Datasheet NUTS-3 regions
Schwyz
Glattalp, Schächentaler Windgällen (2.764m) (Image: Roland Zumbühl, Arlesheim (CH))
Schwyz <> Bozen/Bolzano
POPULATION
Population (End of the year 2005) 137522 482650
Population change 1995-2005 +12.3% +7.6%
 
Population density
Inhabitants per km² 2005 151.4 65.2
Inhabitants per km² of permanent settled areas 2005 400.0 404.6
 
Age Structure population pyramid population pyramid
Children and juveniles per 100 seniors 2005 126.1 102.6
Seniors per 100 adults 2005 16.9 20.0
 
ECONOMY
Economic structure
Percentage of agricultural jobs 9.7% 9.4%
Percentage of industrial jobs 32.4% 25.8%
Percentage of service-jobs 57.9% 64.8%
 
Gross domestic product (GDP)
GDP per capita (2002) 42014€ 32279€
GDP in power purchasing parities per capita (2002) 29364 33783
 
Unemployment
Unemployment rate (2005) 2.3% 2.7%
 
TOURISM
Overnight stays (2005) 845083 25698308
Maximum of present persons in % of the resident population 2005 112.8% 144.6%