NUTS-3 CH012 · Switzerland
Valais / Wallis
Export region data (CSV)Valais / Wallis generates €23bn of GDP across 371.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (98.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (25.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
70.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55.6
Livability68.2
Market access74
Economic scale84
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
77.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability29
Labour stability85
Diversification99
Demographic stability98
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
58.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density91
Airport access11
Market access74
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
88.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary85
Lifelong learning97
Knowledge workers84
Scientists & engineers89
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
68.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs25.5
Education89
Health98.5
Safety47.7
Connectivity93.5
Environment55
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
55.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 23.1%Diversified · HHI 623
Agriculture 1%Industry 23.1%Public · health · education 9.3%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 52 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€21,209M
2022 · EU pctl 84
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€210M
2021 · EU pctl 61
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,908M
2021 · EU pctl 87
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,465M
2021 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,972M
2021 · EU pctl 60
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.2%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
33
2012 · EU pctl 67
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
106 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 55
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
46.4%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
51.5%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.2%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.0%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.3%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
8,275,972
2024 · EU pctl 93
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
507 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,634
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
979
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
241,161
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged 65+
77,451
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged under 15
52,676
2025 · EU pctl 68
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 25
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
3,047
2024 · EU pctl 71
Deaths
2,929
2024 · EU pctl 49
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population density (persons per km²)
71 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 28
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.5%
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
456 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
719 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
180 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
326 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
971 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2,126 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
235 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 45
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 19
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