This statistic displays the share of the foreign population living in Switzerland as of December 2017, by country or region of origin. The graph shows that the largest foreign born population residing in Switzerland come from Italy, accounting for nearly fifteen percent of all foreign-born residents. This was closely followed by people born in Germany and Portugal. These three countries made up 41.7 percent of the total foreign born population in Switzerland at this time.
Share of the foreign-born population of Switzerland 2017, by country of origin
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Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland), & Swissinfo. (August 31, 2018). Share of the foreign-born population of Switzerland 2017, by country of origin [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041778/share-of-country-of-origin-switzerland-population/
Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland), und Swissinfo. "Share of the foreign-born population of Switzerland 2017, by country of origin." Chart. August 31, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041778/share-of-country-of-origin-switzerland-population/
Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland), Swissinfo. (2018). Share of the foreign-born population of Switzerland 2017, by country of origin. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041778/share-of-country-of-origin-switzerland-population/
Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland), and Swissinfo. "Share of The Foreign-born Population of Switzerland 2017, by Country of Origin." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041778/share-of-country-of-origin-switzerland-population/
Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland) & Swissinfo, Share of the foreign-born population of Switzerland 2017, by country of origin Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041778/share-of-country-of-origin-switzerland-population/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of the foreign-born population of Switzerland 2017, by country of origin [Graph], Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland), & Swissinfo, August 31, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041778/share-of-country-of-origin-switzerland-population/