# NUTS 3 areas of Portugal by enterprise death rate, 2023

All 26 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_death_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/portugal-provinces

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Península de Setúbal | 13 |
| 2 | Região de Aveiro | 11.96 |
| 2 | Região de Coimbra | 11.96 |
| 4 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 11.92 |
| 5 | Algarve | 11.8 |
| 6 | Grande Lisboa | 11.71 |
| 7 | Alentejo Litoral | 11.67 |
| 8 | Baixo Alentejo | 11.54 |
| 9 | Alto Tâmega e Barroso | 11.51 |
| 10 | Área Metropolitana do Porto | 11.49 |
| 11 | Oeste | 11.46 |
| 12 | Alentejo Central | 11.42 |
| 13 | Beira Baixa | 11.4 |
| 13 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 11.4 |
| 15 | Lezíria do Tejo | 11.36 |
| 16 | Viseu Dão Lafões | 11.15 |
| 17 | Alto Alentejo | 11.1 |
| 17 | Douro | 11.1 |
| 19 | Médio Tejo | 11 |
| 20 | Alto Minho | 10.94 |
| 21 | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | 10.66 |
| 22 | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | 10.56 |
| 23 | Região de Leiria | 10.52 |
| 24 | Cávado | 10.41 |
| 25 | Ave | 10.1 |
| 26 | Tâmega e Sousa | 9.7 |