NUTS-3 CH061 · Switzerland
Luzern
Luzern generates €33bn of GDP across 437.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 76.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (94.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (37th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader94 → 96 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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)
Labour market99
Governance96
Digital readiness85
Demographic outlook83
Talent & skills81
Resilience81
Quality of life75
Freight intensity70
Connectivity66
Growth momentum54
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)
76.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54
Livability74.6
Market access87
Economic scale90
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability30
Labour stability100
Diversification99
Demographic stability95
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)
65.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density60
Airport access50
Market access87
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)
81
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary80
Lifelong learning91
Knowledge workers71
Scientists & engineers82
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)
74.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs93.5
Education89
Health94.5
Safety61
Connectivity72.5
Environment37
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
54
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
-1.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 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 · 25.7%Diversified · HHI 713
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 25.7%Public · health · education 7.1%
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)
€32,902M2022
14.5% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€30,442M2025
1.3% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Population
437,9442025
1.2% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
16.0% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Productivity / employee
€160,4072025
2.8% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Gross value added
€30,906M2022
14.1% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,906M
2022 · EU pctl 91
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€386M
2021 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,946M
2021 · EU pctl 94
GVA — information & communication (J)
€6,185M
2021 · EU pctl 96
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,197M
2021 · EU pctl 65
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,442M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€160,407
2025 · EU pctl 98
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,707M
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.3%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.5%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
257,800
2025 · EU pctl 79
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
46.4%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
49.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.1%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.9%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,161,666
2025 · EU pctl 78
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
607 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 57 · 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.
2,145
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,582 kt
2025 · EU pctl 82
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
490
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
44 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
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)
288,170
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged 65+
83,172
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged under 15
66,602
2025 · EU pctl 75
Median age of population
42.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 14
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.9%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of total population change
11.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Live births
4,069
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
3,267
2024 · EU pctl 55
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.0%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
305 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 75
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
530,484
2100 · EU pctl 82
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
313 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
824 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
186 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
496 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,788 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · 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)
561 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
78 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 63
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 74
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
15.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.0%
2021 · EU pctl 60
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