NUTS 3 areas of Portugal by death rate

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Portugal by death rate, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Alto Alentejo had the highest death rate of 26 areas in 2021, at 19.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Cávado had the lowest, at 8.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 13.9 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Portugal was 12 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest19.6Alto Alentejo

Lowest8.3Cávado

Median13.926 areas

Portugal12History

All areas, 2021

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per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2021 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2020
1	Alto Alentejo	19.6	+0.7 pts
2	Baixo Alentejo	18.8	+0.9 pts
3	Beira Baixa	17.7	-0.9 pts
4	Beiras e Serra da Estrela	17.5	+0.4 pts
5	Terras de Trás-os-Montes	17.1	-0.8 pts
6	Alentejo Central	16.4	+0.5 pts
7	Médio Tejo	15.8	+0.5 pts
8	Alto Tâmega e Barroso	15.6	-1.4 pts
9	Alentejo Litoral	15.2	+1 pts
10	Lezíria do Tejo	14.6	+0.3 pts
11	Douro	14.4	-0.2 pts
11	Viseu Dão Lafões	14.4	+0.5 pts
13	Região de Coimbra	14.1	+0.5 pts
14	Alto Minho	13.7	-0.9 pts
15	Oeste	13.5	+1.2 pts
16	Algarve	12.5	+0.5 pts
17	Região de Leiria	12.3	+0.6 pts
18	Península de Setúbal	12.1	+0.7 pts
19	Região de Aveiro	11.7	+0.3 pts
20	Região Autónoma da Madeira	11.4	+0.6 pts
21	Grande Lisboa	11.3	+0.7 pts
22	Área Metropolitana do Porto	9.9	-0.7 pts
22	Região Autónoma dos Açores	9.9	-0.3 pts
24	Tâmega e Sousa	9.1	-1.5 pts
25	Ave	8.7	-1.1 pts
26	Cávado	8.3	-0.8 pts

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About this ranking

Deaths per 1,000 residents during the year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Crude death rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which area has the highest death rate?

Alto Alentejo, with 19.6 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest death rate?

Cávado, with 8.3 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Crude death rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.