Canton of BS
Living in Basel
With a municipal tax multiplier of 50%, this municipality ranks 3 among the least taxed of the 3 municipalities in canton BS. That is 10 points above the median municipality in canton BS. With 177,571 inhabitants, it is the 1 most populous of the canton’s 3 municipalities. Under-20s make up 17.2% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole. It is also a tourist destination: 1,543,941 hotel overnight stays were recorded in 2024.
STATPOP 2024
Age structure
- 0–19 years
- 30,588
- 20–64 years
- 113,439
- 65 and over
- 33,544
Municipal taxation
- Municipal multiplier
- 50.00 %
- Cantonal multiplier
- 50.00 %
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
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