Agriculture
- Total Area: 41,277 square kilometers
- Land Area: 39,997 square kilometers
- Water Area: 1,280 square kilometers
- Climate Description: temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers
- Terrain Description: mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes
- Arable Land Use: 9.8%
- Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.57%
- Irrigated Land: 550 square kilometers
- Total Renewable Water Resources: 53.5 cubic kilometers
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 2.61 cubic kilometers per year
- Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 360.3 cubic meters per year
- Natural Hazards Description: avalanches, landslides; flash floods
- Environmental Current Issues: air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers; loss of biodiversity
- Total Labor Force: 4.954 million
- % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 3.4%
- Agricultural Products Description: grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs