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Portugal

At a glance

  • Portugal has a population of about 10.8M; its total GDP of $346.6B ranks #44 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 92,230 km² is about 47% of the world median of 198,330 km².
  • Tourism receipts stands out most against the median: $10.5B — rank #22 of 165 countries with data.

Where Portugal stands

Population log axis

Population across 169 countries with data: Portugal at 10.8M, rank #89, world median 11.5M, logarithmic axis. Median 11.5M Portugal · 10.8M

GDP (total) log axis

GDP (total) across 168 countries with data: Portugal at $346.6B, rank #44, world median $80.7B, logarithmic axis. Median $80.7B Portugal · $346.6B

GDP per capita log axis

GDP per capita across 168 countries with data: Portugal at $32,082, rank #37, world median $6,834, logarithmic axis. Median $6,834 Portugal · $32,082

Life expectancy

Life expectancy across 169 countries with data: Portugal at 82.4 years, rank #17, world median 73.8 years. Median 73.8 years Portugal · 82.4 years

Every dot is one country with data — the highlighted dot is this country; the dashed line marks the world median. Wide-range metrics use a logarithmic axis (tagged) so the whole field stays readable.

Portugal: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Trend Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 10.8M (2025) +4% #89 / 169 median 11.5M · 94%
Population growth 1.0% (2025) +87% #90 / 169 median 1.1% · 93%
Urban population share 61.5% (2025) +10% #93 / 169 median 63.8% · 96%
Population aged 65+ 24.9% (2025) +50% #4 / 169 median 7.4% · 3.4×
Fertility rate 1.4 (2024) −3% #138 / 169 median 2.1 · 67%
Birth rate 7.9‰ (2024) −28% #151 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 49%
Death rate 11.1‰ (2024) +9% #21 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.6×
Net migration 16.5K (2025) −61% #35 / 169 N/A
Surface area 92,230 km² (2023) #115 / 176 median 198,330 km² · 47%
Population density derived 117/km² (2025) +4% #50 / 169 median 75.5/km² · 1.6×
Economy
GDP (total) $346.6B (2025) +157% #44 / 168 median $80.7B · 4.3×
GDP per capita $32,082 (2025) +148% #37 / 168 median $6,834 · 4.7×
GNI per capita $29,930 (2025) +154% #37 / 168 median $6,350 · 4.7×
GDP growth (annual) 1.9% (2025) +142% #116 / 168 median 3.1% · 61%
Inflation rate 2.3% (2025) −35% #106 / 162 median 3.3% · 71%
Unemployment rate 6.2% (2025) +37% #67 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.2×
Gini index 33.9 (2023) −13% #88 / 153 median 35.3 · 96%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.4% (2023) −64% #117 / 153 median 2.5% · 16%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 43.7% (2025) +61% #54 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.2×
Imports share of GDP 42.7% (2025) +21% #73 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.1×
Agriculture share of GDP 2.0% (2025) −28% #133 / 168 median 7.2% · 27%
Manufacturing share of GDP 11.3% (2025) −20% #81 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.0×
International tourist arrivals 4.2M (2020) −64% #38 / 162 median 1.1M · 3.7×
Tourism receipts $10.5B (2020) +58% #22 / 165 median $705M · 15×
Health & education
Life expectancy 82.4 years (2024) +7% #17 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 2.7‰ (2024) −43% #150 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 21%
Under-five mortality 3.2‰ (2024) −47% #150 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 20%
DPT immunization 99.0% (2024) +1% #11 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) −3% #46 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.7×
Health spending share of GDP 10.2% (2024) +17% #21 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.6×
Secondary school enrollment 120.3% (2023) +10% #11 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.3×
Education spending share of GDP 4.6% (2022) −13% #64 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.1×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.890 (2023) +11% #33 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.2×
Internet users 88.5% (2024) +357% #58 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 124.1 per 100 (2024) +49% #64 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 45.2 per 100 (2024) +1708% #6 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.7×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) +0% #57 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 3.3 t (2024) −49% #76 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.3×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 35.6 Mt (2024) −48% #61 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.7×
Renewable electricity share 64.9% (2021) +194% #46 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.9×
Renewable energy consumption 32.3% (2021) +77% #72 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.2×
Forest area 36.2% (2023) +1% #68 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.1×
Agricultural land 43.3% (2023) +2% #78 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.0×
Arable land 10.1% (2023) −43% #90 / 168 median 11.0% · 92%
PM2.5 exposure 8.8 µg/m³ (2023) −34% #146 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 44%
Military spending 1.5% (2024) +5% #90 / 157 median 1.8% · 85%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Portugal's true-shape outline

Portugal's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 92,230 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Surface area (sq. km) — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).