Facts and figures
Income statement
Expenses
Around three quarters of expenses incurred by MeteoSwiss relate to the provision of weather and climate services (data collection, information processing, expert services). In terms of operating expenses, the increase in costs was primarily due to, first, the additional funding required to finance high-performance computing capabilities for weather forecasts, and, second, the new Weather4UN project. The remaining quarter relates to transfer expenses and is largely committed (mandatory contributions to international organisations). Transfer expenses were down from the previous year, mainly because the contribution to the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) was lower. Investment expenditure was lower than the previous year, as there were delays in the delivery of planned ICT replacement purchases.
Revenue
MeteoSwiss generates revenue by providing meteorological services to customers both within and outside the Swiss federal administration, e.g. by preparing weather data for customers requiring information about aviation weather conditions. It also receives third-party funding from research projects. Revenue remained at the same level as the previous year.
Income statement in million CHF | Account 2020 |
Budget 2021 | Account 2021 | Δ VA20 - R20 Deviation from the budget 2021 absolut |
Δ VA20 - R20 Deviation from the budget 2021 relative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MeteoSwiss | 95.6 | 100.4 | 95.5 | -4.9 | -4.9 |
Expenditure / expenses | 121.0 | 125.6 | 121.0 | -4.7 | -3.7 |
Functional expenses (overall budget) | 94.4 | 100.6 |
96.4 | -4.2 | -4.1 |
with an impact on financing | 79.3 | 86.3 | 82.1 |
-4.1 | -4.8 |
with no impact on financing | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | -0.3 | -10.0 |
internal service charges | 12.5 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
of which personnel expenses | 56.5 | 56.4 | 56.7 | 0.3 |
0.5 |
with an impact on financing | 56.5 | 56.4 | 56.7 | 0.3 |
0.5 |
of which IT | 13.5 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 2.2 |
16.1 |
with an impact on financing | 11.1 |
11.1 | 13.1 | 2.0 |
18.1 |
internal service charges | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 6.2 |
of which consultancy and commissioned research | 2.4 |
2.6 |
2.6 | -0.1 |
-2.9 |
with an impact on financing | 2.4 |
2.6 |
2.6 | -0.1 |
-2.9 |
of which investments | 2.5 |
2.4 |
2.0 | -0.4 | -15.9 |
with an impact on financing | 2.5 |
2.4 |
2.0 | -0.4 |
-15.9 |
Transfer expenses | 26.6 | 25.1 | 24.5 | -0.5 | -2.0 |
with an impact on financing | 26.6 | 25.1 | 24.5 | -0.5 | -2.0 |
Revenue and investment income | -25.4 | -25.2 | -25.5 | -0.3 | 1.1 |
Functional revenue (overall budget) | -25.4 | -25.2 | -25.5 | -0.3 |
1.1 |
with an impact on financing | -17.5 | -17.7 | -18.0 | -0.2 |
1.2 |
with no impact on financing | -0.2 |
0.0 | -0.3 |
-0.3 |
|
internal service charges | -7.8 | -7.5 | -7.3 | 0.2 | -3.0 |
Personnel indicators
Staff structure | Mother Tongue | Education | Age structure | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of employees | Number of employees | Number of employees | Number of employees | ||||
Women full-time | 38 | German | 247 | University | 222 | Under 20 | 0 |
Women part-time | 76 |
French | 86 | University of applied sciences | 23 | 20 to 29 | 22 |
Women total | 114 | Italian | 29 |
Higher professional education | 38 |
30 to 39 | 71 |
Men full-time | 188 | Romanic | 0 | Federal Baccalaureate | 23 | 40 to 49 | 115 |
Men part-time | 71 |
English | 3 |
Vocational education | 61 | 50 to 59 | 130 |
Men total | 259 | Other | 8 |
No vocational education | 0 | 60 to 65 | 35 |
Fixed-term | 36 |
Apprentices | 6 |
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Unlimited | 337 | ||||||
Total number of employees | 373 |
Contributions to international organisations in million CHF
Contributions to international organisations in million CHF | |||||||||||||||||
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2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
WMO | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
EUMETSAT | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 18.8 | 21.4 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 17.0 | ||
WRC | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
ECMWF | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
European Cooperation (EUMETNET, ECOMET) |
0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||
Total | 14.0 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 20.1 | 22.1 | 25.3 | 27.9 | 27.5 | 26.6 | 24.6 | ||
WMO | World Meteorological Organization (Genf, CH) |
EUMETSAT | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Darmstadt, DE) |
WRC | World Radiation Center (Davos, CH) |
EZMW | Europäisches Zentrum für mittelfristige Wettervorhersage (Reading, GB) |
EUMETNET | Netzwerk europäischer Wetterdienste (Brüssel, BE) |
ECOMET | European Cooperation in Meteorology (Brüssel, BE) |
Expenditure credit outside the overall budget refers to mandatory contributions made by Switzerland to international organisations and institutions in accordance with Switzerland's obligations under international law.
Cost and service accounting
At 26.5%, the revenue-to-cost ratio for the project groups (including customer and third-party-funded projects) is above the budgeted ratio of 25%.
Cost and performance accounting in million CHF | ||||||
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Account 2020 |
Budget 2021 |
Account 2021 |
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Earnings | Expenses | Earnings | Expenses | Earnings | Expenses | |
Weather and climate data (PG 1) | 2.7 |
27.7 | 4.5 |
27.1 | 3.1 |
22.9 |
Weather and climate related information and expert services (PG 2) | 22.7 | 66.7 | 20.7 | 73.5 |
22.4 | 73.5 |
Total | 25.4 | 94.4 | 25.2 | 100.6 | 25.5 | 96.4 |
Revenue to cost ratio | 26.9% | 25.0% | 26.5% |
BAZL veröffentlicht Bericht über die Prüfung der Flugwetterkosten der MeteoSchweiz
- Medienmitteilung, Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt BAZL, 11. Oktober 2019 (PDF, 130kB, german)
- Evaluierung der Flugwetterrechnung, Ergebnisbericht, KPMG (PDF, 1.7MB, german)
- Prüfung der Verrechnung der Flugwetterkosten der MeteoSchweiz, Abschliessender Bericht des BAZL zum Berichtsentwurf der KPMG vom 23. August 2019 (PDF, 3.5MB)