NUTS-3 CH066 · Switzerland
Zug
Export region data (CSV)Zug generates €26bn of GDP across 133.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 80/100 places it in the top tier of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +8.2%/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 (69.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
80
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.2
Livability84.6
Market access90
Economic scale86
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability10
Labour stability100
Diversification100
Demographic stability91
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density54
Airport access73
Market access90
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)
84.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs93.5
Education89
Health94.5
Safety76.3
Connectivity69.5
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
59.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.5 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 · 16.8%Diversified · HHI 297
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 16.8%Public · health · education 3.6%
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)
€24,132M
2022 · EU pctl 88
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€40M
2021 · EU pctl 17
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,064M
2021 · EU pctl 82
GVA — information & communication (J)
€8,385M
2021 · EU pctl 97
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€872M
2021 · EU pctl 26
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
56
2012 · EU pctl 79
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
485 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 96
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)
332,484
2024 · EU pctl 21
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.
599
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
448
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
89,080
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged 65+
24,683
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged under 15
19,976
2025 · EU pctl 28
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.7%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Live births
1,185
2024 · EU pctl 32
Deaths
936
2024 · EU pctl 8
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.1%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
640 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 86
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
8.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
293 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,043 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
544 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
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