Federal finances
The Confederation's accounts, budget and financial plan, spending by federal office, subsidies with their legal basis, and federal procurement contracts. Plus the finances of the cantons, municipalities and social insurance, fiscal equalisation and international comparison.
Data as of 22 October 2026 · checked nightly for new publications
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Federal budget
Accounts, budget and financial plan of the Confederation: expenditure by task area and type, revenue by tax, debt.
- Scope
- Annual values in Swiss francs
- Period
- 1990–2030
- Breakdown
- Task area; type of expenditure and revenue
- Publisher
- Federal Finance Administration (FFA); Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern
Sources
Method and citation
- Whether a year is accounts, budget or financial plan is not stated in the data. The FFA overwrites budget and financial plan with each update; zbern has kept earlier versions since October 2026.
- The accounting model changed with the year 2023.
zbern.ch: Federal budget. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Federal Finance Administration (FFA); Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern. https://zbern.ch/en/data/finances#bundeshaushalt
Federal Administration: staff and spending by office
Staff expenditure, full-time equivalents, IT and consultancy expenditure by department and administrative unit.
- Scope
- 86 administrative units
- Period
- 2007–2030
- Breakdown
- Department, administrative unit
- Publisher
- Federal Finance Administration (FFA)
Sources
Method and citation
- The most recent years are budget and financial plan, not accounts.
- Renamed or merged units appear under each of their names.
zbern.ch: Federal Administration: staff and spending by office. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Federal Finance Administration (FFA). https://zbern.ch/en/data/finances#bundesverwaltung
Federal subsidies
The federal subsidy register: every budget item with financial assistance, compensation or mandatory contributions, with amounts, legal basis and the related votes in the National Council.
- Scope
- 291 current subsidies
- Period
- Amounts 1980–2025
- Breakdown
- Subsidy; office, task area, form
- Publisher
- Federal Finance Administration (FFA); Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern
Sources
Method and citation
- Amounts every five years from 1980 to 2005, annually thereafter.
- Description and legal basis are the current text, not the earlier one.
- The SR numbers of the legal bases and the link to the votes were derived from the texts by zbern.
- The register also holds subsidies that have ended.
zbern.ch: Federal subsidies. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Federal Finance Administration (FFA); Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern. https://zbern.ch/en/data/finances#subventionen
Federal procurement
Contracts of the central Federal Administration from CHF 50,000: office, supplier, subject, procedure and value.
- Scope
- 47,708 contracts
- Period
- Contract years 2021–2025
- Breakdown
- Contract; office, supplier, procedure
- Publisher
- Federal Procurement Conference (FPC); Federal Office of the Commercial Register (FCRO), Zefix; matched by zbern
Sources
Method and citation
- Only the central Federal Administration, excluding the ETH Domain, SBB and Swiss Post.
- Contracts and suppliers have no identifier. zbern matched suppliers with the same name and postcode to the commercial register (UID).
- Natural persons appear by name, as published.
zbern.ch: Federal procurement. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Federal Procurement Conference (FPC); Federal Office of the Commercial Register (FCRO), Zefix; matched by zbern. https://zbern.ch/en/data/finances#beschaffungen
Fiscal equalisation (NFA)
Fiscal equalisation between the Confederation and the cantons: resource index, resource equalisation and cost compensation by canton and year.
- Scope
- Indicators by canton and year
- Period
- 2008–2027
- Breakdown
- Canton
- Publisher
- Federal Finance Administration (FFA)
Sources
Method and citation
- zbern compiled the names and units of the indicators from the FFA data portal and the Federal Act on Financial and Cost Equalisation (FiLaG).
- The most recent years may be provisional.
zbern.ch: Fiscal equalisation (NFA). Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Federal Finance Administration (FFA). https://zbern.ch/en/data/finances#finanzausgleich
Finances of the Confederation, cantons, municipalities and social insurance
Expenditure and revenue of all levels of government by function and type, based on the financial statistics model.
- Scope
- Annual values in Swiss francs
- Period
- 1990–2024; Confederation and social insurance to 2025
- Breakdown
- Level of government, canton; function, account category
- Publisher
- Federal Finance Administration (FFA)
Sources
Method and citation
- Do not add up the levels: consolidated levels net out the payments between their parts.
zbern.ch: Finances of the Confederation, cantons, municipalities and social insurance. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Federal Finance Administration (FFA). https://zbern.ch/en/data/finances#finanzstatistik
Public finances in international comparison
Deficit, expenditure, revenue, tax and debt ratios of general government, compared with other countries.
- Scope
- 195 countries and country groups
- Period
- 1990–2027
- Breakdown
- Country; indicator, function
- Publisher
- Federal Finance Administration (FFA)
Sources
Method and citation
- General government (all levels), not the Confederation alone.
- Forecasts from the current year onwards. Each value states its source: IMF, OECD or FFA.
zbern.ch: Public finances in international comparison. Data as of 22 October 2026. Sources: Federal Finance Administration (FFA). https://zbern.ch/en/data/finances#internationaler-vergleich
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