Public service Immigration to Switzerland has slowed down according to the federal government
Immigration to Switzerland slowed down last year. On the one hand, more foreign nationals left Switzerland again, and on the other, fewer people moved here than in 2024.
26.01.2026, 10:30
SDA
83,000 foreign nationals resident in Switzerland would have left Switzerland in 2025, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) wrote on Monday based on provisional figures. This is around 5 percent more than in the previous year.
At the same time, around 165,000 foreign nationals arrived in Switzerland, around 3% fewer than in 2024, according to the SEM, meaning that net immigration of foreign nationals fell for the second time in a row. For 2025, it was 75,000 people, 10 percent lower than in 2024.
Around 5% fewer people moved to Switzerland from EU and EFTA states than in 2024. For most of them, the reason for this was a job. Around 20 percent fewer new immigrants came from third countries. At the end of 2025, around 2.4 million foreigners were living in the country.
