NUTS-3 CH063 · Switzerland
Schwyz
Export region data (CSV)Schwyz generates €12bn of GDP across 168.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 75.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +6.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (98th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (79.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
75.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.6
Livability89.6
Market access87
Economic scale67
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)
82
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability36
Labour stability100
Diversification99
Demographic stability93
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)
73.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density74
Airport access60
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)
89.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs93.5
Education89
Health94.5
Safety83.3
Connectivity79.5
Environment98
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
56.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
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 · 23.9%Diversified · HHI 610
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 23.9%Public · health · education 6.4%
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 · 52 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,266M
2022 · EU pctl 68
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€66M
2021 · EU pctl 26
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,688M
2021 · EU pctl 68
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,077M
2021 · EU pctl 89
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€717M
2021 · EU pctl 18
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
49
2012 · EU pctl 75
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
329 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 89
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)
835,067
2024 · EU pctl 47
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.
1,117
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
661
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
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)
111,293
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged 65+
33,557
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged under 15
24,081
2025 · EU pctl 36
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 38
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.2%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Crude rate of total population change
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Live births
1,436
2024 · EU pctl 40
Deaths
1,345
2024 · EU pctl 16
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.8%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
200 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 65
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
312 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
680 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,192 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
146 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
27 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
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.
3
2024 · EU pctl 2
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
77
2024 · EU pctl 98
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