade > Exports > By good > Passenger cars etc |
198,009
Ranked 31st. |
21.75 million
Ranked 7th. 110 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GNI > PPP > Current international $ |
287.15 billion PPP $
Ranked 33th. |
12.45 trillion PPP $
Ranked 1st. 43 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Investment > Foreign investment > Commitment to Development Index (investment) |
4.4
Ranked 19th. |
5
Ranked 16th. 14% more than Switzerland |
|
| High-technology > Exports > Current US$ |
$41.11 billion
Ranked 12th. |
$231.13 billion
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Stock of direct foreign investment > Abroad |
$1.38 trillion
Ranked 5th. |
$4.45 trillion
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Oil > Exports per thousand people |
1.27 bbl/day
Ranked 89th. |
6.26 bbl/day
Ranked 55th. 5 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Overall productivity > PPP |
$48,729.00
Ranked 23th. |
$74,624.70
Ranked 2nd. 53% more than Switzerland |
|
| Final > Consumption expenditure > Etc. > Current US$ |
259.31 billion$
Ranked 19th. |
10.06 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 39 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross National Income > Constant LCU | 476111500000 | 10687260000000 |
|
| GDP > Constant 2000 US$ > Per capita |
34,777.96 constant 2000 US$
per c
Ranked 6th. |
37,267.35 constant 2000 US$
per c
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Switzerland |
|
| National accounts > US$ at constant 2000 prices > Aggregate indicators > GDP per capita > Constant 2000 US$ |
$37,032.30
Ranked 5th. The same as United States |
$37,016.09
Ranked 6th. |
|
| Income > GDP per capita, PPP > Constant 2005 international $ |
$39,292.54
Ranked 9th. |
$45,335.90
Ranked 7th. 15% more than Switzerland |
|
| Scientific and technical journals > Articles published |
9,190.1
Ranked 17th. |
209,694.7
Ranked 2nd. 23 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Net income > BoP > Current US$ |
37.13 billion BoP $
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than United States |
11.29 billion BoP $
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Goods imports > BoP > Current US$ |
145.22 billion BoP $
Ranked 16th. |
1.68 trillion BoP $
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Foreign direct investment > Net > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita |
-4,935,626.79 BoP $
per 1,000 people
Ranked 133th. |
339,670.94 BoP $
per 1,000 people
Ranked 23th. |
|
| GDP per unit of energy use |
8.27 PPP 2000 $/kg of oil eq.
Ranked 13th. 80% more than United States |
4.6 PPP 2000 $/kg of oil eq.
Ranked 63th. |
|
| Oil > Consumption per thousand people |
31.02 bbl/day
Ranked 54th. |
61.91 bbl/day
Ranked 21st. Twice as much as Switzerland |
|
| Budget > Revenues > Per $ GDP |
$0.38
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than United States |
$0.18
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 115th. |
|
| Natural gas > Production per capita |
0.0
Ranked 45th. |
1,975.26 cu m
Ranked 10th. |
|
| International tourism > Expenditures for travel items > Current US$ |
$10.97 billion
Ranked 20th. |
$85.37 billion
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Researchers in RandD > Per million people |
3,600.63 per million people
Ranked 6th. |
4,605.01 per million people
Ranked 4th. 28% more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Taxes on international trade > Current LCU |
6.24 billion
Ranked 50th. |
31.87 billion
Ranked 32nd. 5 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Government spending > Subsidies and other transfers > Current LCU |
76.52 billion
Ranked 59th. |
2.57 trillion
Ranked 14th. 34 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Government spending > Subsidies and other transfers > Current LCU per capita |
10,005.96
Ranked 40th. 21% more than United States |
8,247.11
Ranked 44th. |
|
| Tax > Components of taxation > Property tax |
8.1%
Ranked 6th. |
10.1%
Ranked 3rd. 25% more than Switzerland |
|
| Intellectual property > Patents granted |
11,291
Ranked 10th. |
224,505
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Currency > DEC alternative conversion factor > LCU per US$ | 1.25 | 1 |
|
| Stocks traded > Total value > Current US$ |
883.27 billion$
Ranked 10th. |
21.51 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 24 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > Composition, by end use > Investment in fixed capital |
20.1%
Ranked 115th. 36% more than United States |
14.8%
Ranked 162nd. |
|
| Trade > Exports > Goods and services |
42%
Ranked 66th. 4 times more than United States |
11%
Ranked 149th. |
|
| Trade > Imports > Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP |
0.467 BoP $
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 62nd. 3 times more than United States |
0.16 BoP $
