It presents information on several themes constituting an essential tool for the portrait of economic and social life at a national, regional and local level. Data covers themes on demographic, economic and social domains, such as: population and territory, employment and unemployment, agriculture, industry, tourism, business, health, social security, education, culture, justice, environment and living conditions. As far as possible, the data presented is comparable with the one of previous editions, allowing a chronological analysis of variables and socio-economic indicators. For a better understanding of the statistical data, each section of the Yearbook provides the statistical concepts that define the variables presented.
Instituto Nacional de Estatística - Statistical Yearbook of Centro Region : 2001. Lisboa : INE, 2002. Available at www: <url:https://www.ine.pt/xurl/pub/136053>. ISSN 0872-5055. ISBN 972-673-581-5