ERS data shows median ULDM wait at 56 days nationally, 134 days in the Algarve. INE puts 65+ at 24.3% of residents and dependency ratio rising 39 to 73 per 100 working-age. PRR's 3,000-bed target is slipping; OE2026 lines €245M.
Two INE prints from this week read the Portuguese tourism cycle from complementary angles. Friday's Q1 2026 hotel destaque put guest arrivals at 5.8 million (+1.5%) , overnight stays at 13.6 million (+1.3%) and accommodation revenue at €1.0 billion...
Two prints from the same statistical office, one day apart, frame an awkward question for the Banco de Portugal. On Thursday 14 May the Q1 2026 Quarterly Labour Force Survey recorded 38,700 net job losses in three months and pushed unemployment to...
INE's March 2026 vital-statistics destaque records 7,195 live births, a 2.7% gain on March 2025, plus 2,077 marriages (+6.5%). The natural balance prints at –3,360, narrowing 710 from a year earlier. Modestly positive — but the births-deaths deficit remains structural.
INE's Q1 2026 tourism destaque puts hotel guests at 5.8 million (+1.5%) and overnight stays at 13.6 million (+1.3%). Total accommodation revenue tops €1 billion (+5.5%), rooms alone €734.5 million (+5.1%). Non-residents carry 68% of stays; Madeira leans on foreign demand for 85.9%.
INE's Q1 2026 earnings destaque puts gross monthly average at €1,611, a 5.0% nominal lift and a 2.7% real-terms gain after the CPI deflator. Agriculture leads the sector table at 10.0%, high-tech manufacturing at 7.2%, and firms with 10–19 employees post the steepest 6.0%.
INE's Q1 2026 quarterly LFS lifts unemployment to 6.1% — up 0.3pp on Q4 and the first interruption in a year-long descent. Economy shed 38,700 net jobs in three months, subutilização tipped to 10.2%, 588,000 inside the underutilisation perimeter, youth jobless down to 19.1%, long-term at 35.6%.
