Albufeira
City Statistics
Population
44 166
Area
140.66 km²
District
Faro
NUTS II
Algarve
Category Breakdown
Performance across 6 scoring categories
People & Families
7.8 / 20
Economy & Jobs
9.9 / 20
Housing & Cost
5.2 / 20
Governance
10.5 / 20
Environment
5.5 / 20
News Radar
4.6 / 20
Top Scoring Drivers
Key indicators affecting this city's score
Fiscal Distress Signal
0
Data from 2026
P100
Tourism Overnight Stays
7 450 860
Data from 2025
P100
Tourism Overnight Stays (SIGTUR)
7 705 992
Data from 2024
P100
Crime Rate per 1000 inhabitants
66,2 /1000
Data from 2025
P0
Total Crime Rate
66.3‰
Data from 2025
P0
Crimes Against Property
37.7‰
Data from 2025
P0
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City Strategy
Knowledge-base coverage
What a Foral Terra report for this municipality can decide today, and what it withholds.
Coverage of this analysis: between 7% and 14%
- · Land applicability to be confirmed
- · Document available — needs validation
- · Missing document — Agricultural support
These open questions could change the conclusion.
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- · Missing document — Agriculture
- · Missing document — Commerce
- · Missing document — Equipment
- · Missing document — Housing extension
- · Missing document — New housing
- · Missing document — Housing reconstruction
- · Missing document — Industry
- · Missing document — Rural tourism in an existing building
- · Missing document — Tourist housing in an existing building
- · Missing document — New hotel
See sources and details
No published framework has been confirmed for any of the 11 menu operations.
Next scheduled review: 2027-01-16. This is an internal review date, not a legal validity date: the law can change before it.
Per operation
- Agricultural support — Withheld
- Agriculture — Withheld
- Commerce — Withheld
- Equipment — Withheld
- Housing extension — Withheld
- New housing — Withheld
- Housing reconstruction — Withheld
- Industry — Withheld
- Rural tourism in an existing building — Withheld
- Tourist housing in an existing building — Withheld
- New hotel — Withheld
This municipality's own plan text
5 document version(s) with 181 citable provisions.
Withheld operations
Agricultural support, Agriculture, Commerce, Equipment, Housing extension, New housing, Housing reconstruction, Industry, Rural tourism in an existing building, Tourist housing in an existing building, New hotel
- · This release was assembled automatically and has not been reviewed by an operator.
- · Every operation is withheld for this municipality. A report would be produced with no verdicts, and nobody is charged for it.