TheNomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is ageocodestandard for referencing thesubdivisions ofSwitzerland for statistical purposes.[1] As a member ofEFTA Switzerland is included in the NUTS standard, although the standard is developed and regulated by theEuropean Union,[2] an organization that Switzerland does not belong to. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union'sStructural Funds. The NUTS code for Switzerland is CH and a hierarchy of three levels is established byEurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Switzerland, the LAUs aremunicipalities.
The three NUTS levels are:
| Level | Subdivisions | # |
|---|---|---|
| NUTS-1 | Entire Country | 1 |
| NUTS-2 | Regions | 7 |
| NUTS-3 | Cantons | 26 |
The NUTS codes are as follows:
 Diagram of the National (NUTS-1) and Regional (NUTS-2) borders of Switzerland | |||||
| NUTS 1 | Code | NUTS 2 | Code | NUTS 3 | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Switzerland | CH0 | Lake Geneva region | CH01 |  Vaud | CH011 |
 Valais | CH012 | ||||
 Geneva | CH013 | ||||
| Espace Mittelland | CH02 |  Berne | CH021 | ||
 Fribourg | CH022 | ||||
 Solothurn | CH023 | ||||
 Neuchâtel | CH024 | ||||
 Jura | CH025 | ||||
| Northwestern Switzerland | CH03 |  Basel-Stadt | CH031 | ||
 Basel-Landschaft | CH032 | ||||
 Aargau | CH033 | ||||
| Zurich | CH04 |  Zürich | CH040 | ||
| Eastern Switzerland | CH05 |  Glarus | CH051 | ||
 Schaffhausen | CH052 | ||||
 Appenzell Ausserrhoden | CH053 | ||||
 Appenzell Innerrhoden | CH054 | ||||
 St. Gallen | CH055 | ||||
 Grisons | CH056 | ||||
 Thurgau | CH057 | ||||
| Central Switzerland | CH06 |  Lucerne | CH061 | ||
 Uri | CH062 | ||||
 Schwyz | CH063 | ||||
 Obwalden | CH064 | ||||
 Nidwalden | CH065 | ||||
 Zug | CH066 | ||||
| Ticino | CH07 |  Ticino | CH070 | ||
Below the NUTS levels, there areLocal Administrative Units (LAU)
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