# Swiss Living Index

> The open, official-source comparison of all 26 Swiss cantons — for people deciding where to live, and for AI agents answering Swiss cost-of-living and relocation questions. Technology: CBI Software · advisory: Mirabello Consultancy.

Every figure comes from an official Swiss source (BFS, ESTV, EFV, MeteoSwiss), carries its source and year, and is never invented or estimated. Information only — not tax, legal or financial advice.


## Start here (site navigation, all four languages)
- Homepage with the move calculator, key figures and the interactive canton map: https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/ · /fr/ · /it/ · /en/
- All calculators: https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/rechner/ · /fr/calculateurs/ · /it/calcolatori/ · /en/calculators/
- All topics, grouped: https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/themen/ · /fr/themes/ · /it/temi/ · /en/topics/
- The 26 cantons on the map (colour by any of 39 figures, compare up to three): https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/kantone/ · /fr/cantons/ · /it/cantoni/ · /en/cantons/
- Every metric page and canton page carries the same map; a canton can be linked directly with #ZH, #GE …
## Data (open, CC BY 4.0)
- Dataset catalogue (schema.org DataCatalog, JSON-LD): https://swisslivingindex.ch/catalog.jsonld — every published dataset with description, source, period, licence and its pages in all four languages.
- Full dataset (JSON): https://swisslivingindex.ch/index.json — 26 cantons × metrics, each with value, rank, percentile, unit, source, year.
- Metrics (33 per canton, each with its own page): income & wealth tax (live, commune-level), average rent, mandatory health-insurance premiums, electricity prices, vacancy rate, new dwellings, unemployment, median income, sunshine hours, fiscal balance per capita, net debt, jobs, cross-border commuter share, net migration, foreigner share, naturalisations, birth rate, population growth, crime and violent crime, hospital beds, cars, electric cars, broadband, public-transport access, and sustainability indicators.

