Switzerland Consumer Confidence

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

-42

Units In

Points

-35

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Jun 10, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 22 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
20 Dec 1972	-46.53 Dec 2022	-8.3 Points	1972-2025	State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

In Switzerland, the consumer confidence survey is conducted every year, in the months of January, April, July and October. Around 1000 households are questioned for State Secretariat for Economic Affairs regarding their subjective evaluation of the economic situation, financial situation of the household in question, inflation, job security etc. Generally consumer confidence is high when the unemployment rate is low and GDP growth is high. Measures of average consumer confidence can be useful indicators of how much consumers are likely to spend.

Latest Updates

Switzerland’s consumer confidence index stood at -42 in April 2025, the lowest in fourteen months, falling four points from the same month last year and coming in below market expectations of -34. The sharpest decline was seen in the expected economic development sub-index, which plunged to -66.5 from -21.2 in April 2024, reflecting growing pessimism about the country's economic outlook. However, other components showed relative improvement compared to a year ago: the assessment of the past financial situation rose to -42.1 from -57.6, the expected financial situation improved slightly to -33 from -36.2, and the index for timing major purchases increased to -28 from -37.2.