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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
NUTS-3 NO020 · Norway
Population
377,5562025
GDP
€17,839M2021
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
52,081.4 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Basel-Landschaft (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Innlandet (42). Contrarian pick: Innlandet — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

Strengths
Governance (96) · Digital readiness (90)
No red flags
Strengths
Energy cost (100) · Freight intensity (97)
No red flags
Why you might not pick Basel-Landschaft
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 48) — Innlandet 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
42.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
78.5
55.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
73.0
57.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
44.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.0
40.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.0
65.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.6
19.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
2.1% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€78,275
€47,247
Population density
588 /km²
7 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only

All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,155M
€16,067M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€75M
€600M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,872M
€2,780M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,553M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,490M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,586M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,385M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€309M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€8,788M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,345M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5,549M
€404M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,672M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,468M
€5,938M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,823M
€20,784M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€179,423
€102,733
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,958M
€5,451M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
180,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.8%
77.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
164,400
197,000
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.7%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.7%
39.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.1%
40.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.0%
20.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
25.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.9%
9.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.4%
98.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
335,561
3,684,016
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
530 /1k
617 /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
12,319
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,196 kt
26,573 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
425
3,263
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
81 km/1000km²
2 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
126
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
232,600
Population aged 65+
69,928
90,571
Population aged under 15
43,269
54,385
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
45.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
38.9%
Crude rate of total population change
8.3 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.6 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
10.9 /1k
Live births
2,353
2,938
Deaths
2,743
4,098
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
62.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
582 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
329,238
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
18.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.1 yrs
82.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
12.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
534 /100k
395 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
792 /100k
920 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
173 /100k
221 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.0 /100k
7.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
654 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,674 /100k
1,076 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
19 /M
24 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.82
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.57
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.94
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
2.03
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
0.92
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
29,097 NOK/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
474 m
878 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
217 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
5 days/yr