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Economic survey on turnover - FAQ
Economic survey on turnover - Preliminary survey
Economic survey on turnover - Survey
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Empty dwellings census
Families and Generations Survey
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Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
What is the HICP?
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What are price indices for?
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Monitoring Sustainable Development (MONET 2030)
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Production and value added statistics
Public Education Expenditure Statistics (ÖBA)
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Reference day survey, juvenile detentions
Regional indicators on the Tourism Satellite Account
Research and Development (R&D) in the Business Enterprise Sector (FE_PRIV)
Residential property price index
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
SECO labour market statistics
Scenarios on the economically active population
Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life (SSEE)
Social protection and labour market (SESAM)
Statistics on AHV and IV supplementary benefits
Statistics on Assisted Reproductive Technology
Statistics on Cultural and Leisure Practices
Statistics on Equality of People with Disabilities
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Persons interviewed (SILC)
Statistics on Normal Workweek in Companies (NW)
Statistics on Old-Age Pension Provision
Statistics on certificates (SBA)
Statistics on combined goods transport (KVS)
Statistics on cultural economy
Statistics on custodial sentences under electronic monitoring
Statistics on pupils and students (SDL)
Statistics on social assistance recipients
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Statistics on the Swiss Abroad (SE-Stat)
Statistics on the costs and funding of transport (CFT)
Statistics on the execution of sanctions
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Structural Survey (SE)
Befragte Personen der Strukturerhebung / eCensus
Ergebnisse Strukturerhebung
Methodological basis for research and regional partners
Students and degrees of higher education institutions (SHIS-studex)
Supplementary accommodation statistics
Survey on collective labour agreements in Switzerland
Survey on diversity and coexistence in Switzerland
Survey on professional education (eHBB)
Survey on the prevalence of Gender-Based Violence
Sustainability Indicators of the Tourism Satellite Account
Sustainable development indicators of cities and cantons (Cercle Indicateurs)
Swiss Earnings Structure Survey (ESS)
Swiss Film and Cinema Statistics
Swiss Health Survey
Swiss Health Survey 2027
Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS)
Persons interviewed
Publications and findings
Swiss Land Use Statistics
Swiss National Cohort (SNC)
Swiss Wage Index
Total Social Security Accounts
Tourism Satellite Account
Tourism balance of payments
Tourist accommodation statistics
Trajectories in the social security system (SHIVALV)
Transalpine and cross-border passenger transport (A+GQPV)
Transalpine and cross-border passenger transport – persons interviewed
Travel behaviour
Unemployment Statistics (ILO-based)
Unpaid Work (the module in the SLFS)
Victim support statistics
Vital Statistics BEVNAT
Vocational education and training statistics (SBG-SFPI)
Wage agreements survey (WAS)
Work Volume Statistics (WV)
Nomenclatures, directories and codes
Areas with urban character 2012
Basic statistical spatial units - USPAT
General Classification of Economic Activities (NOGA)
NOGA revision
KUBB – Coding assistance application
Labour market areas
Language regions
MS regions
Major regions
Mountain regions
Statistical cities
Swiss official commune register
Typology of municipalities and urban-rural typology
Retrieve data
Retrieve data
Close
Swiss Federal Statistics Geodata (GEOSTAT)
Innovative & interactive statistics
Innovative & interactive statistics
Close
Experimental statistics
Experimental statistics
Active Projects
Projects in Production
Inactive Projects
All projects
Early estimate of Swiss business structure statistics (STATENT-Flash)
SwissCovid App Monitoring
Poverty measurement integrating wealth (AssetPov)
Revenue from accommodation in the hotel sector (HESTA-Mon)
Booking platforms data (Eurostat)
Household typology (STATPOP)
Highest level of education completed (STATPOP)
Model-based estimation of the gross value added in the enterprise groups statistics (VAB-STAGRE)
Mortality monitoring (MOMO)
Estimation of value added and related economic indicators using small area estimates (SAE_WS)
Labour productivity by economic activity
Area Statistics Deep Learning (ADELE)
Automation of NOGA coding - NOGAuto
Construction of an income from employment (LABB)
Machine Learning SoSi (ML_SoSi)
Data validation with machine learning
Current quarterly indicators on private household consumption
Covid-19 und Lebensbedingungen in der Schweiz (SILC)
Evaluate the potential of small area estimation methods for the Job Statistics (JOBSTAT)
Small area estimation (communes) of economic activity rate in the structural survey
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Contact with close family abroad by form
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2017
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Switzerland
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Federal Statistical Office
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gr-e-01.05.11.03
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Published on:
29.01.2019
Last updated:
03.08.2022
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