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Cross-border commuters

How many people living abroad work in Switzerland (foreign cross-border commuters).

Foreign cross-border commuters in the fourth quarter (persons)

Headline indicator

Official figure

Latest value (2025) 408,396

Foreign cross-border commuters in the fourth quarter (persons)

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  • Foreign cross-border commuters in the fourth quarter (persons)

Foreign cross-border commuters in the fourth quarter (persons) rose from 138,248 in 1999 to 408,396 in 2025.

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Data shown in the chart “Foreign cross-border commuters in the fourth quarter (persons)”
YearForeign cross-border commuters in the fourth quarter (persons)
1999138,248
2000149,021
2001160,657
2002165,296
2003168,923
2004174,205
2005178,568
2006195,046
2007209,974
2008217,766
2009222,832
2010234,091
2011255,944
2012271,835
2013283,894
2014295,326
2015303,081
2016311,954
2017321,164
2018326,055
2019338,890
2020341,342
2021358,428
2022381,534
2023396,954
2024403,416
2025408,396

Three answers

Proposals of the left, the centre and the right, summarised by Votara editors from the parties' own documents and from parliamentary business. They are not Votara's opinion.

Left: SP and Greens · Centre: Die Mitte and GLP · Right: SVP and FDP. This grouping is an editorial choice by Votara. Source for the parties' left–right placement: Selects 2023 election study (FORS, in German)

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Related federal votes

No vote is assigned to this sub-problem itself; these are the votes on Jobs & wages.

Selection: votes that Swissvotes assigns to this topic's policy area (Swissvotes codebook), and votes linked by Votara editors.

Each line is one vote, from 1848 to 2027: accepted rejected upcoming

Accepted: 12 of 36

Upcoming

  1. Priority of collective employment agreements over cantonal minimum wages Upcoming

The 10 most recent of 36 past votes

  1. Service Citoyen Initiative Rejected
  2. Nursing initiative Accepted
  3. Paternity leave Accepted
  4. Initiative «For an unconditional basic income» Rejected
  5. Minimum Wage Initiative Rejected
  6. Initiative «1:12 – For fair wages» Rejected
  7. Employment Act (opening hours of petrol station shops) Accepted
  8. Initiative «Against abusive remuneration (rip-off initiative)» Accepted
  9. Initiative «6 weeks of holidays for all» Rejected
  10. Arbeitsgesetz (Sonntagsarbeit) Accepted

Source: Année politique suisse, University of Bern — Swissvotes – database of federal popular votes (data 1848–2027, source checked on ) Checks failing