NUTS 3

Cávado

Region of Portugal · NUTS code PT112

Among 26 NUTS 3 regions of Portugal, Cávado ranks best in gdp per capita (12th).

Over time

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

Cávado vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
23,000 €/inh.
+1,300 vs 2023
12th of 26 in the country
Portugal 28,390 €/inh. · -19%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
350.2 /km²
+3.5 vs 2023
4th of 26 in the country
Portugal 117.6 /km² · +198%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
15.3 ‰
−7.8 vs 2023
8th of 26 in the country
Portugal 3.2 ‰ · +378%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
15.9 ‰
−7.5 vs 2023
18th of 26 in the country
Portugal 6.2 ‰ · +156%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
46.0 years
+0.4 vs 2024
23rd of 26 in the country
Portugal 47.2 years · -3%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
21.3 %
+0.5 vs 2024
24th of 26 in the country
Portugal 24.3 % · -12%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Map

NUTS 3

 

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

Society

Tourist nights
3,036 per 1,000
20th of 26 in the country
Portugal 8,319 per 1,000 · -64%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For Norte

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 3 regions, only for the larger region Cávado 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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