NUTS 3

Área Metropolitana do Porto

Region of Portugal · NUTS code PT11A

Among 26 NUTS 3 regions of Portugal, Área Metropolitana do Porto ranks best in gdp per capita (6th).

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Área Metropolitana do Porto vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
25,900 €/inh.
+1,400 vs 2023
6th of 26 in the country
Portugal 28,390 €/inh. · -9%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
893.2 /km²
+9.5 vs 2023
2nd of 26 in the country
Portugal 117.6 /km² · +660%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
11.3 ‰
−7.0 vs 2023
13th of 26 in the country
Portugal 3.2 ‰ · +253%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
13.8 ‰
−6.7 vs 2023
22nd of 26 in the country
Portugal 6.2 ‰ · +123%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
47.2 years
+0.3 vs 2024
17th of 26 in the country
Portugal 47.2 years
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
23.5 %
+0.5 vs 2024
19th of 26 in the country
Portugal 24.3 % · -3%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Map

NUTS 3

 

Boundaries: Direção-Geral do Território, CAOP, simplified · sources and licences

Society

Tourist nights
5,756 per 1,000
8th of 26 in the country
Portugal 8,319 per 1,000 · -31%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For Norte

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 3 regions, only for the larger region Área Metropolitana do Porto belongs to.

Population
3,692,842
+18,981 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
83.1 years
+0.2 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
6.3 %
−0.3 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
13,800 €/inh.
+1,100 vs 2022
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
78.2 %
+0.8 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
50 per mn
−1 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
29.8 %
+0.7 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.21
−0.06 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
4.4 %
+0.4 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
2.3 %
−1.1 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
561 per 100k
+29 vs 2019
2020 · NUTS 2 ranking

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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