Statistics

Statistical information provides important inputs for decision-making on social insurance matters. Because statistics offer a picture of both current realities and long-term trends, they help bring greater transparency to public and political debates.

The main aim of social insurance statistics and analyses is to provide accessible information on the status and development of individual social insurance schemes and how they interact with each other. These statistics focus primarily on the following three parameters of each part of the social insurance system: the population of claimants, the benefits provided, and the financial situation.

As an official federal-government data provider, we provide all interested parties with statistics on the 1st pillar (OASI) of Switzerland's social insurance system and on family allowances (FZ). The FSIO performs these activities in accordance with the principles of the Swiss Charter of Official Statistics and the Code of Practice for European Statistics.

Statistics not only provide the informational foundations for the permanent development of the Swiss social insurance system, but they also enable the FSIO to fulfil both its public information mandate and its oversight and steering responsibilities. In addition to statistics and analyses specific to each part of the social insurance system, the FSIO regularly prepares and presents the total social insurance accounts (TSIA). This overview covers all financial flows and assets (revenue, expenditure, social benefits, capital) of each social insurance scheme and provides additional indicators that link these data to macroeconomic variables (social insurance benefits as a percentage of GDP [gross domestic product]).

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