NUTS-3 CH053 · Switzerland
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Export region data (CSV)Appenzell Ausserrhoden generates €3.9bn of GDP across 56.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +6.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (72.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
61.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.4
Livability82.3
Market access85
Economic scale23
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)
75
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability33
Labour stability98
Diversification98
Demographic stability71
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)
79.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density87
Airport access66
Market access85
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)
82.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs87.5
Education74
Health85
Safety72.7
Connectivity92.5
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
56.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 34.5%Diversified · HHI 1255
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 34.5%Public · health · education 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 · 50 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,642M
2022 · EU pctl 24
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€39M
2021 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,257M
2021 · EU pctl 40
GVA — information & communication (J)
€627M
2021 · EU pctl 78
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€290M
2021 · EU pctl 4
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
13
2012 · EU pctl 44
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
243 /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)
192,663
2024 · EU pctl 11
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.
482
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
850
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
40
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
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)
35,479
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged 65+
12,302
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged under 15
8,924
2025 · EU pctl 6
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Live births
482
2024 · EU pctl 7
Deaths
535
2024 · EU pctl 2
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
233 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 68
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
5.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
320 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
890 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
845 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
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