All 26 Swiss cantons, side by side
Where do you pay the least tax? Where are rent and health premiums lowest? The Swiss Living Index compares all 26 cantons with figures from official sources (ESTV, BFS, BAG, EFV, MeteoSwiss) — every figure with its source and year, free and in four languages.
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Income tax (single, 80k)
lowest: Zug — CHF 3'339 per year (ESTV, 2026)
Rent (avg)
lowest: Jura — CHF 999 per month (BFS Strukturerhebung, 2024)
Health premium (adult)
lowest: Zug — CHF 380.56 per month (BAG / priminfo, 2026)
All metrics compared
Income tax (single, 80k) · Rent (avg) · Health premium (adult) · Sunshine · Jobs · Net migration (per 1,000) · Foreign residents · Fiscal balance per capita · Hospital beds (per 1,000)
All 26 cantons
Aargau · Appenzell Inner Rhodes · Appenzell Outer Rhodes · Basel-Landschaft · Basel-Stadt · Bern · Fribourg · Geneva · Glarus · Grisons · Jura · Lucerne · Neuchâtel · Nidwalden · Obwalden · Schaffhausen · Schwyz · Solothurn · St. Gallen · Thurgau · Ticino · Uri · Valais · Vaud · Zug · Zurich
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