NUTS-3 CH025 · Switzerland
Population
74,8402025
GDP
€5,994M2022
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
834.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH025 · CH052
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Schaffhausen (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Jura (61). Contrarian pick: Jura — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 90).
Why you might not pick Schaffhausen
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 47) — Jura may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Schaffhausen 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
60.5
71.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
70.3
80.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
78.8
77.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
81.0
71.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.5
71.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.2
63.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.6% 5y
3.4% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.4% 5y
11.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€80,094
€99,319
Population density
90 /km²
300 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 64 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,631M
€8,272M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€82M
€59M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,306M
€3,066M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€677M
€1,447M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€429M
€449M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,546M
€8,148M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€160,057
€146,729
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,768M
€2,598M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.6%
86.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.5%
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
41,200
50,600
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
4.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.3%
40.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
44.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.3%
24.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
100.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
248,818
160,955
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
556 /1k
589 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
902
348
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,972 kt
2,407 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
40 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,205
393
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
46,719
56,339
Population aged 65+
17,085
19,670
Population aged under 15
11,036
12,658
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
17.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
19.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
9.1 /1k
Live births
579
694
Deaths
723
804
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
57.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
297 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
88,692
98,199
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.1%
16.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
83.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.1%
13.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
378 /100k
487 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
825 /100k
861 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
193 /100k
192 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.1 /100k
24.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
558 /100k
437 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,516 /100k
1,217 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
34 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2.03
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.76
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
2.09
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
1.03
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
584 m
664 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
97 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
6 days/yr