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NUTS-3 CH052 · Switzerland

Schaffhausen

Population

88,6672025

GDP

€8,806M2022

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.3%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

84.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

295.1 km²

NUTS-3 AT123 · Austria

Sankt Pölten

Population

163,0402025

GDP

€8,438M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.4%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

79.5%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

1,231.4 km²

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Schaffhausen (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Sankt Pölten (50). Contrarian pick: Sankt Pölten — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 86).

#1Schaffhausen

Strengths

Digital readiness (98) · Labour market (96)

No red flags

#2Sankt Pölten

Strengths

Resilience (86) · Economic base (85)

Red flags

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Schaffhausen

Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 47) — Sankt Pölten may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Schaffhausen 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

71.2

50.4

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

80.3

86.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

77.4

47.7

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

—

30.7

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

71.3

34.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

71.5

56.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

63.4

47.8

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

3.4% 5y

0.6% 5y

Population

1.5% 5y

0.8% 5y

Unemployment rate

11.6% 5y

0.9% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€99,319

€51,756

Population density

300 /km²

132 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€8,272M

€7,587M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€59M

€154M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€3,066M

€1,217M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€948M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€640M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

—

€1,453M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

—

€31,600

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

46,400 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€52,300

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

—

€18,609M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

—

€2,844M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

—

€35,602M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€1,447M

—

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

—

€2,025M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€449M

€2,098M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€8,148M

€7,190M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€146,729

€99,902

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€2,598M

€2,157M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

90,800

Self-employed persons

—

8,900

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

10,900

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

86.0%

79.4%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

5.4%

8.0%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

3.4%

4.4%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

50,600

84,400

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

9,361

Enterprise births

—

541

Enterprise deaths

—

460

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

2.2%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

—

1.8%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

4.5%

4.4%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

—

1.1%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

40.8%

36.7%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

44.4%

39.5%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

24.4%

13.7%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

23.5%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

10.6%

9.2%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

100.0%

95.0%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

160,955

385,545

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

589 /1k

663 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

348

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

2,407 kt

6,423 kt

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

393

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

23 km/1000km²

20 km/1000km²

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

56,339

105,417

Population aged 65+

19,670

33,854

Population aged under 15

12,658

23,769

Median age of population

44.7 yrs

44.8 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

34.9%

32.1%

Crude rate of total population change

17.7 /1k

7.0 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

19.0 /1k

9.0 /1k

Crude birth rate

7.9 /1k

8.0 /1k

Crude death rate

9.1 /1k

10.0 /1k

Live births

694

1,294

Deaths

804

1,618

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

57.4%

54.7%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.30

1.36

Population density (persons per km²)

297 /km²

134 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

98,199

154,568

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

16.2%

13.5%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.9 yrs

81.8 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

13.4%

11.0%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

487 /100k

636 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

861 /100k

1,047 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

192 /100k

230 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.0 /100k

1.9 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

24.1 /100k

17.9 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

437 /100k

623 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,217 /100k

1,135 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

34 /M

49 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

2.03

1.74

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.76

1.40

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.78

1.64

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

2.09

1.37

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

1.03

0.60

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.156/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.049/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

664 m

392 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

5 days/yr

7 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

97 days/yr

73 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

6 days/yr

5 days/yr