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Culture Quest: Switzerland

For basic information and a statistical overview of United Nations member countries and links to local newspapers, visit: http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp

To review the on-line version of the World Factbook with information about this country as compiled by the CIA, please visit: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

To learn more about the culture and the people of Switzerland and to see some surprising and beautiful pictures, visit http://www.switzerland-in-sight.ch/eng/index.html?siteSect=100

Education

  1. Percentage of 17 year olds enrolled in secondary schools: 85 (compared with 79 in the US).
  2. Number of bachelor’s degree recipients per 100 people of typical graduation age in 2003: 20.9 (compared with 33.4 in the US).