Unemployment rate during each economy minister's tenure
Every economy minister since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment 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 |  Joseph Deiss | 1 Jan 2003 – 1 Aug 2006 | +0.6 pp Q4 2002 → Q2 2006 | +0.2 pp/yr | |
| 2 |  Guy Parmelin | 1 Jan 2019 – now | +0.2 pp Q4 2018 → Q2 2026 | 0.0 pp/yr | |
| 3 |  Johann Schneider-Ammann | 1 Nov 2010 – 1 Jan 2019 | +0.2 pp Q3 2010 → Q4 2018 | 0.0 pp/yr | |
| 4 | Doris Leuthard | 1 Aug 2006 – 1 Nov 2010 | +0.1 pp Q2 2006 → Q3 2010 | 0.0 pp/yr | |
| 5 |  Pascal Couchepin | 1 Apr 1998 – 1 Jan 2003 | −0.4 pp Q1 1998 → Q4 2002 | −0.1 pp/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period 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 labour force, ILO definition · FSO, unemployment on the ILO's definition (the Swiss Labour Force Survey SAKE, yearly until 2009 with the quarters estimated by the FSO, quarterly since 2010), seasonally adjusted, quarterly from 1991 · Switzerland data · as of Oct 2026.