Freedom of expression during each economy minister's tenure
Every economy minister since 1991, ranked by how the freedom of expression changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Economy minister | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pascal Couchepin | 1 Apr 1998 – 1 Jan 2003 | 0.0 points 1997 → 2002 | 0.0 points/yr | |
| 2 |  Joseph Deiss | 1 Jan 2003 – 1 Aug 2006 | 0.0 points 2002 → 2006 | 0.0 points/yr | |
| 3 | Doris Leuthard | 1 Aug 2006 – 1 Nov 2010 | 0.0 points 2006 → 2010 | 0.0 points/yr | |
| 4 |  Johann Schneider-Ammann | 1 Nov 2010 – 1 Jan 2019 | 0.0 points 2010 → 2018 | 0.0 points/yr | |
| 5 |  Guy Parmelin | 1 Jan 2019 – now | −1.1 points 2018 → 2025 | −0.2 points/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, V-Dem's 0 to 1 index times 100 · V-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_freexp_altinf): the freedom of expression and alternative sources of information index, the press, academic and private speech and the media's independence, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100 · Switzerland data · as of Oct 2026.