NUTS-3 CH066 · Switzerland
Population
133,7392025
GDP
€25,690M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
239.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH066 · DE714
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zug (Opportunity 80). Runner-up: Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt (73). Contrarian pick: Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Economic base (96) · Connectivity (81)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Zug
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 34) — Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Zug 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
80.0
72.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
75.3
62.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
84.7
62.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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38.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.7
81.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.2
54.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.4% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
5.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€192,093
€73,004
Population density
559 /km²
1,415 /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)
€24,132M
€19,261M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€40M
€11M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,064M
€2,677M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
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€2,263M
GVA — construction (F)
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€549M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
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€3,761M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
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€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
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65,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
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€73,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
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€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
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€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
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€137,102M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€8,385M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€6,584M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€872M
€5,678M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,770M
€18,774M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€168,755
€112,792
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,579M
€4,105M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
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198,980
Self-employed persons
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14,320
Employment in manufacturing (C)
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16,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.3%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.5%
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
79,700
153,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
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12,539
Enterprise births
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1,217
Enterprise deaths
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1,260
3-year enterprise survival rate
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4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
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3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
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2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.4%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.2%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.6%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.6%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
9.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
371,882
1,175,855
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
607 /1k
612 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
599
1,702
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,898 kt
6,203 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
44 km/1000km²
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
448
589
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
23
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
89,080
190,168
Population aged 65+
24,683
57,472
Population aged under 15
19,976
41,210
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
42.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.7%
30.2%
Crude rate of total population change
8.9 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
7.0 /1k
10.3 /1k
Live births
1,185
2,705
Deaths
936
2,967
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.1%
51.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
640 /km²
1,448 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
162,532
301,971
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.7%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.6 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.4%
16.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
313 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
824 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
186 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.3 /100k
97.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
293 /100k
424 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,043 /100k
1,753 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /M
27 /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)
544 m
112 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
15 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
46 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
2 days/yr