NUTS-3 CH040 · Switzerland
Population
1,620,0202025
GDP
€169,304M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,727.7 km²
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CH040
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
76.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
81.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
68.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
80.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
98.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
44.0
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€104,508
Population density
938 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 52 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€159,033M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€335M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€19,591M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€36,319M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€13,978M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.2%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
536
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
385 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
9.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
56.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
62.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
28.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,093,662
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
481 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6,606
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
408
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
8
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,095,380
Population aged 65+
282,720
Population aged under 15
241,920
Median age of population
41.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.8%
Crude rate of total population change
9.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
Crude death rate
7.3 /1k
Live births
14,949
Deaths
11,813
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
975 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
372 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
799 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
184 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
498 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,915 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
484 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr