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Switzerland: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Switzerland is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
17
0 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
13 GW
168 plants
Clean share of electricity
98%
Ember, 2025

Mines and deposits

Coal7
Iron ore4
Bauxite and aluminium3
Lead2
Gold1
Zinc1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
ChippisBauxite and aluminiumProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
MartignyBauxite and aluminiumProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
StegBauxite and aluminiumProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
Backi, iron ore mines of unknown ageIron oreListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Bergwerk KäpfnachCoalListed, status not statedCanton of ZurichWikidata
Bergwerk RiedhofCoalListed, status not statedQ55387901Wikidata
Forêts du Beucle, medieval iron mineIron oreListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Former Lead Mine with processing plantLeadListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Gisidal / BirmistelCoalListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Gondo Gold MineGoldListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Gonzen iron mineIron oreListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Greit, former modern brown coal mineCoalListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Hydro9.7 GW
Nuclear3.4 GW
Solar20 MW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
BieudronHydro1,285 MWNot stated
Kernkraftwerk LeibstadtNuclear1,245 MWKernkraftwerk leibstadt AG
Kernkraftwerk GösgenNuclear1,035 MWKernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG
LimmernHydro1,000 MWNot stated
Kernkraftwerk BeznauNuclear760 MWAxpo AG
NendazHydro392 MWNot stated
Kernkraftwerk MühlebergNuclear390 MWBWK FMB Energie AG
Grimsel 2Hydro348 MWNot stated

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
1.0%
% of merchandise exports · 2025
Ores and metals exports
1.8%
% of merchandise exports · 2025

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.