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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Switzerland: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Switzerland is placed joint 42nd of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Logistics Performance Index 4.1 (2023); ICT Goods Exports 0.82 (2024).
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joint42nd
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Switzerland on mobility & trade — 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.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2025 figure for Switzerland, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Western Europe
- 378.87 Netherlands
- Land neighbours
- Germany 319.12 · France 261.03 · Italy 291.46
No reading
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2024 figure for Switzerland, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Western Europe
- 2.8 Germany
- Land neighbours
- Germany 2.8 · France 3.7 · Italy 4
4.1
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 3rd of 139 by World Bank Group
Switzerland: 4.1. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Western Europe
- 4.1 3 countries
- Land neighbours
- Austria 4 · Germany 4.1 · France 3.9 · Italy 3.7
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.82
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Switzerland: 0.82. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Western Europe
- 8.14 Netherlands
- Land neighbours
- Austria 3.02 · Germany 4.55 · France 2.96 · Italy 2.29
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.
Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
SwitzerlandWorld median
Switzerland rose from 4.016 in 2007 to 4.1 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Switzerland World median 2023 4.10 2.900 2018 3.90 2.706 2016 3.99 2.734 2014 3.84 2.753 2012 3.80 2.773 2010 3.97 2.746 2007 4.02 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
SwitzerlandWorld median
Switzerland fell from 3.19 in 2000 to 0.82 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Switzerland World median 2024 0.82 0.975000 2023 0.85 0.690000 2022 0.86 0.565000 2021 0.94 0.550000 2020 0.99 0.680000 2019 1.05 0.625000 2018 1.07 0.480000 2017 1.06 0.630000 2016 1.03 0.865000 2015 1.04 0.790000 2014 1.00 0.760000 2013 0.93 0.645000 2012 1.02 0.630000 2011 1.40 0.535000 2010 1.55 0.560000 2009 1.29 0.780000 2008 1.37 0.595000 2007 1.50 0.660000 2006 1.77 0.445000 2005 2.22 0.570000 2004 1.96 0.535000 2003 1.97 0.530000 2002 1.97 0.510000 2001 2.79 0.490000 2000 3.19 0.430000
03In context
Switzerland beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Switzerland and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany | 5th | 319.12 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.55 |
 Austria | 12th | — | — | 4 | 3.02 |
 France | 24th | 261.03 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.96 |
 Italy | 34th | 291.46 | 4 | 3.7 | 2.29 |
| Switzerland | =42nd | — | — | 4.1 | 0.82 |
 Liechtenstein | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Switzerland in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Switzerland is ahead of the world, and behind
26 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, 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 median5
Statistics on which Switzerland does better than the middle country measured.
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.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4268.825.42No real change since 2014
Switzerland: 68.8 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 9th of 170 · derived.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.49420.15.494▼ Worsened since 2014
Switzerland: 20.1 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 12th of 75 · derived.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.21.8921.2▼ Worsened since 2015
Switzerland: 1.892 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 51st of 176 · derived.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4563.6564.456No earlier reading
Switzerland: 3.656 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 106th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Switzerland does worse than the middle country measured.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.1120.079No real change since 2018
Switzerland: 0.112 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 42nd of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end20
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7358,237275.73Moved since 2016
Switzerland: 58,237 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.17123.16.171Moved since 2014
Switzerland: 23.1 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3478.0536.34Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 78.05 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 15th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68147.1679.68Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 147.16 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 17th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3232,773,840223,323No real change since 2015
Switzerland: 2,773,840 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2353.9561.235Moved since 2014
Switzerland: 3.956 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08931.096.089No real change since 2015
Switzerland: 31.09 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7269.1141.72Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 69.11 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 24th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1335.084-0.133Moved since 2013
Switzerland: 5.084 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269208,28712,269Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 208,287 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83617,0391,836Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 17,039 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60219.359.602Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 19.35 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.864.642.8No real change since 2012
Switzerland: 64.6 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23110.08103.23Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 110.08 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.3640.306Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 0.364 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2795.9315.279Moved since 2013
Switzerland: 5.931 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,451512,547444,451Moved since 2015
Switzerland: 512,547 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4126.0127.41Moved since 2012
Switzerland: 26.01 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1732.3267.17Moved since 2014
Switzerland: 32.32 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.661.33.66Moved since 2012
Switzerland: 1.3 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
No current reading for Switzerland
Container Import Dwell Time, Container Port Traffic (last 2020), Cost of Sending Remittances, ICT Services Exports and Liner Shipping Connectivity Index. 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
Mobility & Trade among Switzerland’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Switzerland’s 14th 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 mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Switzerland can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Europe
Netherlands4th4/4 keysThis page
Switzerland=42nd2/4 keys
Positions out of 177 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.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Switzerland and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Switzerland on mobility & trade: 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 mobility & trade?
Switzerland is placed joint 42nd of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Logistics Performance Index and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Logistics Performance Index figure for Switzerland?
4.1 in 2023 (lPI score (1–5)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 2.9.
What is the latest ICT Goods Exports figure for Switzerland?
0.82 in 2024 (iCT goods exports (% of total goods exports)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 0.975.
How does Switzerland compare with Germany on mobility & trade?
Germany is placed 5th of 177, and Switzerland joint 42nd. Logistics Performance Index: Germany 4.1, Switzerland 4.1; ICT Goods Exports: Germany 4.55, Switzerland 0.82.
How have Switzerland’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Logistics Performance Index rose from 4.016 in 2007 to 4.1 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports fell from 3.19 in 2000 to 0.82 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Switzerland?
No current reading is published for Switzerland on Container Import Dwell Time, Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, ICT Services Exports and Liner Shipping Connectivity Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade 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 mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 26 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
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Switzerland: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/switzerland/mobility