PORTUGAL

Capital Lisbon
Area (km2) 91 982
Total population (thousands, 2023) 10 578
Population density (per km2) 115
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.ine.pt
Statistics Portugal
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 49%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 11%
   hourly wage, 2023 9%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 11%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 54%
Female victims of homicide, 2005
   percentage of total for both sexes 34%
Women researchers, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 43%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 85.3
   males, years 79.5
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 22.7
   males, years 19.2
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.3
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 30.2
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.8
-2.0
1.4
3.7
1.0
1.6
Unemployment rate
 (%)
6.6
7.1
6.7
6.2
6.5
6.5
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
18.3
22.5
23.4
19.2
20.5
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 517 882
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 48 958
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 46.5
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 44.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 38 369
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2023 0.517
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 35
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 18

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 2 527
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 3 113
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 3 652
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 54
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 4 812
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 2 263
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 27 170