Number of cross-border commuters increased by three percent in the second quarter
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Listening: 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.
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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.
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.
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