Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Switzerland
Switzerland: Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP was 63.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Switzerland, 1999–2010
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 63.5% for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.2% on the previous year and up 94.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Switzerland peaked at 73.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 24.7%, in 1999.
Switzerland ranks 11th of 90 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 24.7% | — |
| 2000 | 32.7% | +32.4% |
| 2001 | 33.4% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 37.4% | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 40.3% | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 58.5% | +45.3% |
| 2005 | 60.1% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 67.1% | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 73.6% | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 62.1% | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 70.7% | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 63.5% | -10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.7% | 24.7% | 24.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 53.6% | 32.7% | 73.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.5% | 63.5% | 63.5% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Switzerland
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 141,431 current LCU per person (2016)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.7 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2016)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2016)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 1.17 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 106.64 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 667.88 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 678.82 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 785.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 785.03 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 86,338 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Switzerland?
- Outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Switzerland was 63.5% in 2010, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 73.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.7% in 1999.
- How does Switzerland rank for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp?
- Switzerland ranks 11th out of 90 countries with data for 2010.
- Is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Amount of private international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. (Table 12A (international debt amount: all issuers) - Table 12D (international debt amount: governments)) / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level intenational private debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators.End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.