Spain vs Switzerland

Spain vs Switzerland: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2.6% a year in Spain and 1.6% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 1 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in Switzerland.

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% a year · IMF

Spain vs Switzerland: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2.6% a year in Spain and 1.6% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 1 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in Switzerland.
SpainSwitzerlandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Spain has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Switzerland.
  • In 2025, Spain ranked 88 and Switzerland ranked 110 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Spain at 1.7% a year and Switzerland at 1.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSpainSwitzerland
20252.61.6
20243.71.5
20232.41.1
20226.43.6
20216.76.2
2020-10.9-2.3
201921.1
20182.43.3
20172.91.5
20162.91.9
20154.11.4
20141.52.5
2013-1.41.9
2012-2.91.2
2011-0.61.5
20100.13.2
2009-3.8-2
20080.82.5
20073.54
200644.2
20053.63
20043.12.5
20032.9-0.3
20022.80.4
20013.91.6
20005.13.7
19994.71.6
19984.52.7
19973.92.1
19962.40.6
19954.10.5
19942.31.3
1993-1.3-0.1
19920.9-0.1
19912.5-0.9
19903.83.7
198954.4
19885.33.2
19875.71.6
19863.41.8
19852.43.8
19841.73
19831.70.6
19821.2-1.3
1981-0.41.7
19801.25.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSpainSwitzerland
20262.51.9
20271.81.2
20281.81.9
20291.71.2
20301.71.8
20311.71.2

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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