NUTS-3 CH013 · Switzerland
Genève
Genève generates €63bn of GDP across 531.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +6.1%/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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader100 → 99 EU percentile since 1995 (0 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Demographic outlook97
Digital readiness96
Governance96
Talent & skills89
Resilience77
Connectivity75
Quality of life62
Growth momentum54
Labour market33
Freight intensity10
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
69.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.4
Livability62.1
Market access67
Economic scale96
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)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability31
Labour stability85
Diversification100
Demographic stability93
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)
74.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density57
Airport access100
Market access67
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)
62.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs25.5
Education89
Health98.5
Safety47.3
Connectivity76.5
Environment36
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
54.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
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 · 12.9%Diversified · HHI 269
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 12.9%Public · health · education 10.1%
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).
Trends · 2009–2022
GDP (current prices)
€63,199M2022
17.6% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€58,473M2025
1.3% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Population
531,1022025
1.3% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
6.9% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Productivity / employee
€189,2792025
2.8% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Gross value added
€59,364M2022
17.2% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€59,364M
2022 · EU pctl 96
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€105M
2021 · EU pctl 39
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,682M
2021 · EU pctl 93
GVA — information & communication (J)
€14,749M
2021 · EU pctl 99
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,984M
2021 · EU pctl 90
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€58,473M
2025 · EU pctl 96
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€189,279
2025 · EU pctl 99
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€18,645M
2025 · EU pctl 98
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
286,200
2025 · EU pctl 83
Innovation & R&D
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)
3,998,530
2025 · EU pctl 83
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
507 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,871 kt
2025 · EU pctl 42
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,484
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
468
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
36 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
360,287
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged 65+
88,071
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged under 15
82,744
2025 · EU pctl 81
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.4%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of total population change
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Live births
4,747
2024 · EU pctl 84
Deaths
3,543
2024 · EU pctl 59
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
2024 · EU pctl 23
Population density (persons per km²)
2,172 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 96
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,017,229
2100 · EU pctl 94
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
422 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
52.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
609 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,878 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2022 · EU pctl 97
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
2022 · EU pctl 95
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 95
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
2022 · EU pctl 96
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
2022 · EU pctl 97
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
415 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
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.
15
2024 · EU pctl 64
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 21
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.8%
2021 · EU pctl 48
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