NUTS-3 CH031 · Switzerland
Population
201,3842025
GDP
€42,218M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
34.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
CH031 · CH024
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Basel-Stadt (Opportunity 74). Runner-up: Neuchâtel (69). Contrarian pick: Neuchâtel — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 93).
Why you might not pick Basel-Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 17) — Neuchâtel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Neuchâtel · Manufacturing → Neuchâtel · Office → Basel-Stadt · Residential → Basel-Stadt.
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
73.8
68.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
75.0
67.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
68.3
75.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
76.0
58.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.0
77.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
51.8
47.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.8% 5y
4.1% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.2% 5y
7.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€209,639
€107,694
Population density
5,805 /km²
222 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 66 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€39,657M
€18,160M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€5M
€96M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€17,773M
€7,831M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5,119M
€1,994M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,204M
€1,510M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€39,061M
€17,888M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€174,753
€156,411
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€12,455M
€5,704M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.8%
85.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.5%
8.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
4.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
117,400
103,300
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.7%
7.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.7%
41.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.1%
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.0%
26.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
25.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.9%
11.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.4%
99.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,735,173
484,475
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
530 /1k
556 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,917 kt
6,431 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
789
1,326
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
392
739
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
81 km/1000km²
40 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
83
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
134,362
117,116
Population aged 65+
39,595
36,002
Population aged under 15
27,427
26,400
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
42.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.5%
30.7%
Crude rate of total population change
6.7 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
9.0 /1k
Live births
1,772
1,467
Deaths
2,082
1,602
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
53.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.10
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
5,575 /km²
250 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
220,665
192,523
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
19.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.1 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
16.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
534 /100k
378 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
792 /100k
825 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
173 /100k
193 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
68.5 /100k
32.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,053 /100k
463 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
6,980 /100k
2,247 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
19 /M
30 /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)
253 m
1,002 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
108 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
11 days/yr