NUTS-3 CH052 · Switzerland
Population
88,6672025
GDP
€8,806M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
295.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH052 · NO094
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Schaffhausen (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Telemark (37). Contrarian pick: Telemark — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Why you might not pick Schaffhausen
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 47) — Telemark 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
37.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
80.3
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Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
77.4
64.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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48.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.3
41.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
79.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.4
36.3
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
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Population
1.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.6% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€99,319
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Population density
300 /km²
12 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 75 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,272M
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GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€59M
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GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,066M
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Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
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€25,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
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€8,238M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
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€632M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
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€17,442M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,447M
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GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€449M
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Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,148M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€146,729
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,598M
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Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.0%
76.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
13.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
50,600
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Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
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1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
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1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.8%
43.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
50.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.4%
20.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
29.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
100.0%
100.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
160,955
1,236,967
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
589 /1k
533 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
348
3,322
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,407 kt
5,633 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
6 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
393
1,868
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
101
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
56,339
110,463
Population aged 65+
19,670
40,387
Population aged under 15
12,658
27,013
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
36.6%
Crude rate of total population change
17.7 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.0 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
9.9 /1k
Live births
694
1,428
Deaths
804
1,757
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
61.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
297 /km²
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Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
98,199
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.2%
18.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.9 yrs
82.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.4%
13.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
487 /100k
263 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
861 /100k
841 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
192 /100k
218 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.1 /100k
27.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
437 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,217 /100k
1,712 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
13 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.064/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
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27,216 NOK/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
664 m
267 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
97 days/yr
142 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
11 days/yr