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🇵🇹 Portugal in official data

How Portugal is doing across 22 areas of society, from the economy to health, housing and education: the latest official figures from Eurostat, the OECD and national statistics offices, as shown on NationPulse.

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Where it stands in the EU

• Greenhouse gas emissions per person: Portugal has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (4.8 t CO2e, 2024).
• Non-fatal accidents at work: Portugal has the 2nd highest value in the EU (2,489 /100k, 2024).
• Unable to afford a proper meal every second day: Portugal has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (1.9 %, 2025).
• Public transport share of passenger travel: Portugal has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (12.7 %, 2024).

Brain: Education, research & innovation

Eyes: Information & Digital Access

Ears: Civic Participation

Jaw: Justice & Institutions

Neck: Government & Public Administration

Heart: Economy & Financial Stability

Left lung: Healthcare

Right lung: Environment & Climate

Stomach: Cost of Living

Liver: Poverty & Social Welfare

Left kidney: Housing

Right kidney: Essential Utilities

Left arm: Employment

Right arm: Job Quality

Left hand: Youth Opportunities

Right hand: Workplace Safety

Left leg: Roads & Transport

Right leg: Public Transport & Mobility

Left foot: Regional Accessibility

Right foot: Digital Infrastructure

Skin and body outline: Public Safety & Social Inclusion

Researched context (not official statistics)

For conditions with no official series, published figures from other credible sources, checked against the linked pages:

• Educational inequality by social background: In PISA 2022, students’ social background explained a slightly larger share of maths results in Portugal than on average in the OECD (18% against 15%), and slightly fewer disadvantaged students reached the top quarter.
• Scientific research outcomes: Portuguese research is cited less often than the EU average (15th in the EU), but it is strongly international: co-publications with foreign researchers are well above the EU average.
• Public voice: CIVICUS rates civic space in Portugal as "open", the best of its five levels.
• Media freedom: Reporters Without Borders ranks Portugal 10th of 180 countries for press freedom in 2026, among the freest in the world.
• Access to justice: The World Justice Project places Portugal 29th of 143 countries for the rule of law, and 32nd for civil justice.
• Court efficiency: Portuguese courts took an estimated 263 days to resolve civil and commercial disputes at first instance in 2024, against 124 in the Netherlands, 423 in Spain and 584 in Italy.
• Public service effectiveness: The World Bank scores the effectiveness of Portugal’s government at 73.3 out of 100 in 2025, slightly up since 2023.
• Transport infrastructure: Business executives placed Portugal’s roads 8th of 141 countries in 2019; the World Bank gives its trade and transport infrastructure 3.6 out of 5.
• Commuting: In 2019 a one-way commute in Portugal took 21 minutes on average, shorter than the EU average of 25.
• Access to services: Most people in Portugal can reach work or study without a car: 76.9% can get there within an hour by public transport, cycling or walking, above the EU average.

Data retrieved 2026-10-21. Every value links to its official source.

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