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 127th. |
|
| Foreign direct investment > Net > BoP > Current US$ |
-36,706,750,000 BoP $
Ranked 133th. |
100.68 billion BoP $
Ranked 1st. |
|
| Economic importance |
3.6
Ranked 18th. |
197.9
Ranked 1st. 55 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Stock of direct foreign investment > At home per capita |
$119,430.02
Ranked 4th. 14 times more than United States |
$8,444.99
Ranked 33th. |
|
| Economic aid > Donor per capita |
$215.23
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than United States |
$77.38
Ranked 17th. |
|
| Spending > Household final consumption expenditure > Constant 2000 US$ per capita |
$32,412.71
Ranked 1st. 5% more than United States |
$30,898.88
Ranked 3rd. |
|
| Reserves > Total reserves minus gold > Current US$ |
$475.66 billion
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than United States |
$139.13 billion
Ranked 14th. |
|
| Spending > Final consumption expenditure > Constant 2000 US$ |
$306.61 billion
Ranked 21st. |
$11.80 trillion
Ranked 1st. 38 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Savings > Gross domestic savings > Current US$ |
$198.30 billion
Ranked 20th. |
$2.55 trillion
Ranked 3rd. 13 times more than Switzerland |
|
| World Bank exchange rate |
1.09
Ranked 141st. 9% more than United States |
1
Ranked 143th. |
|
| Balance of payments > Current account > Balances > Net trade in goods > US$ |
$1.39 billion
Ranked 38th. |
$-503,578,047,000.00
Ranked 142nd. |
|
| Trade > Exports > Goods |
204.73 billion
Ranked 16th. |
1.58 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Financial sector > Exchange rates and prices > GDP deflator > Base year varies by country |
110.71
Ranked 157th. |
124.24
Ranked 136th. 12% more than Switzerland |
|
| Electricity > Production |
64.08 billion kWh
Ranked 34th. |
3.95 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 62 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Electricity > Imports per capita |
278.54 kWh
Ranked 27th. 2 times more than United States |
111.87 kWh
Ranked 38th. |
|
| Stock of money |
$213.90 billion
Ranked 10th. |
$1.37 trillion
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP growth > Duration 1980-2000 |
18%
Ranked 59th. |
56%
Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Gender income ratio |
0.5%
Ranked 35th. |
0.62%
Ranked 16th. 24% more than Switzerland |
|
| Household final > Consumption expenditure > Constant 2000 US$ per capita |
20,807.19 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 3rd. |
25,916.88 constant 2000 US$
Ranked 1st. 25% more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross national expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP |
0.927$
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 130th. |
1.05$
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 76th. 14% more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross fixed capital formation > Current US$ per capita |
10,165.43$
Ranked 5th. 36% more than United States |
7,474.93$
Ranked 11th. |
|
| Patent applications > Residents |
1,594
Ranked 18th. |
231,588
Ranked 2nd. 145 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GNI > Atlas method > Current US$ > Per capita |
55,318.47$
per capita
Ranked 2nd. 27% more than United States |
43,564.23$
per capita
Ranked 5th. |
|
| Income > GDP, PPP > Constant 2005 international $ per capita |
$39,292.54
Ranked 9th. |
$45,335.90
Ranked 7th. 15% more than Switzerland |
|
| Income > GNI, PPP > Constant 2005 international $ |
$324.96 billion
Ranked 33th. |
$14.47 trillion
Ranked 1st. 45 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Income > GNI per capita, PPP > Constant 2005 international $ |
$40,634.16
Ranked 6th. |
$46,084.41
Ranked 3rd. 13% more than Switzerland |
|
| International tourism > Receipts > Current US$ |
12.96 billion$
Ranked 13th. |
122.94 billion$
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Oil > Production per thousand people |
0.446 bbl/day
Ranked 92nd. |
31.32 bbl/day
Ranked 28th. 70 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross savings > Current US$ per capita |
14,559.62$
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States |
5,176.48$
Ranked 19th. |
|
| Innovation > Patent applications, residents |
1,597
Ranked 23th. |
247,750
Ranked 3rd. 155 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Innovation > Patent applications, nonresidents per million |
56.37
Ranked 32nd. |
821.06
Ranked 7th. 15 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Exports > Export growth in USD |
142.68
Ranked 113th. 6% more than United States |
135.15
Ranked 119th. |
|
| Trade > Imports > By good > Silver platinum etc |
1.85 million
Ranked 3rd. |
3.43 million
Ranked 1st. 85% more than Switzerland |
|
| Innovation > Scientific and technical journal articles |
9,469.2
Ranked 18th. |
