Venture capital investments in Switzerland
Switzerland: Venture capital investments was 0.167 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Switzerland, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, venture capital investments in Switzerland stood at 0.167 Percentage of GDP. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.5% on the previous year and up 261.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Switzerland peaked at 0.167 Percentage of GDP in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0206 Percentage of GDP, in 2012.
Switzerland ranks 5th of 28 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0705 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0363 Percentage of GDP | -48.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0437 Percentage of GDP | +20.5% |
| 2010 | 0.035 Percentage of GDP | -19.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0342 Percentage of GDP | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0206 Percentage of GDP | -39.9% |
| 2013 | 0.028 Percentage of GDP | +36.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0274 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0462 Percentage of GDP | +68.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0512 Percentage of GDP | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0466 Percentage of GDP | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0669 Percentage of GDP | +43.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0693 Percentage of GDP | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0799 Percentage of GDP | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0914 Percentage of GDP | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 0.1033 Percentage of GDP | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 0.085 Percentage of GDP | -17.7% |
| 2024 | 0.129 Percentage of GDP | +51.7% |
| 2025 | 0.167 Percentage of GDP | +29.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0502 Percentage of GDP | 0.0363 Percentage of GDP | 0.0705 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0426 Percentage of GDP | 0.0206 Percentage of GDP | 0.0693 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1093 Percentage of GDP | 0.0799 Percentage of GDP | 0.167 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 2 Croatia 0.0091 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 United States of America 0.6244 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Netherlands 0.0998 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Lithuania 0.0651 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Sweden 0.2056 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Canada 0.1845 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Poland 0.0337 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Slovenia 0.0254 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Latvia 0.0166 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1624 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 New Zealand 0.1527 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Denmark 0.1299 Percentage of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Switzerland
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.6894 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.2 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1893 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per capita 21,720 current US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.1573 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita 18,057 current LCU per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1827 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 20,973 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 19,110 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 5.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Switzerland?
- Venture capital investments in Switzerland was 0.167 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.167 Percentage of GDP in 2025.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0206 Percentage of GDP in 2012.
- How does Switzerland rank for venture capital investments?
- Switzerland ranks 5th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 261.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org