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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Algarve (NUTS III)	Portugal	Algarve (NUTS III)	Portugal	Algarve (NUTS III)	Portugal	Algarve (NUTS III)	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	452,321	10,558,950	┴507,930	┴10,599,117	577,095	11,387,222	578,032	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	4,997	92,212	4,997	92,225	4,997	92,225	4,997	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	84	4,260	67	3,092	67	3,092	76	3,259
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	15.7	15.0	┴13.7	┴13.1	13.0	12.7	12.8	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	65.1	66.0	┴63.2	┴63.6	64.8	64.3	64.9	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	19.2	18.9	┴23.1	┴23.2	22.2	23.0	22.4	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	124	128	┴167	┴178	172	182	179	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	4,561	96,856	4,119	79,582	4,347	84,642	4,431	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	4,619	102,848	5,875	124,841	5,634	118,396	5,726	121,817
Infant mortality rate (‰) (6) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	Infant mortality rate (‰) (6) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	2.6	3.1	1.7	2.4	3.7	3.0	2.0	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	-58	-5,992	-1,756	-45,259	-1,287	-33,754	-1,295	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	1,464	36,035	1,239	29,057	1,923	36,633	1,787	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	1,089	26,751	774	17,279	Pro491	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	9	226	11	240	Pro10	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	118	3,074	120	3,112	120	3,123	120	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	1,151	865	1,633	1,231	2,229	1,662	2,604	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	771	15,434	428	10,315	436	11,504	428	11,125
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	207	6,812	227	5,774	228	5,678	225	5,640
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	176	5,221	162	4,057	168	4,005	169	3,985
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	62	1,170	61	1,180	62	1,182	64	1,189
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	70	1,516	72	1,440	69	1,406	69	1,406
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	33	937	30	967	30	970	30	981
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	81,349	1,925,956	74,848	1,575,679	80,012	1,620,555	81,076	1,622,084
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	12	300	12	288	12	288	12	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	10,896	396,268	9,613	411,995	11,433	448,235	11,763	456,032
Museums	Museums	18	377	15	419	15	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	1,319	25,871	1,205	24,469	2,217	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	36	558	39	547	36	563	38	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	41,262	679,396	60,850	814,797	94,604	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	58,256	1,113,559	76,680	1,342,116	98,598	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	143,833	3,631,747	179,028	4,236,222	233,462	4,944,491	-	-
Personnel employed of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	Personnel employed of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	2	2	3	2	4	2	-	-
Turnover of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	Turnover of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	4	5	3	5	3	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	294	5,834	154	3,266	135	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	65	748	52	681	50	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	767	13,911	878	12,486	974	12,459	964	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	107,456	2,943,654	112,367	2,977,307	116,635	3,049,678	117,501	3,062,345
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	20,016	591,777	22,846	647,483	23,850	662,667	24,171	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	17,734	447,088	10,197	262,210	9,232	226,119	8,342	213,723
Unemployed registered at public employment offices as a % of resident population aged 15 to 64	Unemployed registered at public employment offices as a % of resident population aged 15 to 64	9	8	┴8	┴6	4	4	4	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	25,227	551,944	24,518	386,230	15,677	318,687	15,634	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	9,911	131,522	10,028	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	57.2	39.3	┴41.1	┴28.7	44.7	31.4	Pro45.8	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	5,016.9	4,652.1	┴Pro4,472.1	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro4,501.7	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	214.2	71.3	┴248.3	┴114.3	248.9	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	77	57	┴163	┴84	Pre146	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	416	2,019	939	6,271	1,176	8,173	1,208	8,446

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Sources/Entities: INE, AIMA/MP, APA/MA, BP, CGA/MTSSS-MF, DGAL/MCT, DGEEC/MECI, DGEG/MAE, DGPJ/MJ, DGS/MS, DGT/MCT-MAE, ICA/SEC, IEFP/MTSSS-ME, II/MTSSS, ISS/MTSSS, SIBS, PORDATA

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(1) - The year presented corresponds to the last year of the pair of academic years.

(2) - From 2014 (inclusive) includes the new Local Housing units and the housing tourism and rural area tourism establishments.

(3) - Includes mobile medicine depots.

(4) - The values presented refer to the municipality of residence of the mother (not that of the child's birth).

(5) - The values presented include enterprises, sole proprietors and the self employed. They exclude insurance and financial activities, Public Administration and Defence and Compulsory Social Security.

(6) - The figures presented between 2021 and 2024 were revised by INE as part of the revision of the Resident Population Estimates, released by the entity on June 22, 2026.