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NUTS-3 CH011 · Switzerland
Population
855,1062025
GDP
€66,623M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
3,215.3 km²
NUTS-3 NO0A1 · Norway
Population
504,4962025
GDP
€31,582M2021
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
9,249 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Vaud (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Rogaland (54). Contrarian pick: Rogaland — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

Strengths
Digital readiness (96) · Governance (96)
No red flags
Strengths
Energy cost (100) · Governance (95)
No red flags
Why you might not pick Vaud
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 33) — Rogaland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: LogisticsVaud · ManufacturingRogaland · OfficeVaud · ResidentialVaud.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
  • Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
  • Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
  • Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
  • Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics

This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
70.8
54.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
77.5
58.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
63.9
74.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
61.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.3
53.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
88.8
88.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.4
36.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
1.2% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.4% 5y
0.0% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€77,912
€62,602
Population density
266 /km²
55 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only

All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€62,581M
€28,445M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€495M
€400M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€10,678M
€9,388M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,927M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,740M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,259M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€65,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€17,795M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,330M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,790M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,883M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€12,254M
€1,164M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,197M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,084M
€6,462M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€61,642M
€36,797M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€178,589
€123,381
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€19,655M
€8,478M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
265,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.2%
81.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.7%
13.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
457,400
281,100
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.4%
49.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.5%
57.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.8%
22.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.2%
31.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.0%
11.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.3%
98.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,077,402
2,434,823
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
507 /1k
503 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
23,986 kt
18,436 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,742
4,173
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
555
827
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
36 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
47
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
575,911
329,253
Population aged 65+
144,759
83,472
Population aged under 15
134,436
91,771
Median age of population
40.5 yrs
39.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.1%
25.4%
Crude rate of total population change
10.9 /1k
10.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.0 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
10.6 /1k
Crude death rate
7.1 /1k
6.7 /1k
Live births
7,612
5,326
Deaths
5,996
3,351
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.5%
53.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.63
Population density (persons per km²)
302 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,313,545
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.5%
13.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.6 yrs
83.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.0%
9.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
422 /100k
289 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
719 /100k
795 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
180 /100k
213 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
38.2 /100k
22.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
770 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,080 /100k
1,894 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
11 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.82
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.57
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.94
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
2.03
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
0.92
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
43,131 NOK/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
504 m
653 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
159 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
43 days/yr