NUTS-3 CH051 · Switzerland
Glarus
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader94 → 96 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Digital readiness98
Labour market96
Governance96
Quality of life81
Resilience79
Demographic outlook73
Talent & skills72
Connectivity65
Growth momentum52
Freight intensity45
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
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).
Trends · 2009–2022
GDP (current prices)
€3,216M2022
12.9% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,976M2025
1.3% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Population
42,3712025
0.7% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Unemployment rate
3.3%2025
13.8% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Productivity / employee
€148,4372025
2.9% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Gross value added
€3,021M2022
12.5% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
All indicators · 64 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,976M
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€148,437
2025 · EU pctl 97
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€949M
2025 · EU pctl 24
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
24,200
2025 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
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)
301,075
2025 · EU pctl 18
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.
311
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,118 kt
2025 · EU pctl 5
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
734
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
23 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
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 14
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
45,302
2100 · EU pctl 4
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
487 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2022 · EU pctl 97
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.76
2022 · EU pctl 95
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 95
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.09
2022 · EU pctl 96
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.03
2022 · EU pctl 97
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
4.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
25.4%
2021 · EU pctl 98
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