a few seconds agoDoes Switzerland still offer a high quality of living in 2026?
Periskopi(5 months ago)
(5 months ago)Switzerland is constantly listed near the chairmanship in various international studies for “quality of life”. Do you still hold that position? In the past, Switzerland and its individual cities consistently received high results in terms of living conditions offered to their residents, both Swiss and foreign. Sort [...]
In the past, Switzerland and its individual cities consistently received high results in terms of living conditions offered to their residents, both Swiss and foreign.
The latest ranking of this type, the 2026 Quality of Life Index, compiled by the database based on numerous sources of Numbeo, reveals that the country is still highly valued. Periscope.
But first: What does life quality mean?
It is a measure of subjects, rather than based on science, welfare, comfort, and general satisfaction of a person in a country where he lives.
Various studies may use different criteria to assess the quality of life; including indicators such as financial stability, security, the cost of living, infrastructure, health, education and political/economic situation in a certain country or city.
That's why Switzerland can rank very high in one category (for example, political stability), but much below in another (life school comes to mind immediately).
Numbeo's Index praises the overall quality of life, taking into account such factors as purchasing power, pollution, housing sustainability, living costs, security, quality of health care, travel times, and climate. A higher value of the index shows a better quality of living.
What are Switzerland's strengths and weaknesses in life's quality?
According to Numbeo figures, Switzerland ranks well compared to other countries in security, health care and climate.
On the other hand, it's not doing well in the Property Price Report to the Revenues, because as anyone living in Switzerland knows, property prices are extremely high here, so Switzerland has one of the lowest property rates in Europe.
However, the worst category is the cost of Living, where Switzerland ranks lower.
A Surprising Find
Switzerland may be the most expensive country of 89 countries listed in the study, but it also has the second highest purchasing power, after Kuwait.
How is that possible?
This depends on purchasing power parity (PPP) ) the financial capacity of a person or a family to buy products and services with their salaries. It seems that Switzerland's high wages compensate at least partly the high cost of living. /Periscope
