In 2024, according to the Regional Development Composite Index, five out of the 26 NUTS 3 Portuguese sub-regions exceeded the national average in terms of the overall regional development – Grande Lisboa (107.83), Área Metropolitana do Porto (103.10), Região de Coimbra (101.09), Região de Aveiro (100.97), and Alto Minho (100.49).
In the competitiveness index only three sub-regions exceeded the national average: standing out was Grande Lisboa (116.69), followed by Região de Aveiro (106.84), and Área Metropolitana do Porto (106.64). The competitiveness index showed the greatest disparity among the three dimensions of regional development.
In the cohesion index, nine NUTS 3, mostly from mainland coast, exceeded the national average. In this dimension, Grande Lisboa (108.80), Região de Coimbra (106.20), and Cávado (104.25), stood out with the highest cohesion indices.
The environmental index results bring out the inner mainland sub-regions and the two Autonomous Regions with higher values. The national average was exceeded by 15 NUTS 3 sub-regions, with a regional disparity lower than the one observed for competitiveness and cohesion indices. Região Autónoma dos Açores (113.84) was the sub-region with the highest score in the environmental index.
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