Facts and figures

Key figures on the Swiss Federal Archives from the end of 2024. Figures for previous years are available for download under «Documents».

	2024
Documents in the Archives
Total analogue archive records (in m)	79'694
Total digital archive records (in TB*)	56.6
Transferred conventional documents in running metres	1’076
Transferred digital documents in terabytes	13.3
Advisory Services
Digital Archiving: Number of advisory sessions for the Federal Administration	12
Digitisation
Digitisation: Number of pages total	4'372'359
Digitised pages internally	4'249'943
Digitised pages externally	122'416
Access to Documents in the Federal Archives
Reading Rooms: Number of days open	138
Reading Rooms: Average number of users a day	14
Reading Rooms: Number of individual visitors per year	1'019
Total archival units consulted** (number)	112'605
Archive units supplied in digital form	86'082
Archival units consulted by administrative bodies (number)	5’629
Number of archive units for which a request for consultation was submitted	5'886
Percentage of requests for consultation approved	89%
Number of written research requests (answered queries)	2'043
Headcount
Number of FTEs	65.7
Costs
Total expenditure in million CHF	24.5