In 2025, healthcare costs in Switzerland were CHF 100.7 billion (estimated values, not shown, see FSO table). This is equal to CHF 11 090 per capita, which represents an inflation-adjusted increase of 60.4% since 2000. The share of gross domestic product (GDP) was 11.6%.
In 2024, slightly more than half of health care expenditure was generated by hospitals and social-medical institutions. Medical and dental practices accounted for approximately 20% of healthcare costs.
This indicator is part of the Monitoring System Addiction and NCD (MonAM) of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
An important goal of the Federal Council’s Health 2030 strategy and of the NCD strategy is to curb healthcare costs. The healthcare system should be affordable and accessible to all. The present indicator provides an insight into healthcare cost trends in Switzerland.
Definition
This indicator was calculated on the basis of the Federal Statistical Office’s (FSO) Health care costs and financing statistics. It shows the annual per capita healthcare expenditure in CHF, the cost trend as an inflation-adjusted Index compared with the year 2000 (calculated using the annual average of the Swiss Consumer Price Index) and the share of healthcare costs in gross domestic product (GDP). In addition, healthcare costs are itemised by service provider in the pie chart. The data are updated annually.
The healthcare providers are as follows:
- Hospitals: general care hospitals and specialised clinics such as psychiatric clinics, rehabilitation clinics, birthing centres and other specialised clinics
- Social medical institutions: nursing homes, retirement homes, and institutions for people with disabilities, people with addictions and people with psychosocial problems
- Medical and dental practices: medical practices in primary health care, psychiatry, gynaecology and obstetrics and other specialisations, as well as dental practices.
- Other outpatient service providers: university dental clinics, psychotherapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, chiropractors, nutritional counselling, midwives and other outpatient service providers
- Pharmacies / Health care goods: pharmacies, chemists, retail trade of medical and orthopaedic equipment, hearing-aid technicians and opticians
- Home care services: home care services, self-employed nurses, persons providing home care and other ambulatory service providers
- Insurances as service providers: Old age and survivors insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, military insurance, compulsory health insurance and private health insurance
- Auxiliary service providers: medical laboratories as well as transport and rescue services.
- State as service provider: Confederation, cantons and communes
- Non-profit organizations, NGO
- Imports of services and goods: imports of services provided abroad by hospitals, medical and dental practices (excluding radiology), other outpatient service providers, auxiliary service providers, retail trade and home care services
Sources
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): Healthcare costs and financing (in German and French)
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): Swiss Consumer Price Index
References
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO) (2026): Costs of health care since 1960 (retrieved on 26.05.2026)
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): Swiss Stats Explorer: Costs of health care by service provider, service, mode of provision and financing scheme
Further information
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): Costs, financing
- OECD (2025). Health at a Glance 2025: OECD Indicators. OECD Publishing. Paris: Report.
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Last updated
15/06/2026
Citation
FOPH & Obsan (2026). Health care costs (MonAM indicator). https://ind.obsan.admin.ch/en/indicator/monam/_257
