NUTS-3 CH033 · Switzerland
Population
735,8082025
GDP
€49,306M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,405.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH033 · BE241
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Aargau (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde (77). Contrarian pick: Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Economic base (93) · Talent & skills (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Aargau
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 51) — Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Aargau 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
78.0
77.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
82.5
56.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
76.3
68.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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46.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
73.7
77.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.0
93.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.8
53.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
4.1% 5y
Population
1.4% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
7.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€67,009
€62,739
Population density
524 /km²
707 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€46,314M
€38,319M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€277M
€98M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€10,885M
€2,826M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
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€2,417M
GVA — construction (F)
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€1,665M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
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€16,236M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
—
€32,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
—
56,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€62,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
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€16,879M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
—
€800M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
—
€32,835M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€3,608M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€10,862M
€3,230M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€13,110M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,466M
€4,384M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€45,619M
€36,776M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€180,560
€142,167
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€14,546M
€10,967M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
307,100
Self-employed persons
—
59,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
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16,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.8%
74.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.5%
19.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
5.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
421,400
318,200
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
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5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.7%
7.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
4.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.7%
56.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.1%
57.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.0%
19.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
39.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.9%
13.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.4%
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,066,605
1,501,796
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
530 /1k
720 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
28,908 kt
9,498 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,004
2,891
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
81 km/1000km²
83 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
408
428
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
482,092
422,385
Population aged 65+
140,853
131,701
Population aged under 15
112,863
120,686
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
41.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.2%
31.2%
Crude rate of total population change
12.2 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.6 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
7.4 /1k
8.4 /1k
Live births
6,536
6,304
Deaths
5,383
5,667
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.6%
59.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
529 /km²
710 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
924,054
626,465
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
8.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.1 yrs
83.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
5.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
534 /100k
376 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
792 /100k
810 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
173 /100k
196 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.7 /100k
49.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
472 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,203 /100k
1,061 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
19 /M
26 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.41
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.34
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
1.58
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
0.25
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.130/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.046/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
472 m
33 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
33 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
2 days/yr