Notícias (GB)
In the 1st half of 2026, electricity generation in the Autonomous Region of Madeira increased by 4.5% compared with the same period the previous year (Read more...)
In the 2nd quarter of 2026, the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, remaining the lowest in the Country (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the number of bankruptcy, insolvency and enterprise recovery cases filed in the first-instance courts of the Madeira District decreased quarter-on-quarter and increased year-on-year (Read more...)
In July 2026, the confidence indicator in Manufacturing, Construction and Public Works and Trade increased, while in Services there was a decrease (Read more...)
In the first half of 2026, the balance between the number of companies incorporated and dissolved decreased compared with the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In June 2026, overnight stays in tourist accommodation in the Region decreased by 0.7% year-on-year, while total revenue grew by 5.6% (Read more...)
DREM releases income statistics for 2024 based on personal income tax returns (Read more...)
In 2024, the death rate from "malignant tumours" was highest in Santana, Machico and Funchal, and lowest in Câmara de Lobos, Porto Moniz and Calheta (Read more...)
In 2025, around one in every five children aged 5 to 14 had obesity (Read more...)
In the first half of 2026, the banana commercialisation decreased by 19.8% year-on-year (Read more...)
Notícias (GB)
In the 1st half of 2026, electricity generation in the Autonomous Region of Madeira increased by 4.5% compared with the same period the previous year (Read more...)
In the 2nd quarter of 2026, the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, remaining the lowest in the Country (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the number of bankruptcy, insolvency and enterprise recovery cases filed in the first-instance courts of the Madeira District decreased quarter-on-quarter and increased year-on-year (Read more...)
In July 2026, the confidence indicator in Manufacturing, Construction and Public Works and Trade increased, while in Services there was a decrease (Read more...)
In the first half of 2026, the balance between the number of companies incorporated and dissolved decreased compared with the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In June 2026, overnight stays in tourist accommodation in the Region decreased by 0.7% year-on-year, while total revenue grew by 5.6% (Read more...)
DREM releases income statistics for 2024 based on personal income tax returns (Read more...)
In 2024, the death rate from "malignant tumours" was highest in Santana, Machico and Funchal, and lowest in Câmara de Lobos, Porto Moniz and Calheta (Read more...)
In 2025, around one in every five children aged 5 to 14 had obesity (Read more...)
In the first half of 2026, the banana commercialisation decreased by 19.8% year-on-year (Read more...)
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DREM updates Territory Statistics
The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) releases today on its website, a set of tables with updated information regarding territory, namely data relating to areas, perimeters, and altimetry of the revised and updated version of the Official Administrative Map of Portugal, 2020 version - CAOP2020 whose responsibility in the Autonomous Region of Madeira belongs to the Regional Directorate for Spatial Planning (DROTe).
Information is also provided on the resident population at the civil parish level (provisional data from the 2021 Census), its population density, data on the territorial structure, extreme points, and major mountain systems.
In 2021, the population density in the Autonomous Region of Madeira stood at 313.0 inhabitants per km2
In 2021, the population density in the Autonomous Region of Madeira stood at 313.0 inhabitants per km2, with the highest value in Funchal (1,388 inhabitants/km2) and the lowest in Porto Moniz (30.4 inhabitants/km2). By parish, this indicator reaches its highest value in S. Pedro (4 835.6 inhabitants/km2) and its lowest value in Ribeira da Janela (10.8 inhabitants/km2).
Compared to the other six NUTS II regions in Portugal, the Autonomous Region of Madeira has the second highest population density, only behind Metropolitan Area of Lisbon (952.1 inhabitants/km2). The Alentejo is the region with the lowest population density (22.3 inhabitants/km2), while the Autonomous Region of Azores has a population density of 101.8 inhabitants/km2.
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