2025 Review: Six Graphics To Help Explain Swiss Trends

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Migration, climate change and artificial intelligence (AI): these global phenomena have a major impact in Switzerland too. Swissinfo presents a selection of statistics from 2025 to help explain how these issues affect Swiss residents. This content was published on December 26, 2025 - 10:00 6 minutes

I write original and in-depth data-driven articles using my skills in data analysis and visualisation. I cover a wide array of topics, among which are Switzerland's place in global trade, climate change and demographics. Born and raised in France, I studied international relations in Lyon, then graduated from Lille journalism school in 2011. I have been living in Switzerland since 2012 and worked at RTS for eight years before joining SWI swissinfo in 2020.

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Decline in births

Fertility is constantly declining in Switzerland. And the fertility rate just reached the lowest point ever recorded: 1.29 children per woman in 2024.

This means smaller families. According to figures published in November by the Federal Statistical OfficeExternal link, births of third children have fallen most steeply (-14% over the past five years). The number of first children is down by 8.5% and second children by 9%.

More people are choosing not to have children at all. The proportion of 30-year-olds adopting this attitude increased from 9 to 16% over a ten-year period. Yet the most widespread aspiration across the population is still to have two children.

The decline in births is partly explained by the fact that people are having children later. The average age of women giving birth is now 32.4, one of the highest in Europe – and a record for Switzerland.

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