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OEE benchmark Switzerland 2026: manufacturing data, sector targets and downtime cost

The short answer: Manufacturing is 19.6% of gross value added in Switzerland (2024) and employs about 651,230 people. Robot density is 294 robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees (2024), against a world average of 132. Loaded labour cost in manufacturing is 66.2 USD/h (2020), which is the number that turns an hour of downtime into money. Typical OEE in the country's leading sectors runs 35–92%; the sector world-class targets are in the table below.

Official manufacturing statistics for Switzerland, the OEE ranges that apply to its leading sectors, a downtime-cost calculator preloaded with national labour and energy costs, and the incentives that can fund a monitoring project.

Key figures

Manufacturing share
19.6
% gross value added
2024 · ec.europa.eu
Manufacturing value added
170.9
EUR bn
2024 · ec.europa.eu
Manufacturing employment
651.2
thousand persons
2024 · ec.europa.eu
Manufacturing enterprises
19,328
2023 · ec.europa.eu
Labour cost (manufacturing)
66.2
USD per hour
2020 · db.nomics.world · secondary source
Industrial electricity price
not published in an official source we could read
Robot density
294
robots per 10,000 employees
2024 · ifr.org
Enterprises using AI
not published in an official source we could read

Leading sectors and the OEE ranges that apply

The first columns are Switzerland's own sector mix (Federal Statistical Office (FSO / BFS / OFS)). The OEE columns are the oee-benchmark.org editorial ranges for that sector type: they are benchmarks for plants, not national statistics.

SectorWeightTypical OEEWorld-class targetDominant lossA × P × Q
Pharmaceuticals (C21)
Pharmaceuticals
27.99% of manufacturing value added (est.); VA 43,437 M EUR; 55,815 persons employed; 229 enterprises (2023)35–45%70%Validation & changeover80% × 90% × 97%
Machinery & equipment n.e.c. (C28)
Metal fabrication / machine shop
8.34% of manufacturing value added (est.) (2023)45–65%78%Setup & idling85% × 88% × 96%
Chemicals (C20)
Continuous process (chemical, pulp)
5.32% of manufacturing value added (est.) (2023)80–92%92%Unplanned stops95% × 97% × 99.5%
Computer, electronic, optical incl. watches (C26) and fabricated metals (C25)
Electronics & semiconductors
confidential in Eurostat SBS 2023 (flag C) — no figure (2023)75–90%88%Reduced speed & defects93% × 96% × 99%

Downtime cost calculator: Switzerland defaults

Change any input and the result updates. The labour and electricity defaults are the national statistics quoted above, not your plant's figures; replace them with your own numbers for a real estimate.

Estimated downtime cost
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per year · – per month
  • labour–
  • energy–
  • lost margin–

Industrial hubs

Regions ranked by official manufacturing employment or output. Each hub page lists the plants that set the local benchmark.

HubManufacturing employmentKey sectorsNotable plants
Zürich / Aargau
CH04 (Zürich) + CH03 (Nordwestschweiz incl. Aargau) NUTS2 / canton
143 thousand persons (2024)
zh.ch
machinery & plant engineering, electrical equipment / power tech (ABB), electronics & optics, textile machinery (Rieter)ABB, Rieter
Basel (Basel-Stadt / Basel-Landschaft)
CH03 (Nordwestschweiz) NUTS2 / canton
44.9 % (2022)
share of cantonal value added from chemicals & pharma, Basel-Stadt
fkd-sta-files.bl.ch
pharma & chemicals, life sciences, process instrumentationRoche, Novartis
Arc jurassien (Neuchâtel – Jura – Bern)
CH02 (Espace Mittelland) NUTS2 / cantons
17,511 persons in Neuchâtel (2024)
fhs.swiss
watchmaking, microtechnology / precision machining, medtechTissot (Swatch Group), Rolex

Funding and incentives for monitoring projects (status October 2026)

Programmes a production-monitoring or OEE project can use. Status was checked on the operator's page in October 2026; anything we could not confirm is marked unverified.

ProgrammeOperatorWhat it fundsStatusSource
Innosuisse – Innovation projects with implementation partnerInnosuisse (Swiss Innovation Agency)Funds the research-partner share of company/university innovation projects to develop new products, services or processesopen
open
innosuisse.admin.ch
Innosuisse – Innovation chequeInnosuisseVoucher for SMEs to run a preliminary study with a Swiss research partneropen
open (listed)
innosuisse.admin.ch
Innosuisse – Flagship Initiative / Swiss Accelerator / BRIDGEInnosuisse (BRIDGE jointly with SNSF)Systemic multi-partner innovation (Flagship); growth projects for established SMEs (Swiss Accelerator, transitional); research-to-market (BRIDGE)open
open (listed; call dates via 'Overview of calls')
innosuisse.admin.ch

Trade shows and events 2026–2027

EventCityDatesSource
SINDEX 2027 (Swiss industrial automation fair)Bern31 August – 2 September 2027sindex.ch
EPHJ 2027 (watchmaking, microtechnology, medtech suppliers)Geneva (Palexpo)8–11 June 2027ephj.ch

Editor's note

Switzerland's manufacturing is unusual: pharma alone is 28% of manufacturing value added, and the Arc jurassien watch and microtechnology cluster works to tolerances most benchmarks ignore. The national figures (19.6% of value added, 651,000 employed, 294 robots per 10,000 employees) hide that split, so compare by cluster: pharma lines rarely pass 70% OEE because of validation and changeover, while machining cells in Aargau or Zurich are measured against metal-fabrication ranges. Labour cost and electricity are not published in the Eurostat series, so enter your own figures in the calculator.

