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Legend: Definition Field Listing Rank Order    Introduction    Switzerland Top of Page Background:

Switzerland's independence and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers, and Switzerland was not involved in either of the two World Wars. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations, has strengthened Switzerland's ties with its neighbors. However, the country did not officially become a UN member until 2002. Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations, but retains a strong commitment to neutrality.    Geography    Switzerland Top of Page Location:

Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy Geographic coordinates:

47 00 N, 8 00 E Map references:

Europe Area:

total: 41,290 sq km

land: 39,770 sq km

water: 1,520 sq km Area - comparative:

slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey Land boundaries:

total: 1,852 km

border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km Coastline:

0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims:

none (landlocked) Climate:

temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers Terrain:

mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m

highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m Natural resources:

hydropower potential, timber, salt Land use:

arable land: 10.42%

permanent crops: 0.61%

other: 88.97% (2001) Irrigated land:

250 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards:

avalanches, landslides, flash floods Environment - current issues:

air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers; loss of biodiversity Environment - international agreements:

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling

signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea Geography - note:

landlocked; crossroads of northern and southern Europe; along with southeastern France, northern Italy, and southwestern Austria, has the highest elevations in the Alps    People    Switzerland Top of Page Population:

7,450,867 (July 2004 est.) Age structure:

0-14 years: 16.8% (male 647,362; female 602,333)

15-64 years: 67.9% (male 2,555,089; female 2,503,331)

65 years and over: 15.3% (male 466,615; female 676,137) (2004 est.) Median age:

total: 39.5 years

male: 38.5 years

female: 40.5 years (2004 est.) Population growth rate:

0.54% (2004 est.) Birth rate:

9.83 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) Death rate:

8.44 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) Net migration rate:

4.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.) Infant mortality rate:

total: 4.43 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 3.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 80.31 years

male: 77.51 years

female: 83.27 years (2004 est.) Total fertility rate:

1.42 children born/woman (2004 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.5% (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

19,000 (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (2001 est.) Nationality:

noun: Swiss (singular and plural)

adjective: Swiss Ethnic groups:

German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6% Religions:

Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9% (1990) Languages:

German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 19.2%, Italian (official) 7.6%, Romansch (official) 0.6%, other 8.9% Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99% (1980 est.)

male:

female:    Government    Switzerland Top of Page Country name:

conventional long form: Swiss Confederation

conventional short form: Switzerland

local long form: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German), Confederation Suisse (French), Confederazione Svizzera (Italian)

local short form: Schweiz (German), Suisse (French), Svizzera (Italian) Government type:

federal republic Capital:

Bern Administrative divisions:

26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French; cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; kantone, singular - kanton in German); Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich Independence:

1 August 1291 (Founding of the Swiss Confederation) National holiday:

Founding of the Swiss Confederation, 1 August (1291) Constitution:

revision of Constitution of 1874 approved by the Federal Parliament 18 December 1998; adopted by referendum 18 April 1999; officially entered into force 1 January 2000 Legal system:

civil law system influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts, except with respect to federal decrees of general obligatory character; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal Executive branch:

chief of state: President Joseph DEISS (since 1 January 2004); Vice President Samuel SCHMID (since 1 January 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government

head of government: President Joseph DEISS (since 1 January 2004); Vice President Samuel SCHMID (since 1 January 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government

cabinet: Federal Council or Bundesrat (in German), Conseil Federal (in French), Consiglio Federale (in Italian) elected by the Federal Assembly usually from among its own members for a four-year term

elections: president and vice president elected by the Federal Assembly from among the members of the Federal Council for one-year terms that run concurrently; election last held NA December 2003 (next to be held NA December 2004)

election results: Joseph DEISS elected president; percent of Federal Assembly vote - 70.7%; Samuel SCHMID elected vice president; percent of legislative vote - 58.1% Legislative branch:

bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblee Federale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of the Council of States or Standerat (in German), Conseil des Etats (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats - members serve four-year terms) and the National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats - members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

elections: Council of States - last held in most cantons 19 October 2003 (each canton determines when the next election will be held); National Council - last held 19 October 2003 (next to be held NA October 2007)

election results: Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CVP 15, FDP 14, SVP 8, SPS 6, other 3; National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 26.6%, SPS 23.3%, FDP 17.3%, CVP 14.4%, Greens 7.4%, other small parties all under 5%; seats by party - SVP 55, SPS 54, FDP 36, CVP 28, Green Party 13, other small parties 14 Judicial branch:

Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly) Political parties and leaders:

Green Party (Grune Partei der Schweiz or Grune, Parti Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I Verdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Ruth GENNER]; Christian Democratic People's Party (Christichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz or CVP, Parti Democrate-Chretien Suisse or PDC, Partito Democratico-Cristiano Popolare Svizzero or PDC, Partida Cristiandemocratica dalla Svizra or PCD) [Philipp STAEHELIN, president]; Radical Free Democratic Party (Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei der Schweiz or FDP, Parti Radical-Democratique Suisse or PRD, Partitio Liberal-Radicale Svizzero or PLR) [Christiane LANGENBERGER, president]; Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SPS, Parti Socialist Suisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS, Partida Socialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Christiane BRUNNER, president]; Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP, Union Democratique du Centre or UDC, Unione Democratica de Centro or UDC, Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC) [Ueli MAURER, president]; and other minor parties Political pressure groups and leaders:

NA International organization participation:

ACCT, AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EFTA, ESA, FAO, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MONUC, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMEE, UNMIK, UNOMIG, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC Diplomatic representation in the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Christian BLICKENSTORFER

chancery: 2900 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 745-7900

FAX: [1] (202) 387-2564

consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco

consulate(s): Boston Diplomatic representation from the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Pamela WILLEFORD

embassy: Jubilaeumsstrasse 93, 3005 Bern

mailing address: use embassy street address

telephone: [41] (031) 357 70 11

FAX: [41] (031) 357 73 44 Flag description:

red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag    Economy    Switzerland Top of Page Economy - overview:

Switzerland is a prosperous and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP larger than that of the big Western European economies. The Swiss in recent years have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to enhance their international competitiveness. Switzerland remains a safe haven for investors, because it has maintained a degree of bank secrecy and has kept up the franc's long-term external value. Reflecting the anemic economic conditions of Europe, GDP growth dropped in 2001 to about 0.8%, to 0.2% in 2002, and to -0.3% in 2003. GDP:

purchasing power parity - $239.3 billion (2003 est.) GDP - real growth rate:

-0.5% (2003 est.) GDP - per capita:

purchasing power parity - $32,700 (2003 est.) GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 1.5%

industry: 34%

services: 64.5% (2003 est.) Investment (gross fixed):

20.1% of GDP (2003) Population below poverty line:

NA Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 25.2% (1992) Distribution of family income - Gini index:

33.1 (1992) Inflation rate (consumer prices):

0.6% (2003 est.) Labor force:

3.72 million (2003) Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture 4.6%, industry 26.3%, services 69.1% (1998) Unemployment rate:

3.7% (2003 est.) Budget:

revenues: $123.2 billion

expenditures: $128 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) Public debt:

57.1% of GDP (2003) Agriculture - products:

grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs Industries:

machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments Industrial production growth rate:

0.4% (2003) Electricity - production:

68.68 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - consumption:

53.43 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - exports:

34.54 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - imports:

24.1 billion kWh (2001) Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - consumption:

290,400 bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - exports:

10,420 bbl/day (2001) Oil - imports:

289,500 bbl/day (2001) Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - consumption:

3.093 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - imports:

3.093 billion cu m (2001 est.) Curr