NUTS-3 CH054 · Switzerland
Population
16,7332025
GDP
€1,278M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
168.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH054 · EL621
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Appenzell Innerrhoden (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Ζάκυνθος (23). Contrarian pick: Ζάκυνθος — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 72).
#2Ζάκυνθος
Strengths
Cost advantage (72) · Growth momentum (58)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Appenzell Innerrhoden
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 42) — Ζάκυνθος may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Appenzell Innerrhoden 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
57.7
23.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
77.0
8.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
83.0
29.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.3
1.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
6.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.6
58.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.5% 5y
7.7% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
30.3% 5y
10.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€76,387
€23,473
Population density
99 /km²
100 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,201M
€822M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€25M
€29M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€363M
€47M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
—
€29M
GVA — construction (F)
—
€24M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
—
€453M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
—
€16,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
—
29,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€24,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
—
€798M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
—
€15M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
—
€1,396M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€107M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€242M
€5M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
—
€158M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€76M
€110M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,183M
€852M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€152,527
€35,029
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€377M
€227M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
29,790
Self-employed persons
—
14,240
Employment in manufacturing (C)
—
960
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.0%
70.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
30.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
9.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
9,500
18,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
5,859
Enterprise births
—
500
Enterprise deaths
—
136
3-year enterprise survival rate
—
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
—
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.8%
21.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
32.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.4%
1.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
11.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
4.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
100.0%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
322,180
6,438,092
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
589 /1k
460 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
428 kt
695 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
138
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
825
—
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
216
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)
10,565
25,380
Population aged 65+
3,589
8,592
Population aged under 15
2,579
6,149
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
46.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
8.9 /1k
-6.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.7 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
9.6 /1k
Crude death rate
8.1 /1k
11.5 /1k
Live births
138
388
Deaths
135
461
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
58.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.71
Population density (persons per km²)
97 /km²
99 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
18,516
40,433
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.2%
35.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.9 yrs
81.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.4%
22.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
487 /100k
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
861 /100k
1,055 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
192 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
12.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
241 /100k
151 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
699 /100k
305 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
129 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
—
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,173 m
72 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
49 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
157 days/yr
0 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
23 days/yr
12 days/yr