SWITZERLAND

TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION

Average annual growth rate (%)
Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010* 2000 to 2010*
Population (millions) 6.19 6.34 6.75 7.20 7.46 7.87 0.89
Population density (inhabitants/kmē) 150 159 169 180 186 191 0.59
Urban Population** as % of total N.A. 74 74 73 73 74 0.14
Area (1000 kmē) 41.285

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010** 2000 to 2010**
GDP (millions of current USD) N.A. 109852 238220 249912 372477 527920 7.77
GDP (millions of constant 2000 USD) N.A. 178231 221699 249912 258647 294741 1.66
GDP per capita (PPP* USD/capita) N.A. 13748 24379 31094 35816 41950 3.04
GDP per capita (current USD/capita) N.A. 17383 35490 34786 50084 67779 6.9

TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS (IN EXA-JOULE)

 
 
 		 Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010* 2000 to 2010*
Energy consumption**
- Total 0.665 0.848 1.009 1.104 1.138 1.188 0.73
- Solids*** 0.027 0.014 0.015 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.93
- Liquids 0.515 0.521 0.523 0.532 0.542 0.532 0
- Gases 0.002 0.036 0.068 0.102 0.117 0.126 2.15
- Nuclear 0.020 0.149 0.243 0.272 0.240 0.275 0.1
- Hydro 0.113 0.121 0.110 0.136 0.118 0.135 -0.11
- Other Renewables 0.010 0.036 0.057 0.081 0.091 0.111 3.19
- Net electricity import -0.022 -0.029 -0.008 -0.025 0.023 0.002 -
Energy production
- Total 0.129 0.206 0.248 0.308 0.290 0.337 0.9
- Solids***
- Liquids
- Gases 0.000
- Nuclear 0.007 0.049 0.081 0.091 0.080 0.092 0.12
- Hydro 0.113 0.121 0.110 0.136 0.118 0.135 -0.11
- Other Renewables 0.010 0.036 0.056 0.081 0.091 0.111 3.12
Net import (Import - Export)
- Total 0.571 0.708 0.848 0.845 0.914 0.897 0.59

TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010* 2000 to 2010*
Capacity of electrical plants (GWe)
- Combustible Fuels 0.570 0.600 0.487 0.795 0.855 0.947 1.76
- Hydro 9.620 11.450 13.125 14.895 15.010 15.537 0.42
- Nuclear 0.350 1.940 2.950 3.200 3.220 3.253 0.16
- Wind 0.000 0.003 0.012 0.042 30.2
- Geothermal
- Solar 0.002 0.015 0.026 0.111 22.16
- Total 10.540 13.990 16.564 18.908 19.123 19.890 0.51
Electricity production (TWh)
- Thermal 1.763 0.957 1.014 2.371 2.933 3.131 2.82
- Hydro 31.273 33.542 30.675 37.851 32.759 37.450 -0.11
- Nuclear 1.850 13.663 22.298 24.949 22.020 25.205 0.1
- Wind 0.003 0.008 0.037 28.56
- Geothermal
- other renewable 0.087 0.174 0.198 0.429 9.44
- Total (1) 34.886 48.162 54.074 65.348 57.918 66.252 0.14
Total Electricity consumption (TWh) 25.087 35.252 46.578 52.373 57.330 59.785 1.33

TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010*
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 107.5 133.8 149.5 153.1 152.1 151.0
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 4052.8 5560.3 6900.4 7272.0 7685.0 7596.4
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 97.4 84.2 78.5 76.4 71.9 70.8
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 5.3 28.4 41.2 38.2 38.0 38.0
Ratio of external dependency (%) (1) 85.9 83.5 84.0 76.5 80.3 75.5

TABLE 7. STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station Types Net
Capacity		 Operator Status Reactor
Supplier		 Criticality Construction
Date		 Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
year
2011
BEZNAU-1 PWR 365 Operational Axpo AG WH 1965-09-01 1969-06-30 1969-07-17 1969-09-01 96.4
BEZNAU-2 PWR 365 Operational Axpo AG WH 1968-01-01 1971-10-16 1971-10-23 1971-12-01 86.1
GOESGEN PWR 970 Operational KKG KWU 1973-12-01 1979-01-20 1979-02-02 1979-11-01 92.0
LEIBSTADT BWR 1190 Operational KKL GETSCO 1974-01-01 1984-03-09 1984-05-24 1984-12-15 91.6
MUEHLEBERG BWR 373 Operational BKW GETSCO 1967-03-01 1971-03-08 1971-07-01 1972-11-06 75.7
LUCENS HWGCR 6 Permanent Shutdown EOS NGA 1962-04-01 1966-12-29 1968-01-29 1969-01-21