What amount would Swiss obtain via UBI if the nation suddenly adopted Limitarianism?

Roughly $1.3 trillion could be raised, about $146,000 per Swiss resident as a one-time dividend, or about $5,900 per person per year if you put it in a fund that pays a 4% annual UBI.

How I got that

  1. Total private wealth in Switzerland. UBS’s 2025 Global Wealth Report puts average wealth per adult ≈ $687kin 2024. Using official counts for adults (20+) from the Federal Statistical Office (≈7.25 million), total private wealth ≈ $4.98 trillion. SWI swissinfo.chFederal Statistical Office

  2. Who’s above $10 million? Swiss tax-based summaries indicate about 0.25% of adults have > CHF/$10 millionand they hold ~30% of all wealth. Applying that 30% share to the $4.98T total gives $1.495T owned by this group.

  3. Confiscate only the amount above $10 million. With ~0.25% of 7.25M adults ≈ 18,000 people, letting each keep $10M means an untouchable base of $180B. Subtracting that from $1.495T yields ≈ $1.31 trillion available for public welfare. (All figures in USD.)

  4. Translate to UBI.

  • One-time per resident (population ≈ 8.97M): $1.31T / 8.97M ≈ $146k each. Worldometer

  • Perpetual fund paying 4% real return: 0.04 × $1.31T ≈ $52.5B/year → ≈ $5,900 per person per year (≈ $7,250 per adult).