Broad money in Switzerland
Switzerland: Broad money was 181.9% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Broad money in Switzerland, 1960–2016
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2016, broad money in Switzerland stood at 181.9%. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in Switzerland peaked at 181.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 68.1%, in 1974.
Switzerland ranks 6th of 166 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Broad money in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 89.0% | — |
| 1961 | 87.3% | -1.9% |
| 1962 | 89.5% | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 88.6% | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 89.4% | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 90.3% | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 90.3% | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 90.5% | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 94.9% | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 100.0% | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 99.0% | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 96.7% | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 94.4% | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 89.1% | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 68.1% | -23.5% |
| 1975 | 73.7% | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 79.4% | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 82.5% | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 88.2% | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 92.5% | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 86.5% | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 87.3% | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 97.7% | +11.9% |
| 1983 | 98.5% | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 104.9% | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 103.0% | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 101.5% | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 108.1% | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 107.3% | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 105.7% | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 98.2% | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 96.3% | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 96.7% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 103.1% | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 104.8% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 108.3% | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 117.7% | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 123.5% | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 126.6% | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 140.7% | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 111.1% | -21.0% |
| 2001 | 112.5% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 119.0% | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 127.8% | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 127.6% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 131.2% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 129.1% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 125.2% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 125.3% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 136.8% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 139.2% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 152.5% | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 170.0% | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 173.8% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 178.3% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 178.3% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 181.9% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91.0% | 87.3% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 86.4% | 68.1% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 100.0% | 86.5% | 108.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 111.6% | 96.3% | 140.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 124.5% | 111.1% | 136.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 167.7% | 139.2% | 181.9% | 7 |
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More financial sector data for Switzerland
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.64 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 73,454 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 7.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 74,657 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 12.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 86,385 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 12.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 86,338 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 0.0644 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in Switzerland?
- Broad money in Switzerland was 181.9% in 2016, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 181.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.1% in 1974.
- How does Switzerland rank for broad money?
- Switzerland ranks 6th out of 166 countries with data for 2016.
- Is broad money rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Broad money (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.