# Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate, 2023

All 9 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-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Península de Setúbal | 13 |
| 2 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 11.92 |
| 3 | Algarve | 11.8 |
| 4 | Grande Lisboa | 11.71 |
| 5 | Alentejo | 11.44 |
| 6 | Centro (PT) | 11.4 |
| 6 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 11.4 |
| 8 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 11.32 |
| 9 | Norte | 10.98 |