Recent immigrants by citizenship in Switzerland
Switzerland: Recent immigrants by citizenship was 4.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Recent immigrants by citizenship in Switzerland, 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage of total population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for recent immigrants by citizenship in Switzerland is 4.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, recent immigrants by citizenship in Switzerland peaked at 4.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2010.
Switzerland ranks 2nd of 26 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 2.6% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 1 Luxembourg 8.1% compare
- 3 Malta 2.5% compare
- 4 Austria 2.3% compare
- 5 United Kingdom 1.7% compare
More reference data data for Switzerland
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 72.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 489.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2683 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.272 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 340.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.1438 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 140.58 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 362.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 31.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 172.13 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is recent immigrants by citizenship in Switzerland?
- Recent immigrants by citizenship in Switzerland was 4.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest recent immigrants by citizenship recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest recent immigrants by citizenship recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2010.
- How does Switzerland rank for recent immigrants by citizenship?
- Switzerland ranks 2nd out of 26 countries with data for 2025.
- Is recent immigrants by citizenship rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Recent immigrants by citizenship. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).