NUTS-3 CH032 · Switzerland
Population
301,3232025
GDP
€23,586M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
512.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
CH032 · CH056
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Basel-Landschaft (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun (72). Contrarian pick: Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 98).
Why you might not pick Basel-Landschaft
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 48) — Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Basel-Landschaft · Manufacturing → Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun · Office → Basel-Landschaft · Residential → Basel-Landschaft.
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
72.7
72.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
78.5
78.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
73.0
81.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.0
61.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.0
71.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.6
56.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
4.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€78,275
€83,738
Population density
588 /km²
29 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 64 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,155M
€16,214M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€75M
€119M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,872M
€3,293M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5,549M
€3,464M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,468M
€1,296M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,823M
€15,971M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€179,423
€153,254
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,958M
€5,093M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.8%
86.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.5%
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
164,400
117,700
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.7%
4.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.7%
40.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.1%
44.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.0%
24.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.9%
10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.4%
100.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
335,561
9,147,540
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
530 /1k
589 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,281
3,273
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,196 kt
9,243 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
81 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
425
1,588
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
106
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)
188,126
131,004
Population aged 65+
69,928
48,540
Population aged under 15
43,269
26,594
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
46.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
37.1%
Crude rate of total population change
8.3 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.6 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
9.1 /1k
Live births
2,353
1,504
Deaths
2,743
1,867
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
57.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.22
Population density (persons per km²)
582 /km²
29 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
329,238
209,130
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
16.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.1 yrs
83.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
13.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
534 /100k
487 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
792 /100k
861 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
173 /100k
192 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.0 /100k
8.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
654 /100k
398 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,674 /100k
1,458 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
19 /M
34 /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)
474 m
1,524 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
184 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
13 days/yr