Switzerland Retail Sales YoY

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

1.3

Units In

2.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 01, 2025

Time to Release

25 Days 21 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
38.3 Apr 2021	-18.4 Apr 2020	1.5 %	2001-2025	Swiss Federal Statistical Office

In Switzerland, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.

Latest Updates

Retail sales in Switzerland rose by 1.3% year-on-year in April 2025, slowing from a downwardly revised 2.1% growth and coming in below market expectations of a 2.5% increase. This was primarily driven by a deceleration in sales of non-food products (2.2% vs 5.2% in March), particularly information and communication technology equipment (16.5% vs 22.4%). Meanwhile, sales of food, beverages, and tobacco continued to rise (0.5% vs 0.1%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales decreased by 0.3% in April, reversing a downwardly revised 0.2% gain in March.