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Overview of Switzerland's Economy and Culture

Switzerland has four main linguistic regions with a German-speaking majority. While it has no official religion, Christianity is the predominant faith, with Catholicism and Swiss Reformed Church recognized in most cantons. Bordered by Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, Switzerland is a landlocked country located in Central Europe, geographically divided between the Alps, plateau and Jura mountains. Its top trading partners are Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, India and China for exports, and Germany, the UK, US, Italy and France for imports.

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Overview of Switzerland's Economy and Culture

Switzerland has four main linguistic regions with a German-speaking majority. While it has no official religion, Christianity is the predominant faith, with Catholicism and Swiss Reformed Church recognized in most cantons. Bordered by Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, Switzerland is a landlocked country located in Central Europe, geographically divided between the Alps, plateau and Jura mountains. Its top trading partners are Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, India and China for exports, and Germany, the UK, US, Italy and France for imports.

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Switzerland

Developed Country

Language: Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh.
Majority of the population are German speaking.

Religion: Switzerland has no official state religion, though most of the cantons (except Geneva and Neuchâtel)
recognize official churches, which are either the Roman Catholic Church or the Swiss Reformed Church.
Christianity is the predominant religion of Switzerland (about 71% of resident population

Neighboring Countries: Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and
Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss
Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi).

Major Trading Partners: The top export destinations of Switzerland are Germany ($44.7B), the United States
($28.8B), Hong Kong ($21.7B), India ($21.5B) and China ($20.3B). The top import origins are Germany ($52.1B),
the United Kingdom ($32.5B), the United States ($20.4B), Italy ($19.5B) and France ($16.5B).

INDICATOR UNIT 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TRENDS


PER CAPITA USD 57,590.7 59,788.1 61,227.9 62,499.6 62,881.5 Leading
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GDP (REAL) Bln 665.05
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