The number of foreigners resident in Switzerland stands at 22.6 percent, up slightly on 2011, government figures showed on Tuesday.

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How does that compare to neighbouring countries?
Any ideas?

I do not have figures. But if you imagine a half Greek - half whatever Western European you possibly can imagine the choice. While Greece looked fairly promising a decade ago it now is a place rather to get OUT if having any chance.

The situation is less drastic in countries like Spain and Portugal. But many people there with dual citizenship with north/central/west European countries will decide to move up-north

Looky here on page 2 (2010).

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cac...2010-AP-EN.PDF

EU nationals don't require dual citizenship to move to Switzerland or to another EU country.

It takes a longer time to become a Swiss Citizen. Many people stay "foreign" for longer compared to neighboring countries.

Right you are indeed ! But dual citizenship makes things much easier, not least as people with dual-citizenship tend to have relatives and friends in "the other country".

'foreigners' in CH is high as % but would like to see those stats with UN-related/similar people in Geneva excluded for a fairer comparison.

If you compare Zürich with Geneva in regard to foreigners, you can DOUBLE the percentage of Kanton Zürich to get percentage figures of the Canton de Genève.

Do not forget however that the Kanton Zürich has towns which even have a vast majority of foreigners