NUTS-3 CH057 · Switzerland
Population
299,5092025
GDP
€20,948M2022
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
994.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH057 · CH012
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Thurgau (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Valais / Wallis (71). Contrarian pick: Valais / Wallis — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 89).
Why you might not pick Thurgau
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 64) — Valais / Wallis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Thurgau 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
77.7
70.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
82.0
78.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
77.8
68.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
74.7
58.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
88.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
64.0
55.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
1.4% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.2% 5y
7.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€69,941
€60,813
Population density
301 /km²
71 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 66 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,677M
€21,209M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€377M
€210M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,888M
€4,908M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,816M
€3,465M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,341M
€1,972M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,382M
€20,891M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€149,136
€188,659
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,180M
€6,661M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.0%
79.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
14.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
174,800
191,500
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
5.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.8%
46.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
51.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.4%
27.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
29.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
12.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
100.0%
99.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
605,569
8,697,998
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
589 /1k
507 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,677 kt
15,017 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,500
3,633
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
501
979
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
36 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
110
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)
194,566
241,161
Population aged 65+
58,757
77,451
Population aged under 15
46,186
52,676
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
43.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.2%
32.1%
Crude rate of total population change
14.4 /1k
14.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.0 /1k
14.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
7.6 /1k
7.9 /1k
Live births
2,675
3,047
Deaths
2,246
2,929
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
54.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
346 /km²
71 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
359,721
491,380
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.2%
24.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.9 yrs
84.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.4%
19.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
487 /100k
422 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
861 /100k
719 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
192 /100k
180 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.2 /100k
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
458 /100k
326 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,373 /100k
971 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
29 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2.03
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.76
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
2.09
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
1.03
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
442 m
2,126 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
235 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
17 days/yr