[NOTE: 2011-2017 data were revised on 04/08/2020]

Regional Development Composite Index for the Autonomous Region of Madeira improved in 2018

The Regional Development Composite Index (RDCI) results for 2018 released today by Statistics Portugal (INE) show that Área Metropolitana de Lisboa remains as the only region above the country’s average regarding the overall index, with this indicator reaching 106.59 (106.52 in 2017). In the Autonomous Region of Madeira the index stood at 95.10 in 2018, increasing slightly from 2017 (94.28). The Autonomous Region of Azores scored 89.04.

The competitiveness index was also higher in that Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (113.50), once again the only region above the country’s average. The Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira show the worse results, with Madeira scoring a value of 89.49 in 2018 (88.52 in 2017) and Azores 82.34.

The values of the cohesion index are more balanced than the previous index at least for mainland Portugal. The Autonomous Region of the Azores has the lowest cohesion index (79.43), while Madeira scored 87.74 in this indicator.

The Autonomous Region of Madeira was the leading NUTS 2 region in the environmental quality index in the year 2018 (109.16), ahead of the Autonomous Region of the Azores (106.70).

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