How to use this benchmark

Measure first. Log availability, performance and quality per line for four weeks before comparing with the sector ranges; a benchmark without your own baseline is a guess.
Compare within your sector, not with the national average. A packaging line at 72% may be world-class; a bottling line at 72% has room.
Price the gap. Use the calculator with your own labour cost and margin, then check the incentives table: several programmes fund the sensors and software that close it.
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Switzerland OEE Benchmark Pack 2026

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  • Sector OEE ranges: typical, world-class, A×P×Q
  • Downtime-cost calculator preloaded with Switzerland labour and energy costs
  • Incentives and 2026–2027 events

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Frequently asked questions

What is a good OEE in Switzerland?

There is no national OEE statistic: OEE is measured per line, and the useful comparison is by sector. For Switzerland's leading sectors the typical range is 35–92% and the world-class targets are listed above. Most plants that start measuring sit near 60%.

Where do these figures come from?

Manufacturing weight, employment, labour cost, energy price and robot density come from official statistics (Federal Statistical Office (FSO / BFS / OFS), Eurostat, the World Bank and the IFR); every figure links to the page it was read from. The OEE ranges are oee-benchmark.org editorial benchmarks.

What is in the Switzerland benchmark pack?

An Excel workbook with the country profile and sources, the hub table, the sector OEE ranges, a downtime-cost calculator with the national defaults already filled in, and the incentives and events lists. It is free; we ask for a work email.

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Sources and method

Figures are quoted as published, with the year and unit of each source; we do not convert currencies or estimate missing values. OEE ranges follow the oee-benchmark.org editorial process. Published by TEEPTRAK SAS, which sells production-monitoring and OEE software.

Data checked October 2026

  1. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_a10?geo=CH&unit=PC_TOT&na_item=B1G&nace_r2=C&time=2024
  2. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_a10?geo=CH&unit=CP_MEUR&na_item=B1G&nace_r2=C&time=2024
  3. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_a10_e?geo=CH&unit=THS_PER&na_item=EMP_DC&nace_r2=C&time=2024
  4. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/FRA;CHE;IRL;NOR/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS?format=json&date=2022:2024&per_page=50
  5. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lc_lci_lev?geo=CH&nace_r2=C&time=2024
  6. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lc_lci_lev?geo=CH&nace_r2=C&time=2020&unit=EUR&lcstruct=D1_D4_MD5
  7. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nrg_pc_205?geo=CH&nrg_cons=MWH2000-19999&unit=KWH&currency=EUR&tax=X_VAT&time=2024-S2
  8. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_eb_ain2?geo=CH&time=2024&unit=PC_ENT&indic_is=E_AI_TANY&nace_r2=C
  9. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_sc_ovw?geo=CH&nace_r2=C&indic_sbs=ENT_NR&size_emp=TOTAL&time=2023
  10. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_sc_ovw?geo=CH&nace_r2=C21&size_emp=TOTAL&time=2023
  11. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_sc_ovw?geo=CH&nace_r2=C26&size_emp=TOTAL&time=2023&indic_sbs=AV_MFG_PC
  12. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_sc_ovw?geo=CH&nace_r2=C28&size_emp=TOTAL&time=2023&indic_sbs=AV_MFG_PC
  13. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_sc_ovw?geo=CH&nace_r2=C20&size_emp=TOTAL&time=2023&indic_sbs=AV_MFG_PC
  14. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_sc_ovw?geo=CH&nace_r2=C25&size_emp=TOTAL&time=2023&indic_sbs=AV_MFG_PC
  15. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10r_3empers?geo=CH04&unit=THS&wstatus=EMP&nace_r2=C&time=2023
  16. https://ifr.org/news/robot-density-surges-in-europe-asia-and-americas/
  17. https://www.zh.ch/de/wirtschaft-arbeit/zuercher-wirtschaftszahlen/struktur-loehne.html
  18. https://www.bs.ch/wsu/awa/basler-wirtschaft-zahlen/arbeitsmarkt
  19. https://fkd-sta-files.bl.ch/ogd/Publikationsarchiv/Berichte_und_Broschueren/2024_Wirtschaftsbericht_BS_BL_JU.pdf
  20. https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/core/projects/13/xshared/pdf/27082_131.pdf
  21. https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/core/projects/13/xshared/pdf/27057_131.pdf
  22. https://www.fhs.swiss/eng/2025_01_23_03_CP_Recensement.html
  23. https://www.admin.ch/de/newnsb/8nuE_fvwnfqCu8OHNOwKu
  24. https://ckan.opendata.swiss/dataset/median-strompreis-fur-die-schweiz
  25. https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-100412.html
  26. https://www.innosuisse.admin.ch/en
  27. https://www.innosuisse.admin.ch/en/funding-for-national-projects
  28. https://www.sindex.ch/
  29. https://www.ephj.ch/
  30. https://www.rieter.com/company/locations
  31. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABB
  32. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_Holding
  33. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novartis
  34. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolex
  35. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissot
  36. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesamtanlageneffektivit%C3%A4t
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