Living in Switzerland. In figures you can trust.

Where do you pay less tax, rent and health insurance? The Swiss Living Index works it out for every commune, with official data, free and without sign-up.

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9'127'125inhabitantsBFS STATPOP 2025

CHF 7'024median wage per month, grossBFS LSE 2024

CHF 1'485average rent per monthBFS 2024

CHF 606.62average health premium per month (standard model, adults)BAG 2027

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CHF 1.95Unleaded 95 per litre, Swiss averageBFS, August 2026 CHF 1.67Unleaded 95 in Tirol (AT), CHF 0.28 less per litreofficial prices, 03.10.2026 21.15 centsElectricity per kWh in 2027 in the cheapest canton, up to 33.42 cents in the dearestElCom 2027 19'390public charge points, 4'425 of them fastBFE, 28.09.2026

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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) · Rent (avg) · Health premium, standard model (adult) · Lowest health premium (adult) · Average health premium (adult) · Health premium saving potential (adult) · Premium subsidy recipients · Premium subsidy per recipient · Premium subsidy as share of premium · Electricity price · Offences (per 1,000) · Violent offences (per 1,000) · Vacancy rate · New dwellings (per 1,000) · Sunshine · Jobs · Unemployment rate · Cross-border commuters (share of jobs) · Median net income · Naturalisations (per 1,000 foreigners) · Population growth · Birth rate (per 1,000) · Net migration (per 1,000) · Foreign residents · Fiscal balance per capita · Cantonal net debt per capita · Hospital beds (per 1,000) · Cars per 1,000 residents · Electric share of car fleet · Electric share of new cars · Motorbikes per 1,000 residents · Goods vehicles per 1,000 residents · Gigabit broadband availability · Public-transport accessibility (ARE index) · Solar power per resident · Population in Energiestadt communes · Organic farmland share · Municipal waste per resident · Separately collected waste share

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