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
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
512.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH032 · DE718
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Basel-Landschaft (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Hochtaunuskreis (72). Contrarian pick: Hochtaunuskreis — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Air quality (96) · Economic base (95)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Basel-Landschaft
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 48) — Hochtaunuskreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Basel-Landschaft 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
72.7
72.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
78.5
48.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
73.0
74.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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96.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.0
80.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.6
46.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
2.9% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
5.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€78,275
€72,124
Population density
588 /km²
497 /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)
€22,155M
€15,921M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€75M
€14M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,872M
€1,519M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
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€1,377M
GVA — construction (F)
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€388M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
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€2,927M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
—
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
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64,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€72,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
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€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
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€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
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€137,102M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5,549M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€8,919M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,468M
€2,153M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,823M
€15,518M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€179,423
€141,932
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,958M
€3,393M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
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130,700
Self-employed persons
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11,990
Employment in manufacturing (C)
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12,480
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.8%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.5%
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
164,400
121,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
12,003
Enterprise births
—
1,087
Enterprise deaths
—
1,172
3-year enterprise survival rate
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4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
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3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.7%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.7%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.1%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.0%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.9%
9.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.4%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
335,561
828,010
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
530 /1k
612 /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
1,525
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,196 kt
2,041 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
81 km/1000km²
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
425
631
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
188,126
149,818
Population aged 65+
69,928
56,671
Population aged under 15
43,269
35,175
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
47.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
37.8%
Crude rate of total population change
8.3 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.6 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
11.5 /1k
Live births
2,353
1,674
Deaths
2,743
2,763
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
61.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
582 /km²
500 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
329,238
212,708
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.1 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
16.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
534 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
792 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
173 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.0 /100k
31.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
654 /100k
256 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,674 /100k
736 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
19 /M
27 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
474 m
377 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
2 days/yr