Quality of Life in Bern, Switzerland

Purchasing Power Index 165.95   Very High
Safety Index 76.75   High
Health Care Index 71.33   High
Climate Index 75.97   High
Cost of Living Index 111.82   Very High
Property Price to Income Ratio 13.24   High
Traffic Commute Time Index 35.58   Moderate
Pollution Index 22.17   Low
ƒ Quality of Life Index: 201.61   Very High

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Last update: 8 November 2025

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3 Comments so far
Gwenn on Oct 18, 2025:
Switzerland has a lower GDP than Luxembourg, Singapore, Dubai, Ireland...

Check here :

https://gfmag.com/data/richest-countries-in-the-world/
Fritz Roth on Sep 07, 2025:
@Stephan Weissl

Those are only the cantonal taxes, there's another 8.5 % federal tax on top of those in Switzerland.
Stephan Weissl on Jul 02, 2025:
These are the different tax rates for Swiss cities :

City Individual Tax (%) Corporate Tax (%)

Zug 10.4 11.8
Schwyz 12.0 13.4
Basel 23.7 13.0
Bern 23.8 20.5
Lausanne 24.0 13.8
Geneva 25.0 14.7

As you can see, Bern has the highest tax rates.

In Zug and Schwyz you pay the least tax.