NUTS-3 CH021 · Switzerland
Bern / Berne
Export region data (CSV)Bern / Berne generates €92bn of GDP across 1.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 72.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (22th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
72.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.6
Livability64.6
Market access83
Economic scale98
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)
78
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability35
Labour stability99
Diversification99
Demographic stability79
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)
58.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density70
Airport access22
Market access83
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)
77.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning94
Knowledge workers62
Scientists & engineers87
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)
64.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs68.5
Education75
Health89.5
Safety51
Connectivity81.5
Environment22
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
42.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.3 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 · 19.9%Diversified · HHI 706
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 19.9%Public · health · education 17.5%
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)
€86,474M
2022 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€618M
2021 · EU pctl 92
GVA — industry (B–E)
€17,238M
2021 · EU pctl 99
GVA — information & communication (J)
€17,351M
2021 · EU pctl 99
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€15,175M
2021 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
85.6%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
186
2012 · EU pctl 96
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
189 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 73
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.3%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.2%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.8%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.0%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,385,294
2024 · EU pctl 94
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
556 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · 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.
6,616
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
618
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
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)
678,379
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged 65+
239,411
2025 · EU pctl 95
Population aged under 15
153,426
2025 · EU pctl 94
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 35
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.3%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
8,727
2024 · EU pctl 94
Deaths
9,872
2024 · EU pctl 94
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
183 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 62
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.1%
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
403 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
825 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
193 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
517 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,515 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
697 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
116 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
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.
18
2024 · EU pctl 78
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
45
2024 · EU pctl 10
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