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CH022 · AT342

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NUTS-3 CH022 · Switzerland

Fribourg / Freiburg

Population

346,6742025

GDP

€22,220M2022

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.6%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

83.9%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

1,668.6 km²

NUTS-3 AT342 · Austria

Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet

Population

316,7552025

GDP

€16,220M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.3%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

79.9%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

742.5 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Fribourg / Freiburg (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet (62). Contrarian pick: Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 85).

#1Fribourg / Freiburg

Strengths

Governance (96) · Demographic outlook (93)

No red flags

#2Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet

Strengths

Demographic outlook (89) · Economic base (85)

Red flags

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Fribourg / Freiburg

Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 52) — Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Fribourg / Freiburg 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

70.9

62.3

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

82.8

62.5

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

74.8

63.0

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

—

28.5

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

52.3

66.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

77.5

47.3

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

51.6

31.2

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

2.6% 5y

1.8% 5y

Population

1.5% 5y

0.8% 5y

Unemployment rate

2.1% 5y

3.6% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€64,094

€51,208

Population density

208 /km²

427 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€20,872M

€14,584M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€337M

€67M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€5,328M

€4,385M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€3,992M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€1,078M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

—

€2,698M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

—

€31,000

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

45,800 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€51,700

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

—

€5,346M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

—

€1,306M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

—

€10,571M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€3,811M

—

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

—

€3,432M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€2,213M

€2,923M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€20,559M

€12,683M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€155,519

€111,887

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€6,555M

€3,967M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

156,900

Self-employed persons

—

16,300

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

37,700

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

85.6%

80.4%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

8.5%

—

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

4.5%

4.3%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

203,900

168,100

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

19,578

Enterprise births

—

1,094

Enterprise deaths

—

978

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

2.1%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

—

1.9%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

7.1%

3.2%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

—

1.3%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

41.3%

32.4%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

45.4%

36.6%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

26.3%

14.3%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

25.2%

20.6%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

11.8%

8.6%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

99.0%

96.8%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

819,137

1,511,087

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

556 /1k

543 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

1,943

1,313

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

11,699 kt

8,263 kt

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

40 km/1000km²

25 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

561

415

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

231,303

208,042

Population aged 65+

59,245

59,090

Population aged under 15

56,126

49,623

Median age of population

40.9 yrs

42.5 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

25.6%

28.4%

Crude rate of total population change

14.9 /1k

5.7 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

12.1 /1k

5.0 /1k

Crude birth rate

9.6 /1k

9.2 /1k

Crude death rate

6.7 /1k

8.5 /1k

Live births

3,288

2,911

Deaths

2,306

2,681

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

49.9%

52.3%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.38

1.45

Population density (persons per km²)

217 /km²

466 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

484,996

384,793

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

19.1%

21.6%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.8 yrs

82.9 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

16.1%

19.6%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

378 /100k

484 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

825 /100k

863 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

193 /100k

196 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.3 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

11.1 /100k

25.1 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

367 /100k

271 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,210 /100k

807 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

30 /M

17 /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)

—

€0.156/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.049/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

733 m

1,007 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

4 days/yr

0 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

98 days/yr

152 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

13 days/yr

22 days/yr