NUTS-3 CH022 · Switzerland
Fribourg / Freiburg
Export region data (CSV)Fribourg / Freiburg generates €22bn of GDP across 346.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +5.3%/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 safety (61.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
70.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.6
Livability74.8
Market access74
Economic scale83
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)
82.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability35
Labour stability99
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)
52.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density66
Airport access17
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)
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)
74.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs68.5
Education75
Health89.5
Safety61.3
Connectivity79.5
Environment—
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
51.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.5%
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 · 25.5%Diversified · HHI 767
Agriculture 1.6%Industry 25.5%Public · health · education 10.6%
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 · 50 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,872M
2022 · EU pctl 84
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€337M
2021 · EU pctl 77
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,328M
2021 · EU pctl 89
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,811M
2021 · EU pctl 94
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,213M
2021 · EU pctl 65
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
39
2012 · EU pctl 70
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
137 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 62
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)
739,125
2024 · EU pctl 44
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.
1,944
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
561
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
94
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
231,303
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged 65+
59,245
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged under 15
56,126
2025 · EU pctl 70
Median age of population
40.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of total population change
14.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude birth rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude death rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Live births
3,288
2024 · EU pctl 73
Deaths
2,306
2024 · EU pctl 39
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
217 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 67
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
367 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,210 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
733 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
98 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
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