NUTS-3 CH061 · Switzerland
Luzern
Export region data (CSV)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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
76.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54
Livability74.5
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density59
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)
74.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs93.5
Education89
Health94.5
Safety61
Connectivity72
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).
All indicators · 52 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
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
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
86
2012 · EU pctl 88
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
225 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 78
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)
3,058,865
2024 · 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.
2,148
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
491
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
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 87
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.7%
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
319 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 24 · 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
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
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