Key figures on the Swiss Federal Archives from the end of 2023. Figures for previous years are available for download under «Documents».
|
2023 |
|---|---|
Documents in the Archives |
|
Total analogue archive records (in m) |
72'379 |
Total digital archive records (in TB*) |
42.3 |
Transferred conventional documents in running metres |
1’446 |
Transferred digital documents in terabytes |
10.6 |
Advisory Services |
|
Digital Archiving: Number of advisory sessions for the Federal Administration |
17 |
Digitisation |
|
Digitisation: Number of pages total |
3'064'519 |
| Digitised pages internally | 2'953'397 |
| Digitised pages externally | 111'122 |
Access to Documents in the Federal Archives |
|
Reading Rooms: Number of days open |
140 |
Reading Rooms: Average number of users a day |
14 |
Reading Rooms: Number of individual visitors per year |
1'092 |
Total archival units consulted** (number) |
84'928 |
Archive units supplied in digital form |
54'436 |
Archival units consulted by administrative bodies (number) |
5’383 |
Number of archive units for which a request for consultation was submitted |
6'569 |
Percentage of requests for consultation approved |
88% |
Number of written research requests (answered queries) |
2'195 |
Headcount |
|
Number of FTEs |
64.9 |
Costs |
|
Total expenditure in million CHF |
22.1 |
* 1 terabyte = 1024 gigabytes
** 1 archive unit = normally 1 dossier. For digital orders, however, individual documents or pages may also be supplied.
Further information
Contact
Swiss Federal Archives
Archivstrasse 24
3003 Bern
- Tel.
- +41 58 462 89 89
Opening hours reading room
Tu-Th, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.