What is equal access to power index in Switzerland?

Equal access to power index in Switzerland was 0.923 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest equal access to power index recorded in Switzerland?

The highest recorded value was 0.923 in 2024.

What is the lowest equal access to power index recorded in Switzerland?

The lowest recorded value was 0.722 in 1915.

How does Switzerland rank for equal access to power index?

Switzerland ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is equal access to power index rising or falling in Switzerland?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Switzerland data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Equal Access to Power Index in Switzerland

Name: Equal Access to Power Index in Switzerland
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Switzerland: Equal Access to Power Index was 0.923 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.923

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

8th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.923

in 2024

All-time low

0.722

in 1915

Years of data

228

1798–2025

Equal Access to Power Index in Switzerland, 1798–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, equal access to power index in Switzerland stood at 0.923. That is the highest value across all 228 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal access to power index in Switzerland peaked at 0.923 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.722, in 1915.

Switzerland ranks 8th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 228 years of available data.

Equal Access to Power Index in Switzerland, year by year

Annual values for Equal Access to Power Index in Switzerland, 1798 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1798	0.723	—
1799	0.723	+0.0%
1800	0.723	+0.0%
1801	0.723	+0.0%
1802	0.723	+0.0%
1803	0.723	+0.0%
1804	0.723	+0.0%
1805	0.723	+0.0%
1806	0.723	+0.0%
1807	0.723	+0.0%
1808	0.723	+0.0%
1809	0.723	+0.0%
1810	0.723	+0.0%
1811	0.723	+0.0%
1812	0.723	+0.0%
1813	0.723	+0.0%
1814	0.723	+0.0%
1815	0.723	+0.0%
1816	0.723	+0.0%
1817	0.723	+0.0%
1818	0.723	+0.0%
1819	0.723	+0.0%
1820	0.723	+0.0%
1821	0.723	+0.0%
1822	0.723	+0.0%
1823	0.723	+0.0%
1824	0.723	+0.0%
1825	0.723	+0.0%
1826	0.723	+0.0%
1827	0.723	+0.0%
1828	0.723	+0.0%
1829	0.723	+0.0%
1830	0.723	+0.0%
1831	0.723	+0.0%
1832	0.723	+0.0%
1833	0.723	+0.0%
1834	0.723	+0.0%
1835	0.723	+0.0%
1836	0.723	+0.0%
1837	0.723	+0.0%
1838	0.723	+0.0%
1839	0.723	+0.0%
1840	0.723	+0.0%
1841	0.723	+0.0%
1842	0.723	+0.0%
1843	0.723	+0.0%
1844	0.723	+0.0%
1845	0.723	+0.0%
1846	0.723	+0.0%
1847	0.723	+0.0%
1848	0.723	+0.0%
1849	0.723	+0.0%
1850	0.723	+0.0%
1851	0.723	+0.0%
1852	0.723	+0.0%
1853	0.723	+0.0%
1854	0.723	+0.0%
1855	0.723	+0.0%
1856	0.723	+0.0%
1857	0.723	+0.0%
1858	0.723	+0.0%
1859	0.723	+0.0%
1860	0.723	+0.0%
1861	0.723	+0.0%
1862	0.723	+0.0%
1863	0.723	+0.0%
1864	0.723	+0.0%
1865	0.723	+0.0%
1866	0.723	+0.0%
1867	0.723	+0.0%
1868	0.723	+0.0%
1869	0.723	+0.0%
1870	0.723	+0.0%
1871	0.723	+0.0%
1872	0.723	+0.0%
1873	0.723	+0.0%
1874	0.723	+0.0%
1875	0.723	+0.0%
1876	0.723	+0.0%
1877	0.723	+0.0%
1878	0.723	+0.0%
1879	0.723	+0.0%
1880	0.723	+0.0%
1881	0.723	+0.0%
1882	0.723	+0.0%
1883	0.723	+0.0%
1884	0.723	+0.0%
1885	0.723	+0.0%
1886	0.723	+0.0%
1887	0.723	+0.0%
1888	0.723	+0.0%
1889	0.723	+0.0%
1890	0.723	+0.0%
1891	0.723	+0.0%
1892	0.723	+0.0%
1893	0.723	+0.0%
1894	0.723	+0.0%
1895	0.723	+0.0%
1896	0.723	+0.0%
1897	0.723	+0.0%
1898	0.723	+0.0%
1899	0.723	+0.0%
1900	0.723	+0.0%
1901	0.723	+0.0%
1902	0.723	+0.0%
1903	0.723	+0.0%
1904	0.723	+0.0%
1905	0.723	+0.0%
1906	0.723	+0.0%
1907	0.723	+0.0%
1908	0.723	+0.0%
1909	0.723	+0.0%
1910	0.723	+0.0%
1911	0.723	+0.0%
1912	0.723	+0.0%
1913	0.723	+0.0%
1914	0.723	+0.0%
1915	0.722	-0.1%
1916	0.722	+0.0%
1917	0.722	+0.0%
1918	0.742	+2.8%
1919	0.742	+0.0%
1920	0.742	+0.0%
1921	0.742	+0.0%
1922	0.742	+0.0%
1923	0.742	+0.0%
1924	0.742	+0.0%
1925	0.742	+0.0%
1926	0.742	+0.0%
1927	0.742	+0.0%
1928	0.742	+0.0%
1929	0.742	+0.0%
1930	0.742	+0.0%
1931	0.742	+0.0%
1932	0.742	+0.0%
1933	0.742	+0.0%
1934	0.742	+0.0%
1935	0.742	+0.0%
1936	0.742	+0.0%
1937	0.742	+0.0%
1938	0.742	+0.0%
1939	0.742	+0.0%
1940	0.742	+0.0%
1941	0.742	+0.0%
1942	0.742	+0.0%
1943	0.742	+0.0%
1944	0.742	+0.0%
1945	0.742	+0.0%
1946	0.75	+1.1%
1947	0.75	+0.0%
1948	0.75	+0.0%
1949	0.75	+0.0%
1950	0.75	+0.0%
1951	0.75	+0.0%
1952	0.75	+0.0%
1953	0.75	+0.0%
1954	0.75	+0.0%
1955	0.75	+0.0%
1956	0.75	+0.0%
1957	0.75	+0.0%
1958	0.771	+2.8%
1959	0.771	+0.0%
1960	0.771	+0.0%
1961	0.771	+0.0%
1962	0.771	+0.0%
1963	0.771	+0.0%
1964	0.771	+0.0%
1965	0.771	+0.0%
1966	0.771	+0.0%
1967	0.771	+0.0%
1968	0.771	+0.0%
1969	0.771	+0.0%
1970	0.771	+0.0%
1971	0.832	+7.9%
1972	0.859	+3.2%
1973	0.859	+0.0%
1974	0.859	+0.0%
1975	0.859	+0.0%
1976	0.859	+0.0%
1977	0.859	+0.0%
1978	0.859	+0.0%
1979	0.859	+0.0%
1980	0.859	+0.0%
1981	0.859	+0.0%
1982	0.859	+0.0%
1983	0.859	+0.0%
1984	0.859	+0.0%
1985	0.859	+0.0%
1986	0.859	+0.0%
1987	0.859	+0.0%
1988	0.859	+0.0%
1989	0.859	+0.0%
1990	0.887	+3.3%
1991	0.887	+0.0%
1992	0.887	+0.0%
1993	0.887	+0.0%
1994	0.887	+0.0%
1995	0.887	+0.0%
1996	0.887	+0.0%
1997	0.887	+0.0%
1998	0.889	+0.2%
1999	0.889	+0.0%
2000	0.91	+2.4%
2001	0.91	+0.0%
2002	0.91	+0.0%
2003	0.91	+0.0%
2004	0.91	+0.0%
2005	0.91	+0.0%
2006	0.91	+0.0%
2007	0.91	+0.0%
2008	0.91	+0.0%
2009	0.91	+0.0%
2010	0.91	+0.0%
2011	0.91	+0.0%
2012	0.91	+0.0%
2013	0.91	+0.0%
2014	0.91	+0.0%
2015	0.91	+0.0%
2016	0.902	-0.9%
2017	0.902	+0.0%
2018	0.902	+0.0%
2019	0.902	+0.0%
2020	0.919	+1.9%
2021	0.919	+0.0%
2022	0.919	+0.0%
2023	0.911	-0.9%
2024	0.923	+1.3%
2025	0.923	+0.0%

