NUTS-3 CH040 · Switzerland
Zürich
Export region data (CSV)Zürich generates €169bn of GDP across 1.6m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 76/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (98th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (17th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
76
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44
Livability68
Market access93
Economic scale99
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)
81.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability34
Labour stability99
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)
80
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density50
Airport access97
Market access93
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)
98
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary97
Lifelong learning98
Knowledge workers97
Scientists & engineers100
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)
68
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs72.5
Education98
Health93.5
Safety54.7
Connectivity72
Environment17
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
44
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.1 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 · 12.3%Diversified · HHI 229
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 12.3%Public · health · education 8.8%
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)
€159,033M
2022 · EU pctl 99
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€335M
2021 · EU pctl 77
GVA — industry (B–E)
€19,591M
2021 · EU pctl 99
GVA — information & communication (J)
€36,319M
2021 · EU pctl 100
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€13,978M
2021 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.2%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.2%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
536
2012 · EU pctl 99
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
385 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 92
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
56.6%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
62.0%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
36.2%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
17.4%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,093,662
2024 · EU pctl 91
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
481 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 18 · 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.
6,606
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
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.
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,095,380
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged 65+
282,720
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged under 15
241,920
2025 · EU pctl 97
Median age of population
41.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 10
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.8%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of total population change
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Live births
14,949
2024 · EU pctl 98
Deaths
11,813
2024 · EU pctl 96
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.9%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
975 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.7%
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
372 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
799 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
184 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
498 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,915 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
22 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
484 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
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.
19
2024 · EU pctl 83
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 16
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