NUTS-3 LI000 · Liechtenstein
Population
40,8862025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
—
Employment· NUTS-2 source
—
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
160.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
LI000 · CH053
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Opportunity 62). Contrarian pick: Liechtenstein — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 86).
Strengths
Digital readiness (98) · Labour market (96)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 5) — Liechtenstein may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 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
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61.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
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75.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
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82.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
66.7
79.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
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71.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
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56.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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1.9% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
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0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
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€68,377
Population density
255 /km²
231 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 65 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
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€3,642M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
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€39M
GVA — industry (B–E)
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€1,257M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€627M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
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€290M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
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€3,587M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€176,501
€148,351
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
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€1,144M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
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86.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
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5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
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3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
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31,900
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
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4.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
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40.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
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44.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
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24.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
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23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
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10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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100.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
228,579
191,630
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
767 /1k
589 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
259
482
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
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424 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
634
850
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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23 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
57
40
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,631
35,479
Population aged 65+
8,455
12,302
Population aged under 15
5,800
8,924
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
34.7%
Crude rate of total population change
21.5 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
20.6 /1k
4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
7.5 /1k
9.5 /1k
Live births
341
482
Deaths
302
535
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.5%
59.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
256 /km²
233 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
49,376
56,443
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
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16.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
83.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
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13.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
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487 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
783 /100k
861 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
162 /100k
192 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.1 /100k
5.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
351 /100k
320 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
646 /100k
890 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
73 /M
34 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.52
2.03
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.54
1.76
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
1.78
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
2.09
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.59
1.03
Energy
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.070/kWh
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,346 m
845 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
175 days/yr
96 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
22 days/yr
22 days/yr