NUTS-3 CH033 · Switzerland
Aargau
Export region data (CSV)Aargau generates €49bn of GDP across 735.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 78/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (93.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (64.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
78
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.8
Livability76.2
Market access90
Economic scale95
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)
82.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability37
Labour stability97
Diversification99
Demographic stability97
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)
73.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density50
Airport access80
Market access90
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)
85
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary75
Lifelong learning92
Knowledge workers82
Scientists & engineers91
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)
76.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs65
Education88
Health93.5
Safety64.3
Connectivity70
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
50.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
0.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.2 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 · 23.5%Diversified · HHI 609
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 23.5%Public · health · education 7.5%
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 · 50 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€46,314M
2022 · EU pctl 95
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€277M
2021 · EU pctl 71
GVA — industry (B–E)
€10,885M
2021 · EU pctl 96
GVA — information & communication (J)
€10,862M
2021 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,466M
2021 · EU pctl 78
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
84.8%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.5%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
378
2012 · EU pctl 99
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
611 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 98
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
8.7%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
45.7%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.1%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.9%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.4%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,032,199
2024 · EU pctl 54
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
530 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 27 · 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.
3,002
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
408
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
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)
482,092
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged 65+
140,853
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged under 15
112,863
2025 · EU pctl 90
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.2%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of total population change
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Live births
6,536
2024 · EU pctl 91
Deaths
5,383
2024 · EU pctl 77
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
529 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 83
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.2%
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
545 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
792 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
173 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,203 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
19 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
472 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
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