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1 Statistical data Public finances 2016

2 Federal final accounts (excluding separate accounts) D in % CHF mn / 16 Ordinary receipts Ordinary expenditure Ordinary financing result Extraordinary receipts Extraordinary expenditure Overall fiscal balance Gross debt Federal indicators (excluding separate accounts) % GDP Expenditure ratio Tax ratio Deficit / surplus ratio Debt ratio Federal debt and debt ratio in CHF bn 150 in % of GDP Gross debt Debt ratio

3 Federal receipts (excluding separate accounts) D in % CHF mn / 16 Ordinary receipts Tax receipts Direct federal tax Withholding tax Stamp duty Value added tax Mineral oil tax Tobacco duty Heavy vehicle charge Customs duties Other tax receipts Royalties and concessions Financial receipts Other current receipts Investment receipts Federal receipts 2016 Direct federal tax 31.4% Direct taxes Indirect taxes Nontax receipts Value added tax 33.5% Withholding tax 7.8% Nontax receipts 6.6% Other tax receipts 7.5% Stamp duty 3.0% Tobacco duty 3.2% Mineral oil tax 7.0%

4 Federal expenditure by task area D in % CHF mn / 16 Ordinary expenditure Institutional / financial prerequisites Order and public security International relations National defense Education and research Culture and leisure Healthcare Social welfare Transportation Protection of the environment and spatial planning Agriculture and food Economy Finances and taxes Federal tasks 2016 Social welfare 34.0% Finances and taxes 13.8% Other tasks 9.8% International relations 5.3% Agriculture and food 5.5% National defense 7.0% Transportation 13.7% Education and research.8%

5 Federal expenditure by account group D in % CHF mn / 16 Ordinary expenditure Operating expenditure Personnel expenditure General, administrative and operating expenditure Defense expenditure Current transfer expenditure Shares in federal receipts Compensation to public bodies Contributions to own institutions Contributions to third parties Contributions to social insurance Financial expenditures Investment expenditure Tangible fixed assets and inventories Investment contributions Other investment expenditure Federal expenditure 2016 Investment contributions and loans 8.2% Other current contributions Personnel expenditure 8.2% 8.0% General, administrative and operating expenditure 6.0% Shares in federal receipts 14.3% Defense expenditure 1.5% Tangible fixed assets 4.2% Financial expenditure 1.5% Contributions to third parties 22.9% Transfer expenditure Operating expenditure Contributions to social insurance 25.2% Financial expenditure

6 International comparison of state finances 2016 Tax-to- Gen. gov. Gross GDP ratio expenditure Deficit Debt debt % GDP (2015) ratio ratio ratio ratio Switzerland EU-euro area Germany France Italy Austria Belgium Netherlands Norway Sweden UK USA Canada OECD Ø Comparison of Swiss and euro area debt ratios in % of GDP E15 E16 Swiss debt ratio Euro area debt ratio Data sources: Federal Finance Administration FFA (Swiss data) & OECD (international data) Data status: FFA data, 6 March 2017; OECD data, November 2016 More information: Contact: kommunikation@efv.admin.ch Telephone: Distribution: No eng

7 State indicators Estimate % GDP Overall tax receipts (tax-to-gdp ratio) Confederation Cantons Municipalities Social security contributions General government expenditure (gen. gov. expenditure ratio) Confederation Cantons Municipalities Social insurance Net lending / borrowing (deficit / surplus ratio) Confederation Cantons Municipalities Social insurance Gross debt (debt ratio) Confederation Cantons Municipalities Social insurance Gross debt of government units in bn in % of GDP E15 0 Confederation Cantons Municipalities Social ins. Debt ratio

8 State expenditure in 2014 by task area CHF mn Confederation Cantons Municipalities Soc. ins. Total General administration Public order and security, defense Education Culture, sport and leisure, church Healthcare Social security Transportation and telecommunications Protection of the environment and spatial planning National economy Finances and taxes State expenditure (excluding transfers between sectors) State expenditure 2014 National economy 4.0% Public order and security, defense 7.6% General administration 8.3% Finances and taxes 3.2% Protection of the environment and spatial planning 2.9% Transportation and telecommunications 8.0% Education 17.3% Culture, sport and leisure, church 2.6% Healthcare 6.7% Social security 39.6%

9 Finances of the cantons 2015 Accounts Debt Resource Fiscal capacity Expend- Re- level index utilization CHF mn iture ceipts Balance index Zurich Bern Luzern Uri Schwyz Obwalden Nidwalden Glarus Zug Fribourg Solothurn Basel-Stadt Basel-Land Schaffhausen Appenzell A Appenzell I St. Gallen Graubünden Aargau Thurgau Ticino Vaud Valais Neuchâtel Geneva Jura Concordats Total (excluding transfers between cantons)

10 State final accounts Estimate D in % CHF mn / 15 Confederation (incl. separate accounts) Receipts Expenditure Overall fiscal balance Cantons Receipts Expenditure Overall fiscal balance Municipalities Receipts Expenditure Overall fiscal balance Social insurance Receipts Expenditure Overall fiscal balance General government sector Receipts Expenditure Overall fiscal balance (excluding transfers between sectors) Deficit/surplus ratio of the general government in % of GDP E15 Confederation Cantons Municipalities Social insurance

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