Datasheet NUTS-3 regions
Vaud
Sommet des Diablerets (Image: Pixelio.de)
Vaud <> Bozen/Bolzano
POPULATION
Population (End of the year 2005) 654093 482650
Population change 1995-2005 +8.0% +7.6%
 
Population density
Inhabitants per km² 2005 203.6 65.2
Inhabitants per km² of permanent settled areas 2005 420.7 404.6
 
Age Structure population pyramid population pyramid
Children and juveniles per 100 seniors 2005 113.7 102.6
Seniors per 100 adults 2005 18.4 20.0
 
ECONOMY
Economic structure
Percentage of agricultural jobs 6.3% 9.4%
Percentage of industrial jobs 20.5% 25.8%
Percentage of service-jobs 73.2% 64.8%
 
Gross domestic product (GDP)
GDP per capita (2002) 40047€ 32279€
GDP in power purchasing parities per capita (2002) 27989 33783
 
Unemployment
Unemployment rate (2005) 5.3% 2.7%
 
TOURISM
Overnight stays (2005) 3937600 25698308
Maximum of present persons in % of the resident population 2005 109.6% 144.6%