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
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH061 · CH022
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Luzern (Opportunity 76). Runner-up: Fribourg / Freiburg (71). Contrarian pick: Fribourg / Freiburg — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 93).
Why you might not pick Luzern
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 54) — Fribourg / Freiburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Luzern 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
76.4
70.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
81.0
82.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.6
74.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.7
52.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.0
77.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.0
51.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
1.2% 5y
1.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
2.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€75,127
€64,094
Population density
292 /km²
208 /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)
€30,906M
€20,872M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€386M
€337M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,946M
€5,328M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€6,185M
€3,811M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,197M
€2,213M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,442M
€20,559M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€160,407
€155,519
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,707M
€6,555M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.3%
85.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.5%
8.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
4.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
257,800
203,900
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
7.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.4%
41.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.2%
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.6%
26.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.6%
25.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
11.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
99.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,161,666
819,137
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
607 /1k
556 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,582 kt
11,699 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,145
1,943
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
490
561
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
44 km/1000km²
40 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
94
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)
288,170
231,303
Population aged 65+
83,172
59,245
Population aged under 15
66,602
56,126
Median age of population
42.3 yrs
40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.9%
25.6%
Crude rate of total population change
11.9 /1k
14.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.1 /1k
12.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
9.6 /1k
Crude death rate
7.5 /1k
6.7 /1k
Live births
4,069
3,288
Deaths
3,267
2,306
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.0%
49.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
305 /km²
217 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
530,484
484,996
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.7%
19.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.6 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.4%
16.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
313 /100k
378 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
824 /100k
825 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
186 /100k
193 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.2 /100k
11.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
496 /100k
367 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,788 /100k
1,210 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /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)
561 m
733 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
78 days/yr
98 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
13 days/yr