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Price level in Switzerland

How far does a dollar stretch there compared with the US?

Switzerland's price level is 112 % of US prices — #124 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

112% of US prices

Checked 4 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF)

Among 125 countries

8 of 125 countries between 23 % of US prices and 26 % of US prices8 of 125 countries between 26 % of US prices and 30 % of US prices10 of 125 countries between 30 % of US prices and 33 % of US prices12 of 125 countries between 33 % of US prices and 36 % of US prices9 of 125 countries between 36 % of US prices and 39 % of US prices13 of 125 countries between 39 % of US prices and 43 % of US prices8 of 125 countries between 43 % of US prices and 46 % of US prices3 of 125 countries between 46 % of US prices and 49 % of US prices3 of 125 countries between 49 % of US prices and 52 % of US prices4 of 125 countries between 52 % of US prices and 56 % of US prices8 of 125 countries between 56 % of US prices and 59 % of US prices5 of 125 countries between 59 % of US prices and 62 % of US prices5 of 125 countries between 62 % of US prices and 65 % of US prices4 of 125 countries between 65 % of US prices and 69 % of US prices2 of 125 countries between 69 % of US prices and 72 % of US prices2 of 125 countries between 75 % of US prices and 78 % of US prices2 of 125 countries between 78 % of US prices and 82 % of US prices3 of 125 countries between 82 % of US prices and 85 % of US prices5 of 125 countries between 85 % of US prices and 88 % of US prices3 of 125 countries between 88 % of US prices and 91 % of US prices2 of 125 countries between 91 % of US prices and 95 % of US prices1 of 125 countries between 95 % of US prices and 98 % of US prices5 of 125 countries between 98 % of US prices and 101 % of US pricesmedian 43 % of US pricesSwitzerland: ahead of 1 % of the 125 countries with a published price levelSwitzerland 112 % of US prices →23 % of US prices101 % of US prices
Half of all 125 countries sit between 34 % of US prices and 65 % of US prices. Switzerland is ahead of 1 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#124 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
1 %
1 of 125 countries

In Europe: #38 of 38vs median 43 % of US prices: +69 % of US prices (worse)

The neighbourhood

#CountryPrice levelvs Switzerland
121 United States100 % of US prices−12 % of US prices
122 Israel101 % of US prices−11 % of US prices
123 Barbados110 % of US prices−3 % of US prices
124 Switzerland112 % of US prices—
125 Iran225 % of US prices+113 % of US prices

What a dollar’s worth of goods costs there, with the United States at 1.00 — the World Bank PPP conversion factor divided by the official exchange rate, both for the same year. 0.31 means roughly a third of US prices.

How to read this figure

Our own calculation from two World Bank figures for the SAME year: the PPP conversion factor divided by the official exchange rate. It answers "is this country expensive?" in the only way that survives a currency swing — 1.00 is the United States, 0.31 means a dollar's worth of goods costs about 31 cents there, and 1.12 means it costs 12 % more. The raw PPP factor is deliberately not shown on its own: it is quoted in local currency per international dollar, so Vietnam reads 147938 and the US reads 1.00, and neither end of that is "better". Note this is a whole-economy average built from GDP, so it covers everything a country produces, not a traveller's basket — rent and restaurant prices can sit well above or below it.

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