23-07-2025 - DREM releases the Activity Report for the year 2024

DREM releases the Activity Report for the year 2024

The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) has today published its Activity Report for the year 2024, which is available under the Organisation – Planning and Management section. This document received a favourable opinion from the Higher Council for Statistics at the plenary meeting held on 11th July.

The report has been meticulously prepared in accordance with Regional Legislative Decree no. 27/2009/M, of 24th August (as amended by Regional Legislative Decree no. 12/2015/M, of 21st December), within the framework of the self-assessment process under SIADAP-RAM, and follows the guidelines set out in the 8th Deliberation of the Higher Council of Statistics (CSE) and the General Guidelines for Official Statistical Activity (LGAEO) 2023–2027, which define the strategic objectives of the National Statistical System.

The current report provides a comprehensive overview of the various activities carried out by DREM throughout 2024. These activities are aligned with the 2024 Business Plan, the institution’s established strategic objectives, and its Mission and Vision. DREM acts as the statistical authority for regional official statistics and collaborates in the production of national scope statistics under the technical and scientific oversight of Statistics Portugal (INE)

The following highlights are drawn from the report regarding the year 2024:

In terms of statistical production, 2024 was marked by an 86.3% response rate in household surveys (compared to 85.8% in 2023). For self-completion surveys addressed to public and private entities, the response rate stood at 92.4%, representing a decrease of 1.6 percentage points compared to 2023;

Across the different modes of household survey response, a total of 15.4 thousand interviews were conducted (15.6 thousand in 2023), including 10.8 thousand by telephone (CATI), 4.1 thousand face-to-face (CAPI) and 0.5 thousand via the internet (CAWI). In the self-completion surveys, 71.0 thousand questionnaires were received (62.7 thousand in 2023);

In the area of statistical dissemination, there was also an increase in the number of dissemination instances (newsletters sent to registered users), which reached a record 309 (275 in 2023), representing a 12.4% increase compared to 2023, and corresponding to an average of more than 1.17 newsletters per working day;

97.6% of the planned disseminations were successfully executed, of which 99.5% were released within the expected timeframe;

A record high of 1 104 news articles with explicit reference to DREM was recorded in the media, representing an increase of 31.1% compared to 2023, with the areas of Tourism, Construction, Population and Transport being the most frequently mentioned;