Quality of Life in Basel, Switzerland

Purchasing Power Index 192.46   Very High
Safety Index 70.01   High
Health Care Index 69.48   High
Climate Index 82.82   Very High
Cost of Living Index 116.80   Very High
Property Price to Income Ratio 11.09   Moderate
Traffic Commute Time Index 34.70   Low
Pollution Index 27.94   Low
ƒ Quality of Life Index: 208.64   Very High

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Last update: 29 June 2025

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3 Comments so far
Stephan Weissl on Jul 02, 2025:
These are the different tax rates for Swiss cities :

City Individual Tax (%) Corporate Tax (%)

Zug 10.4 11.8
Schwyz 12.0 13.4
Basel 23.7 13.0
Bern 23.8 20.5
Lausanne 24.0 13.8
Geneva 25.0 14.7

Basel, Bern and Geneva have the highest tax rates.

In Zug and Schwyz you pay the least tax.
Anonymous on Feb 23, 2025:
Switzerland has a lower GDP than Luxembourg, The Emirates, or Singapore.

Check here :

https://gfmag.com/data/richest-countries-in-the-world/
Heinz Stauder on Jun 25, 2024:
Basel has some serious drug related crime issues, which has been going on for years now. Nobody takes responsibility.

We had the same issues in Zurich, and thought Basel would be better. Costly mistake.

Next month we leave Switzerland, back to Germany, Freiburg is so much safer and affordable.