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      • FAQ (BAPAU)
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      • Economic survey on turnover - FAQ
      • Economic survey on turnover - Preliminary survey
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    • Empty dwellings census
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    • Financial statistics of means-tested social benefits for poverty reduction (FIBS)
    • Gesamtrechnung der Sozialversicherungen
    • Graduate Survey (EHA)
    • Growth and Productivity Statistics (WPS)
    • Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
      • What is the HICP?
    • Household Budget Survey
    • Household production satellite account
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      • Buildings and Dwellings Survey
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      • Job Statistics - FAQ
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      • Anwendungs­­empfehlungen
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      • What are price indices for?
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    • Monitoring Sustainable Development (MONET 2030)
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    • National cancer statistics
    • New Pensions Statistics
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    • Pension funds statistics
    • Police crime statistics
    • Population and Households Statistics
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    • Public Education Expenditure Statistics (ÖBA)
    • Quarterly housing construction statistics
    • 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)
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    • Scenarios on the economically active population
    • Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life (SSEE)
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    • 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
    • Statistics on IV statistics
    • Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC)
      • 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
    • Statistics on the Financial Situation of Households
    • Statistics on the Swiss Abroad (SE-Stat)
    • Statistics on the costs and funding of transport (CFT)
    • Statistics on the execution of sanctions
    • Statistics on the income compensation
    • Statistics on the types of building owners
    • 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
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      • Persons interviewed
      • Publications and findings
    • Swiss Land Use Statistics
    • Swiss National Cohort (SNC)
    • Swiss Wage Index
    • Total Social Security Accounts
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    • 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

    • Swiss Federal Statistics Geodata (GEOSTAT)

  • Innovative & interactive 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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