Switzerland's changes in inventories (current LCU) was 30.29 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 905.85% from -3.76 billion in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 30.29 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 26.04 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -3.76 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 30.29 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -11.78 billion | 2004 |
| Average since 2016 | 9.2 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 11.88 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Switzerland's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 27.94 billion on 2024 (from 2.35 billion to 30.29 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −381.71 million and a typical year strayed about 9.33 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 27.94 billion in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.3 billion in 1975. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.1 billion a year. A straight line explains 32% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Switzerland had the 37th highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Switzerland in the 2025 ranking
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 34th of 109: 46.96 billion
- Kyrgyz Republic — 35th of 109: 43.17 billion
- Poland — 36th of 109: 32.86 billion
- Brazil — 38th of 109: 30.19 billion
- Czechia — 39th of 109: 29.69 billion
- Congo, Rep. — 40th of 109: 28.87 billion
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 56 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 30,285,247,000 |
| 2024 | 2,349,779,000 |
| 2023 | 13,865,444,000 |
| 2022 | 3,305,363,000 |
| 2021 | 10,592,293,000 |
| 2020 | 26,039,283,000 |
| 2019 | 6,507,119,000 |
| 2018 | 2,118,966,000 |
| 2017 | -2,308,453,000 |
| 2016 | -778,382,000 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Albania — 15.01 billion (2024)
- Armenia — 316.33 billion (2025)
- Austria — 679.52 million (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 3.35 billion (2025)
- Belarus — 5.85 billion (2025)
- Belgium — 11.89 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1.61 billion (2024)
- Bulgaria — 1.84 billion (2025)
- Croatia — -1.07 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — -282.7 million (2025)
- Czechia
More economic policy & debt data for Switzerland
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.08 trillion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$929.64 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$1.04 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 867.55 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$848.58 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 808.09 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$114,769 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 95,414 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$93,328 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 88,875 (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Switzerland's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- 30.29 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 154.87% from 11.88 billion in 1970 (1.72% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 30.29 billion in 2025 and the lowest -11.78 billion in 2004.
- How does Switzerland rank?
- 37th highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current LCU) unusual for Switzerland?
- In 2025, Switzerland's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 27.94 billion on 2024 (from 2.35 billion to 30.29 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −381.71 million and a typical year strayed about 9.33 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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