NUTS-3 CH051 · Switzerland
Glarus
Export region data (CSV)Glarus generates €3.2bn of GDP across 42.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (89th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (70.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
57.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52
Livability81.2
Market access80
Economic scale16
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)
78.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability31
Labour stability98
Diversification98
Demographic stability88
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
Airport access36
Market access80
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)
71.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary66
Lifelong learning91
Knowledge workers53
Scientists & engineers76
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)
81.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs87.5
Education74
Health85
Safety70.7
Connectivity89
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
52
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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 · 33.9%Diversified · HHI 1196
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 33.9%Public · health · education 7%
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)
€3,021M
2022 · EU pctl 18
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€16M
2021 · EU pctl 10
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,023M
2021 · EU pctl 33
GVA — information & communication (J)
€498M
2021 · EU pctl 75
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€212M
2021 · EU pctl 3
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.0%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
9
2012 · EU pctl 39
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
241 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 81
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.5%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.8%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
44.4%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
24.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
100.0%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
310,661
2024 · EU pctl 19
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
589 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 44 · 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.
313
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
739
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
67
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
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)
26,992
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
9,213
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged under 15
6,166
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 31
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of total population change
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
338
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
389
2024 · EU pctl 1
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
62 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 24
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.2%
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
489 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
861 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
192 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
354 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
989 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
983 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
121 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
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