EFTA member. Switzerland accesses the EU market via bilateral agreements (Bilaterals III signed March 2026). Compliance scores reflect this preferential access and are not directly comparable to non-aligned sourcing countries.
Europe
Switzerland
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Switzerland's #1 import source (world lens). Switzerland is the EU's #12 goods supplier.
Switzerland on the world stage
Total imports
$733.8bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$883.0bn
195 partners
#1 import source
Germany
9.1%
#1 export dest.
Germany
5.7%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Switzerland and the EU
EU imports from
€143.1bn
5.7% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€219.3bn
8.3% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #12 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.53
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
150
EUR/MWh
Consumer
265
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
34
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
65%
of generation
Wholesale 75 EUR/MWh · hybrid market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Partially liberalised (large consumers only)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
ElCom (Federal Electricity Commission)
Not coupled to the EU day-ahead market (excluded from SDAC), 700+ utilities creating extreme market fragmentation, nuclear phase-out debate (Beznau I is Europe's oldest operating reactor), and transmission constraints…
Tracked infrastructure
1 gas plants
55 MW
3 wind farms
41 MW · 1 building
4 nuclear plants
3.1 GW
55 hydro plants
12.2 GW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
21
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
3
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Zinc, Gold
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
BAFU NAWA national surface-water quality monitoring (open)
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EFTA · 1 = lowest riskDemographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
42.7
→ 47.8 by 2050
Fertility
1.44
below replacement
Working-age
65%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
30.8
→ 53.3 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 8.92M · peaks 2051
By 2050: +5% (9.34M)