Facts and figures

Key figures on the Swiss Federal Archives from the end of 2021. Figures for previous years are available for download under «Documents».

	2022
Documents in the Archives
Total analogue archive records (in m)	70’933
Total digital archive records (in TB*)	31.7
Transferred conventional documents in running metres	1’023
Transferred digital documents in terabytes	5.9
Advisory Services
Digital Archiving: Number of advisory sessions for the Federal Administration	17
Digitisation
Digitisation: Number of pages total	1'537’111
Digitised pages internally	1'537'111
Digitised pages externally	0
Access to Documents in the Federal Archives
Reading Rooms: Number of days open	141
Reading Rooms: Average number of users a day	15
Reading Rooms: Number of individual visitors per year	1119
Total archival units consulted** (number)	48’885
Archive units supplied in digital form	21'600
Archival units consulted by administrative bodies (number)	5’473
Number of archive units for which a request for consultation was submitted	5'003
Percentage of requests for consultation approved	87%
Number of written research requests (answered queries)	1'702
Headcount
Number of FTEs	62.8
Costs
Total expenditure in million CHF	20.6