NUTS-3 CH025 · Switzerland
Population
74,8402025
GDP
€5,994M2022
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
834.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH025 · NO094
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Jura (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Telemark (37). Contrarian pick: Telemark — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Why you might not pick Jura
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 49) — Telemark may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Jura 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
60.5
37.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
70.3
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Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
78.8
64.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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48.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
81.0
41.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.5
79.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.2
36.3
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.6% 5y
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Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.4% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€80,094
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Population density
90 /km²
12 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 75 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,631M
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GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€82M
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GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,306M
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Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
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€25,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
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€8,238M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
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€632M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
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€17,442M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€677M
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GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€429M
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Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,546M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€160,057
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,768M
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Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.6%
76.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.5%
13.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
41,200
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Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
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1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
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1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.3%
43.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
50.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.3%
20.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
29.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
100.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
248,818
1,236,967
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
556 /1k
533 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
902
3,322
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,972 kt
5,633 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
40 km/1000km²
6 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,205
1,868
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
101
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
46,719
110,463
Population aged 65+
17,085
40,387
Population aged under 15
11,036
27,013
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
36.6%
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
9.9 /1k
Live births
579
1,428
Deaths
723
1,757
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
61.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
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Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
88,692
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.1%
18.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
82.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.1%
13.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
378 /100k
263 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
825 /100k
841 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
193 /100k
218 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.1 /100k
27.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
558 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,516 /100k
1,712 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
13 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.064/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
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27,216 NOK/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
584 m
267 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
142 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
11 days/yr