Swiss authorities raise 2026 economic growth forecast

Published on December 15, 2025

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Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has slightly raised its 2026 economic growth forecast following the recent agreement to lower US import tariffs on Swiss products. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to rise by 1.4% this year and 1.1% in 2026, according to official data published on Monday. In the last assessment, which dates back two months, the corresponding figures were +1.3% (for 2025) and +0.9% (for 2026). An initial estimate for 2027 is +1.7%. The numbers shown have been corrected to taken into account sports events. These have a significant impact as Switzerland is home to many large international federations that collect billions of francs from the broadcasting rights to their tournaments. Based on gross indicators, GDP will grow by 1.2% in 2025, 1.4% next year and 1.4% in the following twelve months. According to SECO, following the recent lowering of US tariffs, the ... Full story here Are you the author?

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