NUTS-3 CH024 · Switzerland
Population
179,5182025
GDP
€19,333M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
810.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH024 · CH023
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Solothurn (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Neuchâtel (69).
Why you might not pick Solothurn
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 50) — Neuchâtel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Solothurn leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
68.5
72.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
67.0
80.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
75.2
73.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.3
67.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.5
77.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.6
50.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.1% 5y
2.9% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.7% 5y
3.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€107,694
€74,612
Population density
222 /km²
365 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 66 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,160M
€20,310M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€96M
€86M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,831M
€4,881M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,994M
€4,913M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,510M
€1,331M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,888M
€20,006M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€156,411
€158,470
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,704M
€6,379M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.6%
85.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.5%
8.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.5%
4.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
103,300
163,900
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
7.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.3%
41.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.3%
26.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
25.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
11.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
99.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
484,475
546,585
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
556 /1k
556 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,431 kt
10,615 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,326
1,242
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
739
429
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
40 km/1000km²
40 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
83
40
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
117,116
185,842
Population aged 65+
36,002
61,566
Population aged under 15
26,400
42,384
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.7%
33.1%
Crude rate of total population change
6.9 /1k
10.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.6 /1k
11.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
9.0 /1k
9.1 /1k
Live births
1,467
2,406
Deaths
1,602
2,629
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.3%
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
250 /km²
367 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
192,523
321,845
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.1%
19.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.1%
16.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
378 /100k
378 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
825 /100k
825 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
193 /100k
193 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.5 /100k
16.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
463 /100k
849 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,247 /100k
2,596 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
30 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2.03
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.76
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
2.09
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
1.03
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,002 m
487 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
108 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
9 days/yr