Poverty rate during each economy minister's tenure

Every economy minister since 1991, ranked by how the poverty rate 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	Guy Parmelin	1 Jan 2019 – now	+0.6 pp 2018 → 2024	+0.1 pp/yr
2	Johann Schneider-Ammann	1 Nov 2010 – 1 Jan 2019	−0.0 pp 2010 → 2018	0.0 pp/yr
3	Doris Leuthard	1 Aug 2006 – 1 Nov 2010 from 2007	−1.4 pp 2007 → 2010	−0.5 pp/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 pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of the population, below the absolute poverty line · FSO, Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), the share of the permanent resident population in private households below the poverty line derived from the social-assistance norms (SKOS), yearly from 2007; a survey, each year within about six tenths of a point · Switzerland data · as of Oct 2026.