Switzerland
Rank 5 / 49
Civica Index breakdown · 6 dimensionsweights fixed · source-specific inputs
How the 95.9 is calculated.
Democratic Quality
V-Dem · Liberal Democracy Index
30%
95.4
contributes 28.6 pts
Rule of Law
World Bank WGI
20%
96.1
contributes 19.2 pts
Human Development
UNDP HDI
15%
100.0
contributes 15.0 pts
Freedom & Rights
Freedom House
15%
100.0
contributes 15.0 pts
Corruption Control
Transparency International
10%
89.9
contributes 9.0 pts
Stability & Security
Global Peace Index
10%
90.4
contributes 9.0 pts
History · quarterly CI trend
How the index has moved over time.
Historical CI data is not available yet for this country.
Regional rank
Where Switzerland sits against peers.
Global#5 of 49
Europe#5 of 18
Directorial republic#1 of 1
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Government taxonomy
Raw source
federal republic (formally a confederation)
Regime type
Presidential democracy · 2025
Structure
Directorial republic · Federal Directorial Republic
Switzerland's Federal Council is a fixed-term collegial executive, so Civica keeps the BR/CGV regime coding but overrides the structural form away from a conventional presidential republic.
Cite this page
Civica Index for Switzerland, 2026-04-22. Civica Atlas. https://civicaatlas.org/civica-index/switzerland