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CH024 · AT335

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NUTS-3 CH024 · Switzerland

Neuchâtel

Population

179,5182025

GDP

€19,333M2022

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.6%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

83.9%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

810.2 km²

NUTS-3 AT335 · Austria

Tiroler Unterland

Population

267,7432025

GDP

€14,970M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.8%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

82%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

3,973.8 km²

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Neuchâtel (Opportunity 69). Runner-up: Tiroler Unterland (63). Contrarian pick: Tiroler Unterland — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 89).

#1Neuchâtel

Strengths

Governance (96) · Digital readiness (93)

No red flags

#2Tiroler Unterland

Strengths

Economic base (89) · Freight intensity (84)

Red flags

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Neuchâtel

Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 45) — Tiroler Unterland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Neuchâtel · Manufacturing → Neuchâtel · Office → Neuchâtel · Residential → Tiroler Unterland.

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

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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure

68.5

62.9

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

67.0

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

75.2

62.3

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

—

42.0

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

58.3

46.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

77.5

48.0

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

47.6

56.2

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

4.1% 5y

2.1% 5y

Population

0.3% 5y

0.7% 5y

Unemployment rate

7.7% 5y

4.2% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€107,694

€55,912

Population density

222 /km²

67 /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)

€18,160M

€13,460M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€96M

€183M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€7,831M

€3,731M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€3,214M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€1,050M

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

—

€4,337M

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

—

€30,600

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

49,800 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€56,200

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

—

€11,208M

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

—

€2,027M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

—

€20,187M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€1,994M

—

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

—

€2,457M

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

€1,510M

€1,702M

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

€17,888M

€13,163M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€156,411

€111,457

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€5,704M

€4,017M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

145,800

Self-employed persons

—

19,800

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

27,700

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

85.6%

82.0%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

8.5%

7.7%

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

4.5%

3.8%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

103,300

143,900

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

19,917

Enterprise births

—

1,144

Enterprise deaths

—

960

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

2.3%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

—

2.9%

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

7.1%

5.0%

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

—

1.7%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

41.3%

32.5%

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

45.4%

37.5%

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

26.3%

14.8%

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

25.2%

20.4%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

11.8%

8.6%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

99.0%

96.3%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

484,475

15,939,547

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

556 /1k

551 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

6,431 kt

12,881 kt

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

1,326

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

739

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

40 km/1000km²

15 km/1000km²

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)

117,116

174,717

Population aged 65+

36,002

53,721

Population aged under 15

26,400

39,305

Median age of population

42.9 yrs

44.3 yrs

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

30.7%

Crude rate of total population change

6.9 /1k

1.9 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

7.6 /1k

1.2 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.2 /1k

8.8 /1k

Crude death rate

9.0 /1k

8.2 /1k

Live births

1,467

2,362

Deaths

1,602

2,181

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

53.3%

53.2%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.27

1.41

Population density (persons per km²)

250 /km²

68 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

192,523

292,759

Social

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

19.1%

13.3%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.8 yrs

83.3 yrs

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

16.1%

12.0%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

378 /100k

601 /100k

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

825 /100k

859 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

193 /100k

196 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

1.7 /100k

1.1 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

32.5 /100k

13.1 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

463 /100k

183 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

2,247 /100k

921 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

30 /M

41 /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)

1,002 m

1,281 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

1 days/yr

0 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

108 days/yr

180 days/yr

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

11 days/yr

15 days/yr