10 interesting facts about switzerland.

Fact 1. The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian and Romansh. About 63% speak german and only 0.6% romansh.

Fact 2. Switzerland is one of the only two countries to have a square flag, only the Vatican has the other square flag.

Fact 3. Switzerland has the third highest salary and job security out of all OECD countries – Swiss workers earn an average of USD 57,082 per year.

Fact 4. The Swiss eat more chocolate than any other nation in the world – they eat a record of around 11kg per year.

Fact 5. There are 208 mountains over 3,000m high – with 24 of them over 4,000m. The highest is Monte Rosa (Dufoursptiz) at 4,634m, situated on the Swiss/Italian border.

Fact 6. Switzerland has 26 cantons, which are the federal states of the Swiss confederation. They vary greatly in size, population and character: the canton of Geneva comprises just one city; the canton of Uri is entirely mountains and valleys; the population of the Zurich canton is over one million while the people of Appenzell Inner-Rhodes would fit into a football stadium.

Fact 7. Switzerland does not use the euro as its currency. Switzerland uses the Swiss franc (CHF). In June 2016, one Swiss franc was worth around EUR 0.92/USD 1.02/GBP 0.76.

Fact 8. Coffee in Zurich is the most expensive in the world – costing an average CHF3.65 (USD 3.65)

Fact 9. Switzerland is prepared for a nuclear war, if there ever was one – there are enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire human population, due to laws that require everybody to have access to a shelter in their building or nearby.

Fact 10. Switzerland has a considerable wealth gap between rich and poor – the top 20 percent of the population earn more than four times as much as the bottom 20 percent, according to the OCED.