Life in Switzerland: Every Number That Shapes It (1800–2100)

To look at the statistics of a Swiss life is to witness a profound transformation in human experience. These figures delineate the actual constraints and freedoms of being human, from the widening of individual potential seen in the rise of internet access from 0 to 96 % and schooling from 6.55 to 13.8 years, to the shifting nature of the family as child mortality declined from 64.31 to 3.9 per 1,000 births. This is the quiet architecture of a modern existence.

The trajectory from the 1950s to the 2020s captures a society recalibrating its relationship with time and labor. As extreme poverty plummeted from 6.14 to 0.1 %, income per person grew from 10,708 to 71,000 intl-$, while annual working hours dropped from 2,183 to 1,530 hours/year. This deliberate movement toward longer, more secure lives saw the nation shift from a rural-industrial footing to an urbanized, digital state, with the proportion of people living in cities rising from 51.58 to 74 %.

For a child born in Switzerland in the 2020s, the birth lottery provides a reality where electricity at home is a universal 100 % and average male height has reached 178 cm. With an expected life span of 83.2 years on an average income of 71,000 international dollars, the modern citizen occupies a world structurally different from that of their ancestors. This data reveals the stark contrast between the historical struggle for survival and the contemporary pursuit of stability.

Explore the data history to compute your own parallel life in Switzerland.