NUTS-3 CH012 · Switzerland
Population
371,2882025
GDP
€22,579M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,224.3 km²
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CH012
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
70.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
77.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
68.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
88.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
55.6
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€60,813
Population density
71 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 52 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€21,209M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€210M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,908M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,465M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,972M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.7%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
33
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
106 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
8,275,972
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
507 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,634
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
979
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
241,161
Population aged 65+
77,451
Population aged under 15
52,676
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
Crude rate of total population change
14.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
7.9 /1k
Live births
3,047
Deaths
2,929
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
71 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.6 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
456 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
719 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
180 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
326 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
971 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2,126 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
235 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr