NUTS-3 CH056 · Switzerland
Population
206,1382025
GDP
€17,262M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
7,106.1 km²
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CH056 · DEA5B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun (Opportunity 72). Runner-up: Soest (64). Contrarian pick: Soest — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 93).
Why you might not pick Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 50) — Soest may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun · Manufacturing → Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun · Office → Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun · Residential → Soest.
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
72.4
63.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
78.5
49.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
81.8
55.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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70.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
61.0
81.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
28.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.8
42.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.8% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.9% 5y
4.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€83,738
€44,781
Population density
29 /km²
226 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,214M
€12,283M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€119M
€244M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,293M
€4,294M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
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€3,869M
GVA — construction (F)
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€652M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
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€2,112M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
—
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
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39,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
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€44,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
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€29,556M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
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€4,134M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
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€86,336M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,464M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€2,352M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,296M
€2,630M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,971M
€11,322M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€153,254
€90,761
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,093M
€2,633M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
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156,510
Self-employed persons
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12,940
Employment in manufacturing (C)
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36,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.0%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
9.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
117,700
146,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
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10,983
Enterprise births
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878
Enterprise deaths
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845
3-year enterprise survival rate
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3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
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1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
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1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.8%
27.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.4%
9.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
7.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
100.0%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,147,540
765,766
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
589 /1k
603 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,273
2,384
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,243 kt
16,138 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,588
794
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
106
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
131,004
189,157
Population aged 65+
48,540
69,469
Population aged under 15
26,594
41,671
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.1%
36.7%
Crude rate of total population change
6.1 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.8 /1k
4.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
12.8 /1k
Live births
1,504
2,387
Deaths
1,867
3,855
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
58.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
29 /km²
228 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
209,130
333,562
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.2%
24.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.9 yrs
80.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.4%
19.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
487 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
861 /100k
1,106 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
192 /100k
256 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.3 /100k
41.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
398 /100k
263 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,458 /100k
1,283 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
23 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,524 m
125 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
184 days/yr
43 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
3 days/yr