Summary
Based on the massive wealth of information contained in the Anuários Estatísticos Regionais (Regional Statistical Yearbooks), this publication presents a socio-economic characterisation of the Portuguese territory, mainly at municipality level. The chapter structure is similar to that of Regional Statistical Yearbooks, each one of them incorporating a text with the most relevant features. In comparison with the previous issue, which predominantly presented structural findings on the territory, this issue focused in particular on the characterisation of short-term evolutions in territories. The use of synthetic indicators and appealing charts and cartograms continued to be the focal point.