NUTS-3 CH070 · Switzerland
Ticino
Export region data (CSV)Ticino generates €37bn of GDP across 358.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 71.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +6.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (100th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (26th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
71.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.8
Livability59.3
Market access79
Economic scale92
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability23
Labour stability84
Diversification100
Demographic stability70
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density89
Airport access37
Market access79
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)
80.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary88
Lifelong learning91
Knowledge workers62
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)
59.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy—
Jobs26
Education81
Health100
Safety32.3
Connectivity88.5
Environment28
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
54.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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 · 19.6%Diversified · HHI 433
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 19.6%Public · health · education 6.8%
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)
€34,955M
2022 · EU pctl 92
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€76M
2021 · EU pctl 29
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,867M
2021 · EU pctl 92
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,801M
2021 · EU pctl 97
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,386M
2021 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
14.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
92
2012 · EU pctl 89
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
272 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 84
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.6%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
52.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · 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)
25.2%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.1%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.0%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,325,678
2024 · EU pctl 84
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
630 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 68 · 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.
3,249
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
905
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
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)
228,452
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged 65+
86,074
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged under 15
44,377
2025 · EU pctl 61
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 70
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Live births
2,319
2024 · EU pctl 59
Deaths
3,436
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.1%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
131 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 50
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
33.1%
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
85.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
547 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
668 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
202 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
299 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,260 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,689 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
200 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
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.
16
2024 · EU pctl 72
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 20
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