Financial statistics
Overview
The Federal Finance Administration (FFA) prepares statistics on the government units and social security funds (financial statistics). The FFA is thus one of Switzerland's main public producers of statistics, together with the Federal Statistical Office (main supplier of Swiss statistics), the Swiss National Bank (bank, financial market and balance of payments statistics) as well as other federal agencies (special statistics) and the statistics offices of the cantons and various cities and towns. The aim of financial statistics is to present a transparent picture of the revenue, finance and asset situation of Switzerland's general government sector.
The Financial Statistics Section provides the following services:
- Consolidated and harmonized financial reporting of the Confederation, cantons, communes and social security funds on the basis of the accounting models of the Confederation and of the cantons (NAM, HAM2, etc.) with the objective of national comparability
- Production and reporting of internationally comparable statistics on Switzerland's public finances in accordance with the International Monetary Fund standards (GFSM 2001).
- Preparation of data on public finances as a basis for drawing up Switzerland's system of national accounts, particularly within the scope of the Statistics Agreement of the second series of bilateral agreements (ESA 95).
- Specific evaluations and analyses of public finances and the national economy for the attention of the FFA and the Federal Department of Finance.
The Financial Statistics Section publishes provisional results every spring, and definitive results every summer. These can be found under Reporting and under Key figures.
Publication calendar
Press releases
Date |
Information |
| 29 February 2012 | Interim evaluations of public finances 2010 |
| 31 August 2012 | Definitive evaluations of public finances 2010 |
| October 2012 | Fee-based financing indicator 2010 |
| November 2012 | Tax-to-GDP ratio 2011 |
| December 2012 | Fiscal capacity utilization index 2013 |
Reports
Date |
Information |
| 16. April 2012 | Switzerland's financial statistics for 2010, interim report |
| 10. Oktober 2012 | Switzerland's financial statistics for 2010, annual report |
Contact: finstat@efv.admin.ch Phone: +41 31 322 15 44
