The number of Swiss nationals living abroad has grown constantly since 2002 and exceeded 800,000 in 2022. More and more people are living in South-East Asia. These findings and more are revealed in the statistics on the Swiss Abroad published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
As at 31 December 2022, 800,041 Swiss nationals were registered with a competent Swiss representation abroad. This number has grown continuously from 598,934 in 2002, an increase of 34%. The upwards trend was observed in every continent, but was more marked in some than in others: +115% in Asia, +37% in Europe, +30%in Oceania, +16% in America and +7% in Africa.
The population of Swiss citizens abroad has increased in all countries in South-East Asia, North Africa, Europe and North America (+132%, +59%, +37% and +18% respectively) since 2002. In South-East Asia, the largest increases were seen in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, and in North Africa in Algeria and Morocco. The European countries recording the greatest increases included Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Turkey (Türkiye). The United States and Canada, meanwhile, saw increases of +19% and +17% respectively.
By contrast, other regions of the world saw their Swiss community shrink between 2002 and 2022. For example, the number of Swiss nationals in Central and Southern Africa fell by 24% and 10% respectively. In both regions, most countries recorded a decrease. A similar trend was observed in many Caribbean and South Asian countries, which also recorded a drop in the number of Swiss nationals.
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