NUTS-3 CH052 · Switzerland
Schaffhausen
Export region data (CSV)Schaffhausen generates €8.8bn of GDP across 88.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 71.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +6.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (87.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (67.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
71.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.4
Livability77.4
Market access89
Economic scale55
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)
80.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability27
Labour stability98
Diversification98
Demographic stability98
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)
71.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density48
Airport access77
Market access89
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)
77.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs87.5
Education74
Health85
Safety67.3
Connectivity73
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
63.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.5%
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 · 37.1%Diversified · HHI 1404
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 37.1%Public · health · education 5.4%
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)
€8,272M
2022 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€59M
2021 · EU pctl 24
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,066M
2021 · EU pctl 73
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,447M
2021 · EU pctl 86
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€449M
2021 · EU pctl 9
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
25
2012 · EU pctl 61
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
319 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 88
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)
162,525
2024 · EU pctl 9
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.
347
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
391
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
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)
56,339
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged 65+
19,670
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged under 15
12,658
2025 · EU pctl 13
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 34
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
17.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
694
2024 · EU pctl 14
Deaths
804
2024 · EU pctl 6
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
297 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 74
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
24.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
437 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,217 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
664 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
97 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
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