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
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
CH070 · CH032
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Basel-Landschaft (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Ticino (71).
Why you might not pick Basel-Landschaft
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 48) — Ticino may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Basel-Landschaft 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
71.3
72.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.0
78.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.3
73.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.3
72.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
80.8
85.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.8
47.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.5% 5y
2.2% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
2.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€103,684
€78,275
Population density
128 /km²
588 /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)
€34,955M
€22,155M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€76M
€75M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,867M
€4,872M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,801M
€5,549M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,386M
€1,468M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€34,430M
€21,823M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€226,034
€179,423
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€10,978M
€6,958M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
84.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.9%
7.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
4.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
180,300
164,400
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.2%
8.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.6%
45.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.5%
47.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.6%
25.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
28.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
12.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.0%
98.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,463,465
335,561
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
630 /1k
530 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,543 kt
13,196 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,250
1,281
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
906
425
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
39 km/1000km²
81 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
228,452
188,126
Population aged 65+
86,074
69,928
Population aged under 15
44,377
43,269
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
46.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
37.2%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
9.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
9.1 /1k
Live births
2,319
2,353
Deaths
3,436
2,743
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.1%
60.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
131 /km²
582 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
413,549
329,238
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
33.1%
21.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
85.2 yrs
84.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
27.8%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
490 /100k
534 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
668 /100k
792 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
202 /100k
173 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.1 /100k
10.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
299 /100k
654 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,260 /100k
1,674 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
19 /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)
1,689 m
474 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
200 days/yr
74 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
23 days/yr
9 days/yr