Switzerland compared with similar countries

Switzerland's 0.923 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.844, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Switzerland's 0.923 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8185, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1790s	0.723	0.723	0.723	2
1800s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1810s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1820s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1830s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1840s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1850s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1860s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1870s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1880s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1890s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1900s	0.723	0.723	0.723	10
1910s	0.7265	0.722	0.742	10
1920s	0.742	0.742	0.742	10
1930s	0.742	0.742	0.742	10
1940s	0.7452	0.742	0.75	10
1950s	0.7542	0.75	0.771	10
1960s	0.771	0.771	0.771	10
1970s	0.8475	0.771	0.859	10
1980s	0.859	0.859	0.859	10
1990s	0.8874	0.887	0.889	10
2000s	0.91	0.91	0.91	10
2010s	0.9068	0.902	0.91	10
2020s	0.919	0.911	0.923	6

Countries ranked near Switzerland

5 Germany 0.931 compare
6 Belgium 0.926 compare
7 Sweden 0.924 compare
9 Greece 0.921 compare
10 Poland 0.92 compare
11 Japan 0.918 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

More reference data data for Switzerland

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5507 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2683 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.24 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.05 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.24 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.85 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.28 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.37 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.28 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.272 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is equal access to power index in Switzerland?: Equal access to power index in Switzerland was 0.923 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal access to power index recorded in Switzerland?: The highest recorded value was 0.923 in 2024.
What is the lowest equal access to power index recorded in Switzerland?: The lowest recorded value was 0.722 in 1915.
How does Switzerland rank for equal access to power index?: Switzerland ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal access to power index rising or falling in Switzerland?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Switzerland data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Equal Access to Power Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,486 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.