NUTS-3 CH070 · Switzerland
Population
358,9032025
GDP
€37,213M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,805.6 km²
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CH070
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
71.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
80.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.8
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€103,684
Population density
128 /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)
€34,955M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€76M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,867M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,801M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,386M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.9%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
92
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
272 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,325,678
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
630 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,249
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
905
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
228,452
Population aged 65+
86,074
Population aged under 15
44,377
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
Live births
2,319
Deaths
3,436
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
131 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
33.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
85.2 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
547 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
668 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
202 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
299 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,260 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,689 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
200 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
23 days/yr