Nidwalden

  • Capital:Stans
  • Chancellor:Hugo Murer
  • Canton website
  • Main Language in %:German-92.5, French-0.6, Italian-1.4, Romansh-0.1
  • Religious affiliation in %:Protestants-11.9, Roman Catholics-75.6, No Religious-5.8
  • GDP, millions of current CHF:2,968 (2015)
  • GDP per capita, in CHF:70,259 (2015)
  • Employed, persons:23,590 (2015)
  • Unemployment rate in % (annual average):1.1 (2017)
  • Debt of the Cantons in Francs per Inhabitant:5,661 (2009)
  • Area in km²:241 (2014)
  • Population, persons:42,556 (2016)
  • Population Density per km2:176 (2016)
  • Passenger Cars per 1000 Inhabitants:623.1 (2016)
  • Residents per Room:0.60 (2000)
  • New Housing units per 1000 Residents:5.5 (2015)
  • Rate of Vacant Housing units:1.24 (2014)
  • Without Post-mandatory Education, %:18.5 (2016)
  • Upper secondary schools, %:49.2 (2016)
  • Higher Education, %:24.9 (2016)
  • Physicians in private practice per 100 000 people:129 (2017)
  • Hospital beds per 1000 people:1.8 (2016)
  • Hospitalisation rate per 1000 people:134.4 (2016)

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