Swiss cross-border commuter numbers on the rise

The number of cross-border commuters working in Switzerland has risen by 3% in the space of a year. Around 399,000 people with a G permit were working in Switzerland at the end of June. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox More than half of all cross-border commuters were resident in France (around 58%). Large proportions also lived in Italy (23%) and Germany (around 16%), as the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Monday. + Read how Switzerland attracts wealthy foreigners Over 160,000 of these people worked in the Lake Geneva region. Almost 79,000 worked in Ticino, around 74,000 in Northwestern Switzerland and a good 37,000 in Espace Mittelland. The FSO also noted a significant increase over the past five years. While there were 335,000 cross-border commuters in the second quarter of 2019, the number increased by almost 19% in the second quarter of 2024. Translated from German by DeepL/mga How we work This news story has been written and carefully ...