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 Death rate (Early series 2001-2002 - %) of enterprises
Characteristic Description
Name Death rate (Early series 2001-2002 - %) of enterprises by Economic activity (Subsection - CAE Rev. 2.1) and Size classes in number of employees; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Business demography
First available period 2001
Last available period 2002
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Economic activity (CAE Rev. 2.1)
  • Size classes in number of employees
Concepts
  • ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:  Combination of resources such as labour, raw materials, equipment, etc., are joined, leading to the creation of specific goods or services. Regardless of the factors of production integrating the good or service produced, all activities generically imply an input of products (goods or services), a production process and an output of products (goods or services).
  • TAXA DE MORTALIDADE DE EMPRESAS:  Quociente entre o número de mortes reais e o número de empresas ativas no período de referência.
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • -:  Individuals working for the enterprise/institution under the terms of an employment contract, whether it is in writing or not, which entitles them to regular remuneration in cash and/or kind.
Definition The 2001-2004 data of the Integrated Business Accounts System (SCIE) only includes Companies, thus excluding Sole Proprietors.
Formule (Number of real deaths of enterprises in the year n/ Number of active enterprises)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 08/05/2007


information presented in 22/10/2025