NUTS-3 CH064 · Switzerland
Obwalden
Export region data (CSV)Obwalden generates €3.0bn of GDP across 39.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.5%/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 safety (74th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49
Livability86.8
Market access83
Economic scale14
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)
78.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability27
Labour stability100
Diversification98
Demographic stability90
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 density81
Airport access33
Market access83
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)
86.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs93.5
Education89
Health94.5
Safety74
Connectivity83
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
49
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
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 · 32.9%Diversified · HHI 1128
Agriculture 1.6%Industry 32.9%Public · health · education 6.3%
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)
€2,800M
2022 · EU pctl 15
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€44M
2021 · EU pctl 18
GVA — industry (B–E)
€923M
2021 · EU pctl 29
GVA — information & communication (J)
€427M
2021 · EU pctl 72
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€176M
2021 · EU pctl 1
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
5
2012 · EU pctl 25
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
125 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 59
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)
997,089
2024 · EU pctl 54
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.
299
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
754
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
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)
25,340
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
8,507
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged under 15
5,815
2025 · EU pctl 2
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of total population change
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Live births
314
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
290
2024 · EU pctl 1
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
83 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 34
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
5.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
181 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,189 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
825 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)
109 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
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