At the end of 2023, there were 813,400 Swiss nationals living abroad. Almost two-thirds of them were living in Europe and over a quarter were in France, but there are also plenty of Swiss on the other continents. The following statistics on the Swiss Abroad were published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
On 31 December 2023, 813,400 Swiss nationals were registered with a competent Swiss representation abroad: 1.7% more than in 2022. Numbers are on the rise in most continents: in Asia (up by 3.1%), in Europe (up by 1.9%), in Oceania (up by 1.2%), in North America (up by 1.0%) and in Latin America and the Caribbean (up by 0.4%). In Africa, the number was lower (down 0.2%).
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Of the 813,400 Swiss Abroad, 520,700 live in Europe (64%). The largest community of Swiss Abroad is in France (209,300). This community alone represents over one quarter of Swiss Abroad. Around 292,700 Swiss nationals are spread out over the other continents: 16% in North America, 7% in Latin America and the Caribbean, 7% in Asia, 4% in Oceania and 2% in Africa.
The largest community of the Swiss Abroad outside Europe is in North America, in the US to be precise, where 83,700 Swiss people or one in ten Swiss Abroad live. In the Latin America and Caribbean region, Argentina is the country with the most Swiss people (15,100, or 2% of all Swiss Abroad). Of Swiss people in Argentina 95% hold multiple nationalities (as against 75% of all Swiss Abroad). In Asia, Israel has the largest Swiss community (23,700), representing 3% of Swiss Abroad. A breakdown of the community in Israel by age shows a very large proportion of young people: 46% of Swiss there are aged under 18 (as against 21% for all Swiss Abroad). In Oceania, the Swiss community is mainly located in Australia (26,400, or 3% of Swiss Abroad), whereas in Africa they are mostly in South Africa (7,700, or 1% of the total number of Swiss Abroad). (FSO)
Further information: www.revue.link/statistic
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