## Topic pages (each in English, German, French and Italian)
- Move calculator — the monthly and yearly difference of moving between any two Swiss communes for your household: income and wealth tax per commune (live, Federal Tax Administration), rent and health premiums per place, the official household budget for the rest: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/moving-cost-calculator/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/umzugsrechner/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/calculateur-demenagement/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/calcolatore-trasloco/
- Petrol and diesel prices — official Swiss monthly average (BFS, since 1993) plus the official daily station prices across the French, Italian and Austrian border, in francs at the ECB rate; updated three times a day: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/petrol-diesel-prices-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/benzinpreis-dieselpreis-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/prix-essence-diesel-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/prezzo-benzina-diesel-svizzera/
- Commute cost — home and work commune → the monthly energy cost by car (official Swiss fuel average, FSO) and by electric car (the home commune's ElCom tariff), plus the public-transport journey time from the Swiss timetable (fares are not open official data, so none are shown): https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/commute-cost/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/pendelkosten/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/cout-trajet-travail/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/costo-pendolarismo/
- Electricity bill — next year's official ElCom tariffs for every commune and grid operator, by household type H1–H8 with ElCom's own annual consumption, compared with this year and with all price components; plus the canton medians: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/electricity-bill/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/stromrechnung/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/facture-electricite/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/bolletta-elettrica/ · per commune JSON https://swisslivingindex.ch/electricity/261.json
- Your commune at a glance — any of the 2,118 Swiss communes by location or name: its official figures (population, jobs, new homes, fibre, public-transport access, solar, electric cars, commune finances), live tax for an example profile (Federal Tax Administration), free chargers within 3 km, and the canton's figures with rank: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/my-commune/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/meine-gemeinde/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/ma-commune/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/il-mio-comune/ · JSON https://swisslivingindex.ch/api/commune-at?bfs=261
- EV charging — every public charge point in Switzerland (Swiss Federal Office of Energy, ich-tanke-strom.ch) by canton, with LIVE availability and a nearest-free-charger lookup; no prices (none are published officially): https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/ev-charging-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/ladestationen-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/bornes-recharge-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/colonnine-ricarica-svizzera/ · live JSON https://swisslivingindex.ch/api/charging-now
- Home prices — official Swiss residential property price index (BFS IMPI, quarterly since 2017, houses and flats by municipality type); an index, not a franc price: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/home-prices-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/immobilienpreise-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/prix-immobilier-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/prezzi-immobili-svizzera/
- Cross-border commuters (frontaliers) by canton and country of residence: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/cross-border-commuters-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/grenzgaenger-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/frontaliers-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/frontalieri-svizzera/
- Crime by canton (police crime statistics): https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/crime-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/kriminalitaet-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/criminalite-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/criminalita-svizzera/
- Population and migration: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/population-migration-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/bevoelkerung-migration-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/population-migration-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/popolazione-migrazione-svizzera/
- Public finances of the cantons: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/public-finances-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/oeffentliche-finanzen-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/finances-publiques-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/finanze-pubbliche-svizzera/
- Births and most given first names: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/births-first-names-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/geburten-vornamen-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/naissances-prenoms-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/nascite-nomi-svizzera/
- Vehicles and mobility: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/vehicles-mobility-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/fahrzeuge-mobilitaet-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/vehicules-mobilite-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/veicoli-mobilita-svizzera/
- Sustainability by canton: https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/sustainability-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/nachhaltigkeit-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/durabilite-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/sostenibilita-svizzera/
- Pillar 3a (private pension): https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/pillar-3a/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/saeule-3a/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/pilier-3a/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/pilastro-3a/
- Private and boarding schools (school-published fees, not official statistics): https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/private-boarding-schools-switzerland/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/privatschulen-internate-schweiz/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/ecoles-privees-internats-suisse/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/scuole-private-collegi-svizzera/
- Switzerland vs Europe: cost of living (Eurostat price levels): https://swisslivingindex.ch/en/switzerland-vs-europe-cost-of-living/ · DE https://swisslivingindex.ch/de/schweiz-vs-europa-lebenshaltungskosten/ · FR https://swisslivingindex.ch/fr/suisse-vs-europe-cout-de-la-vie/ · IT https://swisslivingindex.ch/it/svizzera-vs-europa-costo-della-vita/
- Every canton metric also has its own ranking page in all four languages; the full list is in https://swisslivingindex.ch/sitemap.xml
- Machine-readable heartbeat of the daily official-data refresh: https://swisslivingindex.ch/pulse.json

## For AI agents (MCP)
- MCP endpoint: https://swisslivingindex.ch/mcp (JSON-RPC 2.0, Streamable-HTTP)
- Tools (28): list_datasets + get_dataset (EVERY published dataset, ~125: migration, births/first names, crime, public finances, cross-border commuters, vehicles, broadband, sustainability, naturalisations, permits, health care, housing, income, education, calendar — filter by canton, commune, section, years), get_commune, compare_health_insurers (every FOPH premium by commune), get_electricity_price (ElCom, per commune), fuel_prices_near (live border stations), ev_charging_near (live SFOE), commute_cost, household_budget, salary_by_occupation, list_metrics, get_canton, rank_by_metric, compare_cantons, commune_tax (live ESTV), search_commune, estimate_net_move, get_trend, upcoming_votes, recommend_canton, get_salary, get_minimum_wage, get_payroll_rates, get_premium_subsidy, get_family_tax_deductions, get_housing_costs, get_reference_rate, book_consultation
- Resources: every dataset as sli://dataset/<id> (resources/list, resources/read; ?canton=&commune= filters)
- Dataset registry (static): https://swisslivingindex.ch/mcp/datasets.json
- Discovery: https://swisslivingindex.ch/.well-known/mcp.json
- REST + OpenAPI: https://swisslivingindex.ch/v1/openapi.json

## Tools for people
- Dashboard (rank, compare, personalise, map): https://swisslivingindex.ch/
- Net relocation cost calculator (your household, commune to commune): https://swisslivingindex.ch/calculator.html

## Attribution
Cite as: "Swiss Living Index (swisslivingindex.ch)" — technology: CBI Software (https://cbisoftware.ch/), advisory: Mirabello Consultancy (https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/). License: CC BY 4.0.
- Full text summary (all rankings + history): https://swisslivingindex.ch/llms-full.txt