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Among 9 NUTS 2 regions of Portugal, Algarve ranks best in
income per capita (1st) and lowest in high-tech jobs (7th).
Over time
Indicator
The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish
it, only the region line is shown.
Algarve vs national value
Economy
GDP per capita
29,300 €/inh.
+1,800 vs 2023
2nd of 9 in the country
Portugal 28,390 €/inh. · +3%
Income per capita
18,600 €/inh.
+1,600 vs 2022
1st of 9 in the country
Portugal 15,400 €/inh. · +21%
GDP growth
2nd of 9 in the country
Portugal 1.9 % · +21%
Population
Population
6th of 9 in the country
Portugal 11,424,031 · -96%
Life expectancy
5th of 9 in the country
Portugal 82.5 years
Population density
6th of 9 in the country
Portugal 117.6 /km² · -16%
Population change
3rd of 9 in the country
Portugal 3.2 ‰ · +622%
Net migration
3rd of 9 in the country
Portugal 6.2 ‰ · +308%
Median age
6th of 9 in the country
Portugal 47.2 years
Aged 65+
5th of 9 in the country
Portugal 24.3 %
Fertility
2nd of 9 in the country
Portugal 1.41 · +17%
Doctors
3rd of 4 in the country
Portugal 431 per 100k
Labour
Unemployment
6th of 9 in the country
Portugal 6.0 % · -5%
Employment
2nd of 9 in the country
Portugal 79.6 %
High-tech jobs
7th of 7 in the country
Portugal 5.0 % · -64%
Society
Tourist nights
46,559 per 1,000
−916 vs 2024
1st of 9 in the country
Portugal 8,319 per 1,000 · +460%
Road deaths
8th of 9 in the country
Portugal 57 per mn · +53%
Tertiary educated
5th of 9 in the country
Portugal 32.7 % · -12%
Other regions in Continente
Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are
defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.
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