Switzerland GDP Growth Rate

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

-0.5

Units In

0.1

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
6.4 Sep 2020	-6.2 Jun 2020	0.43 %	1980-2025	State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

On the expenditure side, household consumption is the main component of Swiss GDP and accounts for 54 percent of its total, followed by gross fixed capital formation (24 percent) and government expenditure (11 percent). Foreign trade adds 11 percent to GDP as exports account for 64 percent and imports for 53 percent.

Latest Updates

Switzerland’s GDP fell by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2025, reversing the upwardly revised 0.2% growth seen in the previous quarter. This marks the country’s first economic contraction since Q1 2024 and the steepest decline since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The downturn was driven primarily by the chemical and pharmaceutical sector, where earlier export strength was followed by a significant decline due in part to US tariffs. Weakness in services activity compounded the slide, failing to counterbalance the broader industrial slowdown. On the expenditure side, goods exports dropped 4.2%, outpacing the 0.8% decline in imports. Investment also softened, with slight decreases in equipment and software (-0.1%) as well as construction (-0.2%). Government consumption edged down 0.2%, while private consumption offered a modest bright spot, rising 0.4%. Compared with a year earlier, GDP growth eased to 0.8% in Q3 from 1.5% in Q2.