NUTS-3 CH065 · Switzerland
Nidwalden
Export region data (CSV)Nidwalden generates €3.4bn of GDP across 45.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.3%/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 digital connectivity (77th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.2
Livability87.6
Market access83
Economic scale19
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)
75.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability10
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density69
Airport access40
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)
87.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs93.5
Education89
Health94.5
Safety84
Connectivity77
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
45.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.4 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 · 30.1%Diversified · HHI 951
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 30.1%Public · health · education 6.5%
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)
€3,213M
2022 · EU pctl 20
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€19M
2021 · EU pctl 10
GVA — industry (B–E)
€968M
2021 · EU pctl 31
GVA — information & communication (J)
€546M
2021 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€209M
2021 · EU pctl 2
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
11
2012 · EU pctl 41
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
269 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 84
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)
409,713
2024 · EU pctl 27
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.
273
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
602
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
28,809
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
10,510
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
6,026
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 60
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.5%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
348
2024 · EU pctl 3
Deaths
346
2024 · EU pctl 1
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
2024 · EU pctl 37
Population density (persons per km²)
188 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 63
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
8.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
244 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
649 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
827 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)
77 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
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