In the forth quarter of 2023 the unemployment rate was 6.9%. The annual 2023 average rate was 6,4%.

According to IT-Açores, Hotel, Local Accommodation and Rural Tourism overnight stays were 120.5 thousand in December.

In the Azores, bank card purchases using POS reached a total value of 164,5 million euros in December, a year-on-year increase of 7.0%. In 2023 Bank Card Purchases by POS reached an amount of 1,823.0 million euro, 13.3% higher than the previous yea...

Food sales by large multiple retailers presented in December a year-on-year monthly change rate of +6.50%, at constant prices, and +9.89% at current prices. In annual terms, there is a positive variation of 0.47% in relation to the year 2022, at con...

Azorean tourism accommodation sector (hotels and similar establishments, lodging tourism and local accommodation and tourism in rural areas) registered 167.9 thousand overnight stays in November 2023.

In December 2023, in the Azores, 229.1 tons of fish were unloaded at auction, with a total value of 1.7 million euros.

The Private Consumption Indicator for the Azores recorded a year-on-year negative variation of 0,4% in November.

In November 2023, the Azorean Economic Activity Indicator stood at 1,8%.

The 2023 inflation rate, in Azores, was 4.85%, in the Country it was 4.31%. The year-on-year monthly change rate was 1.87% in Azores and the National was 1.42%. The monthly rate was -0.03% in Azores and -0.41% in the Country.

In December 2023, 124,024 passengers landed at airports in the Azores, with a positive variation of 4.4% in relation to the same month of the previous year. During 2023, 295,520 more passengers landed than in the previous year, an annual variation o...