NUTS-3 CH061 · Switzerland
Population
437,9442025
GDP
€32,902M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,497.7 km²
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CH061
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
76.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
81.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.0
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€75,127
Population density
292 /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)
€30,906M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€386M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,946M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€6,185M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,197M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
86
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
225 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,058,865
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
607 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,148
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
491
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
288,170
Population aged 65+
83,172
Population aged under 15
66,602
Median age of population
42.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.9%
Crude rate of total population change
11.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
Crude death rate
7.5 /1k
Live births
4,069
Deaths
3,267
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
305 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.6 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
824 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
186 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
496 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,788 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
561 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
78 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr