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CH024 · DE717

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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 DE717 · Germany

Groß-Gerau

Population

268,3102025

GDP

€14,911M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.6%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

80%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

452.3 km²

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Neuchâtel (Opportunity 69). Runner-up: Groß-Gerau (67). Contrarian pick: Groß-Gerau — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 92).

#1Neuchâtel

Strengths

Governance (96) · Digital readiness (93)

No red flags

#2Groß-Gerau

Strengths

Freight intensity (92) · Industrial base (92)

Red flags

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)

Flood: 36% of population in the 100-year floodplain

Why you might not pick Neuchâtel

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

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Groß-Gerau · Manufacturing → Neuchâtel · Office → Groß-Gerau · Residential → Groß-Gerau.

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
Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions

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

68.5

66.9

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

67.0

32.8

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

75.2

64.0

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

—

52.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

58.3

80.3

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

77.5

62.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

47.6

37.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

4.1% 5y

2.6% 5y

Population

0.3% 5y

0.5% 5y

Unemployment rate

7.7% 5y

1.6% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€107,694

€55,574

Population density

222 /km²

593 /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

€13,620M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€96M

€43M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€7,831M

€4,796M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€4,568M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€628M

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

—

€3,713M

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

—

€30,100

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

49,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€55,800

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

—

€49,287M

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

—

€7,586M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

—

€137,102M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€1,994M

—

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

—

€2,734M

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

€1,510M

€1,707M

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

€17,888M

€13,275M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€156,411

€125,930

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€5,704M

€2,903M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

126,020

Self-employed persons

—

10,250

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

18,710

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

85.6%

78.6%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

8.5%

6.3%

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

4.5%

3.6%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

103,300

140,500

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

9,276

Enterprise births

—

994

Enterprise deaths

—

913

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

4.5%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

—

3.4%

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

7.1%

7.5%

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

—

2.4%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

41.3%

37.9%

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

45.4%

43.7%

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

26.3%

10.5%

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

25.2%

26.5%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

11.8%

9.8%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

99.0%

—

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

484,475

1,063,410

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

556 /1k

612 /1k

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

1,326

1,272

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

6,431 kt

14,941 kt

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

40 km/1000km²

—

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

739

474

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

173,766

Population aged 65+

36,002

53,184

Population aged under 15

26,400

41,360

Median age of population

42.9 yrs

43.6 yrs

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

30.7%

30.6%

Crude rate of total population change

6.9 /1k

1.5 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

7.6 /1k

3.0 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.2 /1k

9.2 /1k

Crude death rate

9.0 /1k

10.8 /1k

Live births

1,467

2,471

Deaths

1,602

2,888

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

53.3%

54.4%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.27

1.55

Population density (persons per km²)

250 /km²

607 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

192,523

295,501

Social

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

19.1%

21.1%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.8 yrs

82.0 yrs

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

16.1%

16.4%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

378 /100k

—

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

825 /100k

974 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

193 /100k

229 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

1.7 /100k

1.5 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

32.5 /100k

38.8 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

463 /100k

251 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

2,247 /100k

851 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

30 /M

27 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

2.03

1.78

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.76

1.56

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.78

1.58

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

2.09

1.82

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

1.03

0.53

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.161/kWh

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

—

€0.055/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

1,002 m

85 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

1 days/yr

17 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

108 days/yr

51 days/yr

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

11 days/yr

2 days/yr