NUTS-3 CH063 · Switzerland
Population
168,9312025
GDP
€11,993M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
907.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
CH063 · AT322
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Schwyz (Opportunity 75). Runner-up: Pinzgau-Pongau (57). Contrarian pick: Pinzgau-Pongau — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 92).
Strengths
Freight intensity (92) · Economic base (89)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Schwyz
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 57) — Pinzgau-Pongau may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Schwyz 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
75.1
56.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
82.0
51.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
89.7
62.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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83.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
74.0
42.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.0
61.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.6
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.1% 5y
4.5% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.0% 5y
2.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€70,996
€56,346
Population density
186 /km²
39 /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)
€11,266M
€8,785M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€66M
€127M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,688M
€1,806M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
—
€954M
GVA — construction (F)
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€791M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
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€3,340M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
—
€31,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
—
50,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€56,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
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€8,891M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
—
€886M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
—
€16,182M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,077M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€1,450M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€717M
€1,271M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,097M
€8,634M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€162,806
€111,877
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,538M
€2,457M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
94,000
Self-employed persons
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13,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
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10,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.3%
81.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.5%
8.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
99,600
91,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
13,735
Enterprise births
—
766
Enterprise deaths
—
576
3-year enterprise survival rate
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2.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
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1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
3.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.4%
35.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.2%
44.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.6%
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.6%
22.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
9.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
94.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
828,321
19,151,363
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
607 /1k
573 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,028 kt
9,789 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,116
39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
661
23
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
44 km/1000km²
20 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
111,293
111,873
Population aged 65+
33,557
35,422
Population aged under 15
24,081
26,109
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.2%
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
9.1 /1k
0.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
1.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.0 /1k
9.4 /1k
Live births
1,436
1,510
Deaths
1,345
1,622
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.8%
55.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
200 /km²
40 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
181,299
167,434
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.7%
14.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.6 yrs
83.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.4%
13.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
313 /100k
793 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
824 /100k
915 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
186 /100k
200 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.2 /100k
5.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
312 /100k
227 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
680 /100k
1,244 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /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)
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€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,192 m
1,247 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
146 days/yr
168 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
27 days/yr
14 days/yr