Switzerland vs Netherlands
Switzerland vs Netherlands: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 0.2% a year in Switzerland and 3% a year in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 2.8 percentage points, or 20 times that in Switzerland.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Switzerland.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Switzerland at 0.7% a year and Netherlands at 2% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Switzerland | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 11.6 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | -0.7 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | -0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | -1.1 | 0.2 |
| 2014 | -0 | 0.3 |
| 2013 | -0.2 | 2.6 |
| 2012 | -0.7 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| 2010 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | -0.5 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2007 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 2005 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 2004 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2002 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2001 | 1 | 5.1 |
| 2000 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| 1999 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 1997 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 1996 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 1995 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1994 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| 1993 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
| 1992 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 1991 | 5.9 | 3.2 |
| 1990 | 5.4 | 2.5 |
| 1989 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
| 1988 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| 1987 | 1.4 | -1 |
| 1986 | 0.7 | – |
| 1985 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
| 1984 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 1983 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 1982 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 1981 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| 1980 | 4 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Switzerland | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 2027 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 2028 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| 2029 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2030 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2031 | 0.7 | 2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Switzerland vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySwitzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSwitzerland: 96.7% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSwitzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025