DREM releases Barometer of the Outermost Regions

The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) releases today a set of statistical information on the nine regions of the European Union (EU) benefiting from the status of Outermost Regions (ORs), as defined by Article 349 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU (TFEU).

This new statistical product, entitled "Barometer of the ORs", gathers in a single file, a set of indicators that characterise the ORs, based on data from several bodies, most of them producers of official statistical data.

The release is organised in twelve sections: territory, population, education, health, labour market, income, economic accounts, agriculture, transport, tourism, science and technology and information society.

The main conclusions for each subject are summarised as follows:

Territory - Madeira is the OR closest to the capital of the country to which it belongs

Population - Portuguese ORs are the least populated

Education - The ORs have a worse performance than the countries they belong to

Health - Madeira stands out in the number of hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants

Labour market - Unemployment rates in the Portuguese ORs are much lower than in the other regions

Income - Macaronesia ORs with a worse performance on the at-risk-of-poverty rate than the respective Member States

Economic Accounts - Pandemic affected the Canary Islands and Madeira more severely

Agriculture - Azores have the largest utilised agricultural area

Transport - Indicators reveal the scale of the Canary Islands in this sector

Tourism - Macaronesia's outermost regions are the most dependent on tourism

Science and Technology - R&D share of the GDP of the Macaronesia's OR is very low

Information Society - Macaronesia's OR with the best performance

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