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Switzerland on the 12 axes

MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.

Switzerland is typed MLPG, the Free-Market Cosmopolitan. Structure sits at the Local extreme and Authority at the Democratic extreme, with judicial constraints on the executive of 0.98 on a 0-1 scale (2025). Security leans Liberty, and Trade leans Global, with trade worth 147% of GDP (2025). Ownership and Markets lean Private and Free, and Welfare leans Self-reliant, with total government spending of 32% of GDP (2025). The international migrant stock is 31% of the population (2024), yet Culture sits at the centre.

Germany is the nearest match at 83%. Both lean Local, Democratic and Free, but Germany leans Shared on Welfare and Multicultural on Culture, while Switzerland leans Self-reliant and sits at the centre. See how its politicians and historical figures compare on the page, or take the test to see how close you are to this profile.

Laws and institutionsData 2026-10
ECONOMYSTATESOCIETYWORLDOwnershipMarketsWelfareAuthoritySecurityStructureMoralityReligionTechnologyCultureTradeForeign
Axis by axis

Where Switzerland sits

  1. 01Ownership+70
    PublicPrivate
  2. 02Markets+60
    PlannedFree
  3. 03Welfare+20
    SharedSelf-reliant
  4. 04Authority-100
    DemocraticStrong leader
  5. 05Security-80
    LibertyOrder
  6. 06Structure-100
    LocalCentral
  7. 07Morality-80
    ProgressiveTraditional
  8. 08Religion+5
    SecularReligious
  9. 09Technology+30
    EmbraceCaution
  10. 10Culture0
    MulticulturalNational identity
  11. 11Trade-80
    GlobalProtected
  12. 12Foreign policy-40
    CooperationStrength

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Switzerland: questions

What is Switzerland's type on the 12 axes?

Read from its laws and institutions, Switzerland comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.

Which countries are governed most like Switzerland?

On the 12 axes, Germany is closest at 83%, followed by Spain at 83%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.