Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Switzerland
Switzerland: Employees working shifts - % of total employees was 15.5 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Switzerland, 1996–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 15.5 for employees working shifts - % of total employees in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employees working shifts - % of total employees in Switzerland peaked at 16 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.4, in 1996.
Switzerland ranks 35th of 46 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5.4 | — |
| 1997 | 5.9 | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 5.7 | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 6.8 | +19.3% |
| 2000 | 6.2 | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 11 | +77.4% |
| 2002 | 13.4 | +21.8% |
| 2003 | 13.3 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 12.9 | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 13.5 | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 14 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 14.5 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 14.7 | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 14.5 | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 14.8 | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 14.7 | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 15.1 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 15.3 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 15.3 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15.6 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 15.3 | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 15.9 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 15.8 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 15.6 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 16 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 15.3 | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 15.3 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 15.5 | +1.3% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 15.5 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18.8, 82% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 15.5 is below the median for high income countries, which is 18.6, 83% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Switzerland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +77.4% | 6.2 | 11 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.95 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 4 |
| 2000s | 12.8 | 6.2 | 14.7 | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.34 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.53 | 15.3 | 16 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More work & labour data for Switzerland
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0651 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0485 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0817 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.6452 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 8,038 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,842 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 4,568 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 4,558 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 9,126 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employees working shifts - % of total employees in Switzerland?
- Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Switzerland was 15.5 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest employees working shifts - % of total employees recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 16 in 2020.
- What is the lowest employees working shifts - % of total employees recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4 in 1996.
- How does Switzerland rank for employees working shifts - % of total employees?
- Switzerland ranks 35th out of 46 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employees working shifts - % of total employees rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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 Employees working shifts - % of total employees. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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