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 «Swiss social insurance system» pocket statistics provides an overview of each insurance scheme within the system as well as the total accounts of the social insur-ances. In addition to information on income, expenditure, capital, benefit rates and recipients, there are two pages dedicated specifically to contribution rates and general statistics, including demographic indicators.

The total social insurance accounts (TSIA) provide an overview of the finances of the entire Swiss social insurance system. The income shown in the accounts includes current income from capital, but not changes in the value of capital – this contrasts with the approach taken in the official accounts (AVS/AI/SI/AI/IC). The expenses shown include not only the social benefits paid but also implementation and administration costs. However, only some of the administration costs are recognised in the income statements, as the majority of these costs are incurred outside the social insurance system.

The AVS statistics provide an annual overview of old-age and survivors’ pensions and of those receiving them. They provide information on the status quo of the insurance as well as its structure and growth. They present the individual components of the insurance in terms of the benefits paid and from both a personal and financial standpoint (financial budget). The AVS statistics are the main basis for reporting on the current system of old-age pensions in Switzerland.

The AI statistics offer an overview of the scope and structure of invalidity insurance benefit receipt, specifically the receipt of reintegration measures, invalidity pensions and helplessness allowances. In addition to providing a snapshot of the AI as it currently stands, the statistics map developments and identify trends.

Supplementary benefits (SB) are borne jointly by the federal government and the cantons. They are paid to people drawing an AVS or AI pension, provided they reside in Switzerland and their legally recognised expenses exceed their income as taken into account, i.e. their income does not cover their minimum cost of living. SB are needs-based insurance benefits to which the recipients have a legal entitlement.

The Federal Act on Bridging Payments for Older Unemployed Persons (BridPA) came into effect on 1 July 2021. These bridging payments – or transition/bridging benefits – are intended to cover the basic needs of individuals who lose their job shortly before they reach the normal retirement age. Applicants must meet several conditions to receive these payments: they must be aged 60 or more when their entitlement to unemployment benefit ends; they must have been covered by the OASI scheme for at least 20 years; and they must have only modest assets at their disposal. Transition benefits are financed from the general resources of the Confederation, and the cantons are responsible for disbursing them and covering their enforcement costs.

The first part of the IC statistics shows the structure and growth of IC benefits by type of benefit for each reporting year. The second part comprises a detailed description of the growth in the number of benefit recipients and the average benefits drawn, both for each individual type of military service and for compensations for parents. The statistics focus, in particular, on the increase in benefits since the introduction of maternity leave (2005) and leave of the other parent (2021) and, by contrast, the constant decrease in benefits paid for military service (in CHF).

Although the family allowances registry of the CCO is a full survey of all recipients, containing additional structural information that is important for the payment of these allowances and for combating fraud, it does not contain information on the size or scope of the benefits paid. The statistics on family allowances are thus based on a direct survey of the compensation funds for family allowances carried out by the FSIO.

The FSIO does not publish any detailed statistics on this area of insurance. Such statistics are compiled by the FSO, FTA and SNB. Key synoptic tables are included in the FSIO’s Swiss Social Security Statistics.

The FSIO does not publish any detailed statistics on this area of insurance. Such statistics are compiled by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), SUVA and the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Key synoptic tables are included in the FSIO’s Swiss Social Security Statistics.

The FSIO does not publish any detailed statistics on this area of insurance. Such statistics are compiled by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), SUVA and the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Key synoptic tables are included in the FSIO’s Swiss Social Security Statistics.

The FSIO does not publish any detailed statistics on this area of insurance. Such statistics are compiled by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Key synoptic tables are included in the FSIO’s Swiss Social Security Statistics.

The FSIO does not publish any detailed statistics on this area. Such statistics are compiled by the FSO. Key synoptic tables are included in the Swiss Social Insurance Statistics published by the FSIO.