Switzerland In-depth PESTLE Insights

Table of Contents
1. OVERVIEW
1.1. Catalyst
1.2. Summary
1.2.1. Key findings
1.2.2. PESTLE highlights
1.2.3. Key fundamentals
1.3. Recovery of the economy from the COVID-19 crisis
1.3.1. Snapshot
1.3.2. Vaccination
1.3.3. Government measures
1.3.4. Lockdown measures
1.3.5. Travel restrictions
1.3.6. Stimulus measures
1.3.7. Impact on the economy
2. KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
2.1. Key facts
2.2. Geographic location
3. PESTLE ANALYSIS
3.1. Summary
4. POLITICAL ANALYSIS
4.1.1. Overview
4.1.2. Current strengths
4.1.1. Current challenges
4.1.2. Future prospects
4.1.3. Future risks
5. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
5.1.1. Overview
5.1.2. Current strengths
5.1.3. Current challenges
5.1.4. Future prospects
5.1.5. Future risks
5.2. Social analysis
5.2.1. Overview
5.2.2. Current strengths
5.2.3. Current challenges
5.2.4. Future prospects
5.2.5. Future risks
5.3. Technological analysis
5.3.1. Overview
5.3.2. Current strengths
5.3.3. Current challenges
5.3.4. Future prospects
5.3.5. Future risks
5.4. Legal analysis
5.4.1. Overview
5.4.2. Current strengths
5.4.3. Current challenges
5.4.4. Future prospects
5.4.5. Future risks
5.5. Environmental analysis
5.5.1. Overview
5.5.2. Current strengths
5.5.3. Current challenges
5.5.4. Future prospects
5.5.5. Future risks
6. POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
6.1. Summary
6.2. Evolution
6.2.1. Pre-1945
6.2.2. 1945-2021
6.3. Structure and policies
6.3.1. Key political figure
6.3.2. Structure of government
6.3.3. Federal government
6.3.4. Key political parties
6.3.5. Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei [SVP])
6.3.6. Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz [SPS])
6.3.7. FDP - The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen)
6.3.8. Composition of government
6.3.9. Key policies
6.4. Performance
6.4.1. Governance indicators
6.5. Outlook
7. ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE
7.1. Summary
7.2. Evolution
7.2.1. Pre-1945
7.2.2. 1945-90
7.2.3. 1991-2020
7.2.4. Structure and policies
7.2.5. Financial authorities and regulators
7.2.6. SIX Swiss Exchange
7.3. Performance
7.3.1. GDP and growth rate
7.3.2. GDP composition by sector
7.3.3. Fiscal situation
7.3.4. International investment position
7.3.5. Monetary situation: key monetary indicators
7.3.6. Employment
7.4. Outlook
8. SOCIAL LANDSCAPE
8.1. Summary
8.2. Evolution
8.3. Structure and policies
8.3.1. Demographic composition
8.3.2. Education
8.3.3. Healthcare
8.3.4. Social welfare
8.4. Performance
8.4.1. Healthcare
8.4.2. Income distribution
8.4.3. Education
8.5. Outlook
9. TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
9.1. Summary
9.2. Evolution
9.3. Structure and policies
9.3.1. Intellectual property
9.3.2. Research and development
9.4. Performance
9.4.1. Telecommunications and internet
9.5. Outlook
10. LEGAL LANDSCAPE
10.1. Summary
10.2. Evolution
10.3. Structure and policies
10.3.1. Judicial system
10.3.2. Taxation
10.3.3. Labor laws
10.4. Performance
10.4.1. Effectiveness of the legal system
10.5. Outlook
11. ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE
11.1. Summary
11.2. Evolution
11.3. Structure and policies
11.3.1. Environmental regulations
11.3.2. Participation in global efforts, agreements and pacts
11.4. Performance
11.4.1. Environmental impact
11.5. Outlook
12. APPENDIX
12.1. ISO codes of selected countries
12.2. Ask the analyst
12.3. About MarketLine
12.4. Disclaimer

List of Tables
Table 1: Switzerland - key fundamentals, 2019?26f
Table 2: Switzerland - key facts, 2022
Table 3: Analysis of Switzerland's political landscape
Table 4: Analysis of the Swiss economic landscape
Table 5: Analysis of the Swiss social landscape
Table 6: Analysis of Switzerland's technological landscape
Table 7: Analysis of Switzerland's legal landscape
Table 8: Analysis of Switzerland's environmental landscape
Table 9: Switzerland ? Mid-year population by gender (% of the total population), 2021
Table 10: Switzerland ? Patents granted by the US patent and trademark office, 2015-21

List of Figures
Figure 1: Map of Switzerland, 2022
Figure 2: Switzerland ? trade openness, total trade as a percentage of GDP, 2010-21
Figure 3: Switzerland ? government borrowing/lending, 2017-25f
Figure 4: Switzerland ? labor force participation rates by gender (%), 2000-21
Figure 5: Switzerland ? Old-age dependency ratio (percentage of the working-age population), 1950-2080
Figure 6: Switzerland ? Income inequality, Gini coefficient, score (0-1), 2020 or latest data available
Figure 7: Switzerland ? Nanotech R&D as a percentage of total business enterprise R&D, 2018
Figure 8: Switzerland ? Direct government funding and tax support for BERD (% of GDP), 2018
Figure 9: Switzerland ? Product market regulation, 2018
Figure 10: Switzerland ? Threatened species (% of known species), 2021
Figure 11: Switzerland - A timeline of key political events
Figure 12: Switzerland - key political figure
Figure 13: Swiss national council composition by number of seats, 2019
Figure 14: Switzerland ? evolution of GDP growth, 2012-21
Figure 15: Switzerland ? real GDP and real GDP growth rate (constant prices), 2016-26f
Figure 16: Switzerland ? GDP by sector (%), 2021
Figure 17: Switzerland ? agricultural output (CHF billion/%), 2017-22f
Figure 18: Switzerland ? industrial output (CHF billion/%), 2017-22f
Figure 19: Switzerland ? services output (CHF billion/%), 2017-22f
Figure 20: Switzerland ? volume of total trade growth (%), 2017-26f
Figure 21: Switzerland ? consumer price index and inflation (index/%), 2017-26f
Figure 22: Switzerland ? unemployment (thousands, %), 2016-25f
Figure 23: Switzerland ? Major religions, 2020
Figure 24: Switzerland ? Expenditure on healthcare ($ billion/%), 2017-20
Figure 25: Switzerland ? Expenditure on education ($ billion/% of GDP), 2017-20
Figure 26: Switzerland ? Internet users and percentage of population (million/%), 2017-22F
Figure 27: Switzerland ? Carbon dioxide emissions (million tonnes/%), 2012-20