NUTS-3 CH021 · Switzerland
Population
1,071,2162025
GDP
€92,059M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,957.1 km²
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CH021
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
72.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
78.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.6
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€85,938
Population density
180 /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)
€86,474M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€618M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€17,238M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€17,351M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€15,175M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.5%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
186
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
189 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,385,294
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
556 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6,616
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
618
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
678,379
Population aged 65+
239,411
Population aged under 15
153,426
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.3%
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
Live births
8,727
Deaths
9,872
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
183 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
403 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
825 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
193 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
517 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,515 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
697 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
116 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr