Australia vs Switzerland: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing over time
- Australia
- Switzerland
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.44 National currency per US dollar against 1.05 National currency per US dollar in Switzerland, a difference of 0.39 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Switzerland ahead.
Australia ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 33rd of 51 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8813 National currency per US dollar | 2.63 National currency per US dollar | 1.75 National currency per US dollar | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 1.17 National currency per US dollar | 2.06 National currency per US dollar | 0.8896 National currency per US dollar | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 1.32 National currency per US dollar | 1.95 National currency per US dollar | 0.6293 National currency per US dollar | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1.38 National currency per US dollar | 1.68 National currency per US dollar | 0.3003 National currency per US dollar | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 1.5 National currency per US dollar | 1.42 National currency per US dollar | 0.0736 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
| 2020s | 1.43 National currency per US dollar | 1.15 National currency per US dollar | 0.2791 National currency per US dollar | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing, Australia or Switzerland?
- Australia, at 1.44 National currency per US dollar against 1.05 National currency per US dollar in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing between Australia and Switzerland?
- 0.39 National currency per US dollar, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Switzerland?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Switzerland rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Australia ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 33rd of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for actual individual consumption. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org