Net worth percentile in Switzerland

The median adult
CHF 140k≈ $180,000

Half of Switzerland holds less; assets minus debts

Top 10% begins at
CHF 1.3m≈ $1,700,000
One adult in ten holds more
Top 1% begins at
CHF 7.0m≈ $9,100,000
50× the median adult
0255075100CHF 10kCHF 100kCHF 1mCHF 10m SHARE OF ADULTS AT OR BELOW Bottom 10%CHF 20.2kTop 10%CHF 1.3mTop 1%CHF 7m Median, CHF 140k 050100CHF 10kCHF 1mCHF 10m Top 1%CHF 7m Median, CHF 140k

Share of adults at or below each net worth in Switzerland (2026 figures, log scale), the median marked. Type your own number into the full tool to place yourself.

In Switzerland the median adult holds CHF 140k in net worth, the top 10% begins at CHF 1.3m and the top 1% at CHF 7.0m.

The ladder in Switzerland

The median adult in Switzerland holds CHF 140k; reaching the top 10% takes CHF 1.3m, and the top 1% begins at CHF 7.0m; a gap of 50× between the middle and the top line.

50× the medianhow far the top 1% line sits above the middle
#6 of 30where this median ranks among measured countries, at held rates

The full ladder

Every published line for Switzerland, in CHF.

The lineIn CHF
Bottom 10%CHF 20.2k≈ $26,000
Bottom 25%CHF 54.4k≈ $71,000
MedianCHF 163k≈ $210,000
Top 25%CHF 490k≈ $640,000
Top 10%CHF 1.3m≈ $1,700,000
Top 5%CHF 2.4m≈ $3,100,000
Top 1%CHF 7.0m≈ $9,100,000
Top 0.1%CHF 32.9m≈ $43,000,000

Peers by median

Converted to USD at held rates, so the four nearest countries sit on one scale.

New Zealand$208k United Kingdom$176k Denmark$216k Canada$152k

Questions people ask

What is the median net worth in Switzerland?
About CHF 140k per adult (2026 figures, published by UBS): assets minus debts, couples split equally. Half of adults hold less.
What net worth puts you in the top 10% in Switzerland?
About CHF 1.3m per adult. The top 1% begins at CHF 7.0m, roughly 50 times the median adult's holding in Switzerland.
Is this household or individual wealth?
Individual, per adult, couples split equally: household figures run higher. The calculator places any number you type on this same curve.
Where do the figures come from?
The fitted national wealth distribution (lognormal body, Pareto tail) built on the World Inequality Database, published by UBS for the median. The full tool draws the same curve for 216 countries.

Method and sources

  • World Inequality DatabasePer-adult net wealth distributions
  • UBS Global Wealth ReportPublished medians, where available
The computation

The same fitted distribution the net worth percentile tool draws for Switzerland, read at the published percentile points; the median is published by UBS.

What these figures do not cover
  • Per-adult wealth, couples split equally.
  • Figures in CHF. 2026 figures, indexed from the 2024 measured base with published per-country growth.

Last updated July 2026.

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