NUTS-3 CH022 · Switzerland
Population
346,6742025
GDP
€22,220M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,668.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
CH022 · IE063
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Fribourg / Freiburg (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Midland (70). Contrarian pick: Midland — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 96).
#2Midland
Strengths
Demographic outlook (96) · Talent & skills (93)
Red flags
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Fribourg / Freiburg
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 52) — Midland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Fribourg / Freiburg · Manufacturing → Fribourg / Freiburg · Office → Midland · Residential → Midland.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
70.9
70.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
82.8
47.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.8
68.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.3
36.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.5
93.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
51.6
89.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
7.9% 5y
Population
1.5% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.1% 5y
2.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€64,094
€40,006
Population density
208 /km²
50 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,872M
€12,642M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€337M
€609M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,328M
€3,286M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
—
€2,796M
GVA — construction (F)
—
€709M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
—
€2,439M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
—
€28,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
—
34,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€40,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
—
€79,048M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
—
€19,258M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
—
€82,802M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€571M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,811M
€352M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
—
€2,082M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,213M
€3,518M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€20,559M
€12,577M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€155,519
€104,596
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,555M
€3,401M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
141,220
Self-employed persons
—
21,310
Employment in manufacturing (C)
—
15,380
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.6%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.5%
12.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.5%
4.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
203,900
179,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
19,204
Enterprise births
—
2,206
Enterprise deaths
—
2,413
3-year enterprise survival rate
—
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
11.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.3%
63.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
70.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.3%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
36.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
14.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
96.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
819,137
1,745,549
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
556 /1k
426 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,943
654
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,699 kt
9,114 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
561
197
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
40 km/1000km²
34 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
94
82
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)
231,303
217,851
Population aged 65+
59,245
51,331
Population aged under 15
56,126
62,687
Median age of population
40.9 yrs
39.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.6%
23.6%
Crude rate of total population change
14.9 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.1 /1k
-2.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.6 /1k
10.1 /1k
Crude death rate
6.7 /1k
6.3 /1k
Live births
3,288
3,338
Deaths
2,306
2,075
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
52.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.62
Population density (persons per km²)
217 /km²
51 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
484,996
430,541
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.1%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.1%
10.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
378 /100k
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
825 /100k
907 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
193 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.1 /100k
10.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
367 /100k
208 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,210 /100k
1,022 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
22 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.71
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.77
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.50
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
1.65
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
0.81
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.212/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
—
€0.057/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
733 m
70 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
98 days/yr
19 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
3 days/yr