NUTS-3 CH024 · Switzerland
Neuchâtel
Export region data (CSV)Neuchâtel generates €19bn of GDP across 179.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 68.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +6.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (98th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (33.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
68.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.6
Livability75.1
Market access71
Economic scale80
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)
67
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability12
Labour stability99
Diversification92
Demographic stability65
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
Airport access23
Market access71
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)
75.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs68.5
Education75
Health89.5
Safety33.3
Connectivity86.5
Environment98
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
47.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 43.1%Diversified · HHI 1929
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 43.1%Public · health · education 8.3%
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)
€18,160M
2022 · EU pctl 81
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€96M
2021 · EU pctl 36
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,831M
2021 · EU pctl 93
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,994M
2021 · EU pctl 88
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,510M
2021 · EU pctl 50
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
116
2012 · EU pctl 92
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
670 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 99
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)
465,168
2024 · EU pctl 30
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.
1,328
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
740
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
83
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
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)
117,116
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged 65+
36,002
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged under 15
26,400
2025 · EU pctl 39
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.7%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Crude rate of total population change
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Live births
1,467
2024 · EU pctl 41
Deaths
1,602
2024 · EU pctl 24
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.3%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population density (persons per km²)
250 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 70
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
1.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
463 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,247 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,002 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
108 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
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.
3
2024 · EU pctl 2
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
79
2024 · EU pctl 98
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