208,600.8
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > PPP > Current international $ per capita |
35,633.13 PPP $
Ranked 7th. |
42,016.29 PPP $
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than Switzerland |
|
| Welfare > Revenue, excluding grants > Current LCU per capita |
13,061.81
Ranked 61st. 60% more than United States |
8,158.36
Ranked 69th. |
|
| Micro > Small and medium enterprises > Number per 1000 |
46.87
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than United States |
20.04
Ranked 19th. |
|
| Transnational corporations > Affiliates |
5,774
Ranked 17th. |
19,103
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Social security contributions |
36.14%
Ranked 10th. |
41.64%
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Taxes on income > Profits and capital gains > Current LCU |
18.12 billion
Ranked 60th. |
1.09 trillion
Ranked 1st. 60 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Customs and other import duties > Current LCU |
1.04 billion
Ranked 54th. |
29.22 billion
Ranked 22nd. 28 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Components of taxation > Social security > Employees contribution |
12%
Ranked 9th. 3% more than United States |
11.7%
Ranked 10th. |
|
| Imports > Partners | Germany 29.7%, Italy 10.2%, France 8.4%, US 5.6%, China 5.6%, Austria 4.2% | China 19%, Canada 14.1%, Mexico 12%, Japan 6.4%, Germany 4.7% |
|
| Oil > Imports per thousand people |
35.22 bbl/day
Ranked 30th. 5% more than United States |
33.48 bbl/day
Ranked 37th. |
|
| Oil > Imports |
272,700 bbl/day
Ranked 38th. |
10.27 million bbl/day
Ranked 1st. 38 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Electricity > Production per capita |
8,274.97 kWh
Ranked 15th. |
12,885.81 kWh
Ranked 6th. 56% more than Switzerland |
|
| Market value of publicly traded shares |
$932.20 billion
Ranked 13th. |
$15.64 trillion
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP growth > Duration 1975-2000 |
1%
Ranked 70th. |
2%
Ranked 44th. Twice as much as Switzerland |
|
| Gross Domestic Product > GDP > Size of GDP > Gross domestic product per million |
$39.85 Billion US dollars, curre
Ranked 5th. |
$44.79 Billion US dollars, curre
Ranked 3rd. 12% more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Imports > By good > Passenger cars etc |
5.67 million
Ranked 12th. |
116.2 million
Ranked 1st. 20 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Household final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$ |
216.74 billion$
Ranked 17th. |
8.21 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 38 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Merchandise > Exports > Current US$ |
130.9 billion$
Ranked 19th. |
904.38 billion$
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Exports > Goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ |
121.29 billion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 18th. |
1.12 trillion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Services > Etc. > Value added > Constant 2000 US$ |
161.48 billion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 17th. |
7.6 trillion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 1st. 47 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Gross fixed capital formation > Current US$ |
75.12 billion$
Ranked 17th. |
2.19 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 29 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Household final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita |
29,330.49$
per capita
Ranked 2nd. 5% more than United States |
27,972.58$
per capita
Ranked 3rd. |
|
| Research and development spending |
2.6%
Ranked 6th. 4% more than United States |
2.5%
Ranked 7th. |
|
| Aid > Untied given |
$1,671.16 million
Ranked 12th. |
$17,845.09 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Time to prepare and pay taxes > Hours |
63
Ranked 165th. |
187
Ranked 112th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Balance of payments > Capital and financial account > Net errors and omissions > Adjusted > BoP > Current US$ |
$-31,222,178,059.44
Ranked 139th. |
$162.52 billion
Ranked 1st. |
|
| Financial sector > Monetary holdings > Liabilities > Money and quasi money > M2 > Current LCU |
832.29 billion
Ranked 19th. |
12.42 trillion
Ranked 15th. 15 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Balance of payments > Current account > Goods > Services and income > Exports of goods > Services > Income and wo |
$373.16 billion
Ranked 15th. |
$2.16 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Intellectual property > Patent applications |
37,477
Ranked 8th. |
432,298
Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Imports of goods > Services and income > BoP > Current US$ per capita |
31,801.53 BoP $
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than United States |
