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Notícias (GB)
In May 2026, the precipitation was above the climatological normal throughout the Region, with Santana standing out (Read more...)
In March 2026, the regional economic growth accelerated (Read more...)
In 2024, the Regional Development Composite Index of the Autonomous Region of Madeira improved slightly and approached the national average (Read more...)
In April 2026, the number of deaths decreased by 10.2% compared to the same month of the previous year, while the number of live births declined by 1.4% (Read more...)
In May 2026, the twelve-month average rate of change of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 3.3% and the year-on-year rate of change increased to 4.6% (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, building permits grew 12.7% year-on-year, while completed buildings increased by 3.5% (Read more...)
In 2025, the number of births to mothers residing in the Autonomous Region of Madeira decreased by 3.3% compared to 2024 (Read more...)
In 2024, the regional poverty risk rate was below the national figure for the unemployed, above it for retirees, and close to it for workers (Read more...)
DREM releases the 5th edition of the Barometer of the Outermost Regions (Read more...)
In May 2026, the confidence indicator in Manufacturing, Trade, and Services increased, while in Construction and Public Works, there was a decrease (Read more...)
Notícias (GB)
In May 2026, the precipitation was above the climatological normal throughout the Region, with Santana standing out (Read more...)
In March 2026, the regional economic growth accelerated (Read more...)
In 2024, the Regional Development Composite Index of the Autonomous Region of Madeira improved slightly and approached the national average (Read more...)
In April 2026, the number of deaths decreased by 10.2% compared to the same month of the previous year, while the number of live births declined by 1.4% (Read more...)
In May 2026, the twelve-month average rate of change of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 3.3% and the year-on-year rate of change increased to 4.6% (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, building permits grew 12.7% year-on-year, while completed buildings increased by 3.5% (Read more...)
In 2025, the number of births to mothers residing in the Autonomous Region of Madeira decreased by 3.3% compared to 2024 (Read more...)
In 2024, the regional poverty risk rate was below the national figure for the unemployed, above it for retirees, and close to it for workers (Read more...)
DREM releases the 5th edition of the Barometer of the Outermost Regions (Read more...)
In May 2026, the confidence indicator in Manufacturing, Trade, and Services increased, while in Construction and Public Works, there was a decrease (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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