Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Switzerland
Switzerland: Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty was 2.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Switzerland, 2015–2024
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 2.5% for persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 78.6% on the previous year and up 108.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Switzerland peaked at 2.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2021.
Switzerland ranks 23rd of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1.2% | — |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | -31.2% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +36.4% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | +78.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.1% | 2.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More poverty & inequality data for Switzerland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,706 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -6.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.79 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Switzerland?
- Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Switzerland was 2.5% in 2024, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2021.
- How does Switzerland rank for persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty?
- Switzerland ranks 23rd out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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