In 2010, the GDP registered a nominal growth of 2.4% and real growth of 1.4%. It is estimated that the nominal regional GDP has grown above the national average in the Norte (2.8%) and Centro (2.5%). For all other regions GDP grew less than the average: Lisbon (2.2%), Alentejo and the Autonomous Region of Azores (2.1%), Algarve (1.9%) and Autonomous Region of Madeira (1.7%). In real terms, the evolution of regional economic activity was even more heterogeneous, varying between a growth of 1.8% in the region of Lisbon and the nil variation in Algarve.