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Central EuropeSwitzerland
Capital Bern · Median age 42
3 mobility routesPath to citizenshipMin presence 183 days/yrTemperateContinentalHighland
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Switzerland: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of livingUnknown—
Healthcare99
Safety87
Climate resilience72
3 mobility routes
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Ways in
Every mobility asset the live catalog holds for this country. Open one for the full requirement detail.
Presence rules
How much time you must spend on the ground
Derived from each program’s stated physical-presence requirement.
Lowest presence requirement
183 days/yrZero-presence route
Not statedPrograms stating presence
3Work Visa as a Foreign National183 days/yr
Residence Permit Without Gainful Activity183 days/yr
Swiss Residence Program183 days/yr
Where to land
City archetypes
Landing-zone comparisons — climate, cost bands, and community.
Not yet sourced
City-level landing guides for Switzerland are not committed to the catalog yet.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
117| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Global Life-Work Balance Index | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| IMD | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| StartUp Blink | — | unverified | — |
| The Economist | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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