Foreign Direct Investment: From Japan to Switzerland
Foreign Direct Investment: From Japan to Switzerland (2015)
Japanese capital stock in Switzerland soared in 2015 to CHF 5,649 million.
Nevertheless, the number of Japanese staff in Switzerland slightly decreased in 2015 to a total of 9,388.
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Capital Stock (in Mn.) |
937 |
890 |
625 |
630 |
754 |
2431 |
3395 |
3213 |
3909 |
5649 |
% of Asia |
28.09 |
28.15 |
11.25 |
12.75 |
11.61 |
14.83 |
34.81 |
29.83 |
31.54 |
58.17 |
% of World |
0.29 |
0.22 |
0.13 |
0.12 |
0.13 |
0.38 |
0.50 |
0.46 |
0.51 |
0.68 |
Japanese staff in Switzerland |
4323 |
4501 |
5118 |
5597 |
6305 |
7771 |
8665 |
9919 |
9801 |
9388 |
The largest foreign investors in Switzerland are the European Union (78%) and the United States (11.7%). Japan accounts for 0.7% of total FDI in Switzerland and represents more than half of the Asian, African and Oceanian FDI.
Source: Swiss National Bank
Update: December, 2016