The biggest worry for people in Switzerland in 2022 was health insurance premiums, with 56 percent of people citing this as their largest concern. Climate change, the environment and the war in Ukraine rounded of the top four concerns.
Climate change
Climate change ranked as the second leading worry for the Swiss. Around 71 percent of people living in Switzerland believe that their region will be severely affected by global warming in the next ten years. In some cases, this could even affect livelihoods, especially those in fields like agriculture or tourism, if the change in weather is drastic enough. This is a view reflected all over the world, with over 70 percent of people from all age groups also believing that climate change will alter the environment in which they live. Politically, global warming has been a hotly contested topic over the past few years, with some politicians denying its existence entirely and others desperately trying to reverse the damage already done to the planet. The climate crisis has also been ranked as the most severe global risk the world will face in ten years, according to more than 1,000 experts in academia, business, and politics. This highlights the seriousness of the problem and suggests that it will still be causing stress for the population in years to come.
Stress and anxiety
According to a study on stress in selected European countries, Switzerland ranked as the country that struggled the least after the COVID-19 pandemic, with 10 percent of people having difficulties, compared with the United Kingdom, where 24 percent of people reported struggling with day-to-day life. Although comparatively, Switzerland appears not to be as affected in terms of mental health as some of its European counterparts after the pandemic, this does not mean that stress and anxiety are not a problem. As in every country, there are still people suffering with mental health problems. Around 12 percent of people in Switzerland reported suffering from depression.
