Canton of Vaudchampions of food

21.07.2020

SWITZERLAND : MORE THAN CHOCOLATE !

SWITZERLAND AND VAUD : FACTS AND FIGURES

❖ +2% Jobs Creation per year(+70’000 new jobs since 2000)

❖ 3rd biggest State in Switzerland(800’000 inhabitants)

❖ +2.3% GDP Growth per year(in average from 2000 to 2016)

❖ +2.7% Exports per year (in average from 2006 to 2016)

❖ 13.8% income tax rate

LARGEST ACADEMIC CAMPUS IN SWITZERLAND

❖ Renowned universities (EPFL 10th best engineering school in the world according to QS World University Ranking 2017-2018)

❖ High R&D spending: budget over CHF 1 billion (EPFL, UNIL, CHUV)

❖ Large pool of talents (70’000 students, professors and researchers, i.e. ~10% of the population)

MISSIONS OF INNOVAUD

• INVEST

• CONNECT

• PROMOTE

• EXPAND

• EXPLORE

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Yuliya Blaser, Key account manageryuliya.blaser@innovaud.ch

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