Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Switzerland
Switzerland: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 1.5% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Switzerland, 2006–2017
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Switzerland is 1.5%, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Switzerland peaked at 1.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2015.
Switzerland ranks 22nd of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More poverty & inequality data for Switzerland
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 7 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.43 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 5,706 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 26.79 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.01 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 7.75 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0694 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0694 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0821 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1767 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Switzerland?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Switzerland was 1.5% in 2017, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2015.
- How does Switzerland rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Switzerland ranks 22nd out of 26 countries with data for 2017.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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