NUTS-3 CH062 · Switzerland
Population
38,2752025
GDP
€2,268M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,083.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
CH062 · LT028
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Uri (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Telšių apskritis (31). Contrarian pick: Telšių apskritis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 86).
Strengths
Industrial base (86) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Uri
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 44) — Telšių apskritis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Uri 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
56.4
30.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
81.0
36.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
89.7
40.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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72.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
66.0
41.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.0
66.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.0
65.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.8% 5y
2.0% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.8% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€59,248
€18,862
Population density
35 /km²
30 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,130M
€2,194M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
€116M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€611M
€696M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
—
€632M
GVA — construction (F)
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€325M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
—
€434M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
—
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
—
24,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€18,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
—
€10,284M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
—
€1,567M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
—
€21,259M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€177M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€252M
€25M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€267M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€218M
€356M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,098M
€1,845M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€157,980
€41,248
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€669M
€642M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
63,810
Self-employed persons
—
9,510
Employment in manufacturing (C)
—
13,770
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.3%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.5%
15.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
21,600
67,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
11,079
Enterprise births
—
2,151
Enterprise deaths
—
1,804
3-year enterprise survival rate
—
5.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
2.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.4%
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.2%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.6%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.6%
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
87.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
544,416
140,277
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
607 /1k
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
375
973
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,005 kt
2,596 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
44 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
980
749
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
78
65
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
24,125
83,680
Population aged 65+
8,621
28,450
Population aged under 15
5,529
17,754
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.7%
34.0%
Crude rate of total population change
9.0 /1k
-7.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.7 /1k
13.1 /1k
Live births
353
791
Deaths
330
1,711
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.7%
55.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
1.11
Population density (persons per km²)
36 /km²
31 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
41,873
47,627
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.7%
30.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.6 yrs
77.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.4%
26.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
313 /100k
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
824 /100k
1,630 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
186 /100k
259 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.6 /100k
3.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
11.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
680 /100k
125 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
0.94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
1.19
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.23
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
0.86
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
0.96
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.136/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
—
€0.050/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,187 m
187 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
147 days/yr
110 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
28 days/yr
2 days/yr