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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Switzerland: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Switzerland is placed 16th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.796 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 66.95 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
16th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.796GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 66.95Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 1.508Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 68.8Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Switzerland on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.796
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Switzerland: 0.796. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Europe
- 0.929 Austria
- Land neighbours
- Austria 0.929 · Germany 0.763 · France 0.824 · Italy 0.842 · Liechtenstein 0.554
66.95
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 26th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Switzerland: 66.95. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Europe
- 80.81 France
- Land neighbours
- Austria 69.72 · Germany 76.78 · France 80.81 · Italy 68.81 · Liechtenstein 40.19
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
1.508
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Switzerland: 1.508. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Europe
- 1.96 France
- Land neighbours
- Austria -0.083 · Germany 1.937 · France 1.96 · Italy 0.703
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
68.8
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Switzerland: 68.8. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Europe
- 85.39 Luxembourg
- Land neighbours
- Austria 41.28 · Germany 60.3 · France 52.58 · Italy 44.44
02Over time
Which way Switzerland is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
SwitzerlandWorld median
Switzerland fell from 69.22 in 2020 to 66.95 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Switzerland World median 2025 66.95 40.2 2024 69.42 43.3 2023 68.57 41.4 2022 68.49 40.3 2021 68.56 44.1 2020 69.22 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
SwitzerlandWorld median
Switzerland rose from 0.554 in 2000 to 1.508 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Switzerland World median 2025 1.5 0.20 2024 1.5 0.11 2023 1.5 0.14 2022 1.5 0.16 2021 1.5 0.12 2020 1.4 0.12 2019 1.4 0.10 2018 1.2 -0.05 2017 1.2 -0.08 2016 0.7 -0.10 2015 0.7 -0.17 2014 0.7 -0.21 2013 0.7 -0.21 2012 0.7 -0.25 2011 0.7 -0.32 2010 0.7 -0.31 2009 0.6 -0.50 2008 0.6 -0.51 2007 0.6 -0.51 2006 0.6 -0.55 2005 0.6 -0.55 2004 0.6 -0.55 2003 0.6 -0.55 2002 0.6 -0.51 2001 0.6 -0.51 2000 0.6 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
SwitzerlandWorld median
Switzerland rose from 66.01 in 2010 to 68.8 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Switzerland World median 2024 68.80 25.42 2023 66.00 26.03 2022 67.02 26.04 2021 71.71 29.80 2020 72.08 29.47 2019 68.07 18.36 2018 69.22 20.09 2017 68.94 18.32 2016 70.09 18.15 2015 68.04 19.57 2014 67.10 21.00 2013 66.32 20.50 2012 68.16 19.56 2011 66.36 19.21 2010 66.01 19.88
03In context
Switzerland beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Switzerland and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | =9th | 0.824 | 80.81 | 1.96 | 52.58 |
 Germany | 14th | 0.763 | 76.78 | 1.937 | 60.3 |
| Switzerland | 16th | 0.796 | 66.95 | 1.508 | 68.8 |
 Italy | 37th | 0.842 | 68.81 | 0.703 | 44.44 |
 Austria | 46th | 0.929 | 69.72 | -0.083 | 41.28 |
 Liechtenstein | 102nd | 0.554 | 40.19 | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Switzerland in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Switzerland is ahead of the world, and behind
19 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median12
Statistics on which Switzerland does better than the middle country measured.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3996.6762.39No earlier reading
Switzerland: 96.67 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 3rd of 181 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.0210.206No real change since 2015
Switzerland: 0.021 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 125th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1142.534-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Switzerland: 2.534 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 4th of 176 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.9340.485▲ Improved since 2013
Switzerland: 0.934 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 6th of 170 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5052.0660.505No real change since 2015
Switzerland: 2.066 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 13th of 176 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2297.6564.22No earlier reading
Switzerland: 97.65 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4539.115.45No real change since 2025
Switzerland: 39.1 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.8531.023▲ Improved since 2015
Switzerland: 1.853 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 24th of 176 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0594.4183.05No earlier reading
Switzerland: 94.41 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 21st of 140 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6610098.66▲ Improved since 2018
Switzerland: 100 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3526.6132.35No earlier reading
Switzerland: 26.61 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 106th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7879.2278.78No earlier reading
Switzerland: 79.22 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 69th of 140 · derived.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Switzerland does worse than the middle country measured.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6891.4991.68No earlier reading
Switzerland: 91.49 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 72nd of 140 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.820.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Switzerland: 0.82 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 65th of 119 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.965.020.96No earlier reading
Switzerland: 5.02 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4541,846,941141,454Moved since 2020
Switzerland: 1,846,941 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,7141,879,074148,714Moved since 2020
Switzerland: 1,879,074 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670781,30084,670No real change since 2020
Switzerland: 781,300 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6013.4845.601No real change since 2014
Switzerland: 3.484 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
No current reading for Switzerland
ICT Services Exports and Made or Received a Digital Payment (last 2021). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Switzerland’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Switzerland’s 9th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Work & Labourjoint 4th of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions6th of 1944/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital8th of 1963/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge9th of 1983/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation10th of 1764/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing12th of 2003/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience12th of 1934/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties13th of 1984/4 keys
- Digital & Technology16th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 18th of 1834/4 keys
- Peace & Security18th of 1774/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture19th of 1843/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 19th of 1593/3 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 42nd of 1772/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability71st of 1864/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Switzerland can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Europe
Estonia=1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Europe
France=9th4/4 keysThis page
Switzerland16th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Switzerland on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Switzerland rank on digital & technology?
Switzerland is placed 16th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Switzerland?
0.796 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Switzerland?
66.95 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Switzerland compare with Germany on digital & technology?
Germany is placed 14th of 198, and Switzerland 16th. GovTech Maturity Index: Germany 0.763, Switzerland 0.796; Government AI Readiness Index: Germany 76.78, Switzerland 66.95; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Germany 1.937, Switzerland 1.508; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Germany 60.3, Switzerland 68.8.
How have Switzerland’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 69.22 in 2020 to 66.95 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from 0.554 in 2000 to 1.508 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 66.01 in 2010 to 68.8 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Switzerland?
No current reading is published for Switzerland on ICT Services Exports and Made or Received a Digital Payment. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 19 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Switzerland’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Switzerland (banner) — Simon Koopmann derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Switzerland: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/switzerland/digital