BFS-package: BFS: Get Data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office

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BFS: Get Data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office

Description

Search and download data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) APIs https://www.bfs.admin.ch/.

Details

The BFS package downloads the open data of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS, Bundesamt für Statistik) from its APIs:

• Swiss Stats Explorer: bfs_sse_datasets(), bfs_sse_dimensions() and bfs_sse_data(). They replace the deprecated bfs_get_sse_metadata() and bfs_get_sse_data().

• Data catalog and PXWeb datasets: bfs_get_catalog_data(), bfs_get_metadata(), bfs_get_data() and bfs_get_data_comments().

• Tables and files: bfs_get_catalog_tables(), bfs_get_asset_metadata() and bfs_download_asset().

• Geodata and base maps: bfs_get_catalog_geodata(), bfs_download_geodata() and bfs_get_base_maps().

The BFS is replacing STAT-TAB, and its PXWeb API, with the Swiss Stats Explorer.

If an API is not available (e.g. too many requests, timeout or server error), the functions give an error of class bfs_http_error. Without internet connection, they give a message and return NULL.

The package is not affiliated with the BFS.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Felix Luginbuhl [e-mail] (ORCID) [copyright holder]

Other contributors:

• Marius Hodel (ORCID) [contributor]

• Janosch Brenzel-Weiss [contributor]

• Joao Martins [contributor]

• Philipp Baumann [e-mail] (ORCID) [contributor]

See Also

Useful links:

• https://felixluginbuhl.com/BFS/

• https://github.com/lgnbhl/BFS/

• Report bugs at https://github.com/lgnbhl/BFS/issues

BFS documentation built on Oct. 21, 2026, 1:07 a.m.