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Switzerland

Follow the food-system dependencies and response capacity behind the score. Explore 2014–2023, one year at a time.

Headline snapshot: all seven indicators weighted equally, averaged across 20 filled-in datasets.

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Composite score in 20230.2500–1 · higher is more vulnerable
World rank#140Of 178 countries · rank 1 is most vulnerable
Food-basket import dependency54.8%Calorie-weighted dependency profile

A decade in context

Switzerland
0.000.250.500.751.002014201520162017201820192020202120222023Switzerland, 2014: 0.247Switzerland, 2015: 0.241Switzerland, 2016: 0.248Switzerland, 2017: 0.242Switzerland, 2018: 0.243Switzerland, 2019: 0.244Switzerland, 2020: 0.246Switzerland, 2021: 0.255Switzerland, 2022: 0.250Switzerland, 2023: 0.250

Higher means more vulnerable. All countries share the same 0–1 scale. Shading shows the range across 20 imputations, not a confidence interval.

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YearSwitzerland
20140.2470.247–0.247
20150.2410.241–0.241
20160.2480.248–0.248
20170.2420.242–0.242
20180.2430.243–0.243
20190.2440.244–0.244
20200.2460.246–0.246
20210.2550.255–0.255
20220.2500.250–0.250
20230.2500.250–0.250

The seven indicators in 2023

Bars use direction-adjusted normalized values: longer always means more vulnerable. Values beside titles retain published units; raw and normalized fields may reflect different imputation stages.

Food import burden

3.0%

Food imports as a percentage of merchandise exports. Source observations are three-year averages; 100% is the scoring saturation threshold.

Production concentration

2,304

Concentration of domestic production by tonnes. Heavy products can dominate this provisional measure.

Climate exposure

0.543

Normalized cereal-yield and population projections. This projection-based component is largely constant over the study window, not annual weather.

Adaptive capacity

0.690

ND-GAIN readiness. Higher is better: stronger capacity to respond to a shock. Darker shading indicates lower readiness.

Behind the import-dependency figure

The score uses bounded dependency values. These additional measures retain the underlying trade picture.

Gross dependency, uncapped
59.0%
Can exceed 100% for processing or re-export hubs.
Net import dependency
45.9%
Imports minus exports, relative to domestic supply; negative for net exporters.
Self-sufficiency ratio
54.1%
Basket-weighted domestic production relative to supply.
Calorie coverage
99.5%
Share of basket calories with usable dependency ratios; standalone IDR ranking requires at least 80%.

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Research context: Raghvendra Singh, TU München, BSc Management & Data Science.

This is academic context, not university endorsement. The research snapshot is presented separately from Verdantia’s current solo-founder company status.

Suggested citation: Mandawewala, S., Singh, R., and Doan, B. See the full source and citation details ↗

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Source: CEPII, BACI HS12 (V202601). Etalab Open Licence 2.0.

Source: FAO. FAOSTAT (Food Balance Sheets / Food Security), 2026. Licence CC BY 4.0. FAO does not endorse any products or services.

Source: University of Notre Dame, ND-GAIN Country Index, 2026 edition. CC BY 3.0.