Heating Degree Days, per capita in Switzerland
Switzerland: Heating Degree Days, per capita was 0.0008 units per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Heating Degree Days, per capita in Switzerland, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for heating degree days, per capita in Switzerland is 0.0008 units per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, heating degree days, per capita in Switzerland peaked at 0.0018 units per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0008 units per person, in 2024.
Switzerland ranks 33rd of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Heating Degree Days, per capita in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0017 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0016 units per person | -8.1% |
| 1962 | 0.0018 units per person | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0017 units per person | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0016 units per person | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0017 units per person | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0015 units per person | -6.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0015 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0015 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0015 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0016 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0015 units per person | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0015 units per person | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0015 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0014 units per person | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0015 units per person | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0015 units per person | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0014 units per person | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0015 units per person | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0015 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0015 units per person | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0015 units per person | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0014 units per person | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0014 units per person | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0015 units per person | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0015 units per person | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0014 units per person | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0014 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0013 units per person | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0013 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0013 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0014 units per person | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0013 units per person | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0013 units per person | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0012 units per person | -10.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0013 units per person | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0013 units per person | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0012 units per person | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0012 units per person | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0012 units per person | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0012 units per person | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0012 units per person | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0011 units per person | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0012 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0012 units per person | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0012 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0011 units per person | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0011 units per person | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0011 units per person | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0011 units per person | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0012 units per person | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 0.001 units per person | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0011 units per person | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0011 units per person | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.001 units per person | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 0.001 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.001 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.001 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0009 units per person | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0009 units per person | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0009 units per person | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.001 units per person | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0009 units per person | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0008 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0008 units per person | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0016 units per person | 0.0015 units per person | 0.0018 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0015 units per person | 0.0014 units per person | 0.0016 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0014 units per person | 0.0013 units per person | 0.0015 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0013 units per person | 0.0012 units per person | 0.0014 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0011 units per person | 0.0011 units per person | 0.0012 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.001 units per person | 0.0009 units per person | 0.0012 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0009 units per person | 0.0008 units per person | 0.001 units per person | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4333 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.458 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.33 °C (2025)
- Cooling Degree Days, annual growth rate -19.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, gaps filled 7,597 (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is heating degree days, per capita in Switzerland?
- Heating degree days, per capita in Switzerland was 0.0008 units per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest heating degree days, per capita recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0018 units per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest heating degree days, per capita recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0008 units per person in 2024.
- How does Switzerland rank for heating degree days, per capita?
- Switzerland ranks 33rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is heating degree days, per capita rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Heating Degree Days divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Heating Degree Days ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Heating Degree Days World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Heating Degree Days divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.