8,308.6 BoP $
Ranked 37th. |
|
| Net income > BoP > Current US$ per million |
4.99 billion BoP $
Ranked 1st. 131 times more than United States |
38.22 million BoP $
Ranked 22nd. |
|
| Commercial service imports > Current US$ > Per capita |
3,507.89$
per capita
Ranked 16th. 4 times more than United States |
948.58$
per capita
Ranked 47th. |
|
| Foreign direct investment > Net > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP |
-100.01 BoP $
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 126th. |
8.11 BoP $
per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 88th. |
|
| Commercial service imports > Current US$ |
26.09 billion$
Ranked 24th. |
281.17 billion$
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Natural gas > Proved reserves per capita |
0.0
Ranked 5th. |
22,397.07 cu m
Ranked 30th. |
|
| Natural gas > Consumption |
3.62 billion cu m
Ranked 44th. |
683.3 billion cu m
Ranked 1st. 188 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Natural gas > Proved reserves |
0.0
Ranked 5th. |
6.93 trillion cu m
Ranked 6th. |
|
| External debt > Date of information | 30 June 2006 | 30 June 2006 est. | |
| Micro > Small and medium enterprises > Per 1,000 people |
46.87 per 1,000 people
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than United States |
19.99 per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. |
|
| Tourism > International tourism, number of departures |
10.01 million
Ranked 21st. |
58.5 million
Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tourism > International tourism, receipts for travel items > Current US$ per capita |
$2,230.68
Ranked 16th. 5 times more than United States |
$479.02
Ranked 62nd. |
|
| Tourism > International tourism, expenditures > Current US$ |
$15.27 billion
Ranked 22nd. |
$117.29 billion
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Public expenditure > Health expenditure > Total expenditure on health |
11.3%
Ranked 2nd. |
15.3%
Ranked 1st. 35% more than Switzerland |
|
| Companies > Ease of doing business index > 1=most business-friendly regulations per million |
3.38
Ranked 132nd. 265 times more than United States |
0.0127
Ranked 188th. |
|
| Gross Domestic Product > GDP > Size of GDP > Gross domestic product |
$308.62 Billion US dollars, curre
Ranked 19th. |
$13,741.60 Billion US dollars, curre
Ranked 1st. 45 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Economic growth > Inflation > GDP deflator |
1.77%
Ranked 24th. |
2.69%
Ranked 16th. 52% more than Switzerland |
|
| International tourism > Receipts for travel items > Current US$ |
$14.46 billion
Ranked 16th. |
$134.91 billion
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tourism receipts > International > Per $ GDP |
$35.31 per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 78th. 4 times more than United States |
$9.90 per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 131st. |
|
| Trade > Tariffs > Binding coverage > All products |
99.76%
Ranked 14th. |
99.96%
Ranked 12th. About the same as Switzerland |
|
| GDP > PPP > Constant 2000 international $ > Per capita |
31,701.31 PPP 2000 $
per capita
Ranked 7th. |
37,267.35 PPP 2000 $
per capita
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than Switzerland |
|
| GDP > PPP > Current international $ > Per capita |
35,633.2 PPP $
per capita
Ranked 7th. |
41,889.59 PPP $
per capita
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than Switzerland |
|
| Patent applications > Nonresidents |
375
Ranked 18th. |
210,062
Ranked 1st. 560 times more than Switzerland |
|
| International tourism > Expenditures > Current US$ |
11.06 billion$
Ranked 15th. |
99.62 billion$
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Tax > Tax payments > Number per million |
2.38
Ranked 103th. 68 times more than United States |
0.035
Ranked 185th. |
|
| Trade > Exports > Per $ GDP |
$0.44
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 45th. 6 times more than United States |
$0.08
per $1 of GDP
Ranked 152nd. |
|
| Purchasing power parity > GDP > PPP > Constant 2005 international $ |
$285.70 billion
Ranked 34th. |
$12.82 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 45 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Purchasing power parity > PPP conversion factor > Private > Consumption > LCU per international $ |
$1.68
Ranked 110th. 68% more than United States |
$1.00
Ranked 124th. |
|
| Trade > Exports > Export growth |
121.57
Ranked 81st. 6% more than United States |
115.12
Ranked 92nd. |
|
| Tourism expenditures > International |
$10.60 billion
Ranked 15th. |
$93.22 billion
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Switzerland |
|
| Trade > Exports > By good > Perfume toilet cosmetics |
518,980
Ranked 14th. |
3.41 million
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Switzerland |
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