3 095 enterprises · 2024source · INE
What this number is
Counts the non-financial enterprises attributed to the municipality (integrated business accounts system).
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Arcos de Valdevez
The council debt of Arcos de Valdevez is within the legal limit (debt index of 31,0 %source · calculated) and purchasing power per person is below the country average (index of 72,53source · INE, with the country average as the base). Average monthly earnings are 1 221,8 euros per monthsource · INE, below Portugal, where they are 1 576,0 euros per monthsource · INE.
Themes
Economy and public finances
6 921 848 euros · 2024source · Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais (DGAL)
What this number is
The council’s debt that counts towards the legal limit at year end (DGAL’s “dívida total”, without non-budget debts, the exceptions in the law and the contribution to the municipal support fund, the “Fundo de Apoio Municipal”).
19 days · December 2025source · Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais (DGAL)
Arcos de Valdevez (19) ranks 174th of the 299 municipalities with a value for the average time to pay suppliers, from the lowest to the highest, level with 7 other municipalities with the same value.
No comparison with Portugal for the same period.
What this number is
The average number of days the council takes to pay its suppliers (DGAL’s “prazo médio de pagamento”, from its annual list).
72,53 index (Portugal = 100) · 2023source · INE
Arcos de Valdevez (72,53) ranks 225th of the 308 municipalities with a value for purchasing power per inhabitant, from the highest to the lowest.
It is below Portugal’s average (100).
What this number is
Index of purchasing power per person, where Portugal is one hundred: above one hundred, purchasing power per person in the municipality is higher than the country average; published for every municipality.
31,0 % of the average revenue of the previous three years · 2024source · calculated
within the legal limit, which is 150 %
Arcos de Valdevez (31,0) ranks 171st of the 307 municipalities with a value for the debt index, from the lowest to the highest.
No comparison with Portugal for the same period.
What this number is
Debt as a percentage of the average net current revenue that the municipality collected in the previous three years; the law allows one and a half times that average.
Labour
456 people · December 2025 (the source has already published July 2026; read on 01.09.2026)source · Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP)
What this number is
Counts the unemployed people registered with the employment service at month end (registered unemployment).
1 221,8 euros per month · 2024source · INE
Arcos de Valdevez (1 221,8) ranks 197th of the 308 municipalities with a value for average monthly earnings, from the highest to the lowest.
It is below Portugal, where the average is 1 576,0 euros per month.
What this number is
What full-time employees on full pay earn per month, on average, before deductions, from the staff records of the labour ministry’s strategy and planning office.
Population
20 450 people · 2025source · INE
What this number is
Estimates how many people have their home in the municipality (resident population), from the statistics institute’s annual estimate.