Health in Portugal

1,319 indicators covering health for Portugal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 3.9 2024 down 44.3% 73rd
New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 491 2012 up 39.5% 31st
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 80.0% 2011 up 2.6% 97th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for other smoked 15 2022 down 6.2% 12th
Insufficiently active 84.28 2016 up 0.1% 62nd
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 85.7% 22nd
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 54.52 2021 112th
Primary care — Congestive heart failure hospital admission 116.3 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2023 down 43.7% 25th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 62.5% 24th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 116.7% 23rd
Medical doctors 58.1% 2023 up 10.2% 27th
Retreatment cases: treatment after default 16 2012 95th
Retreatment cases: other 82 2012 down 39.3% 72nd
Road accident deaths per passenger kilometers 9.15 2008 down 62.5% 17th
Retreatment cases: treatment after failure 2 2012 110th
Health care - Regions — Practising nurses 7.99 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 25.4% 13th
Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Practising nurses 7.99 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 25.4% 13th
Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 3,700 2015 down 7.5% 93rd
Natural disasters deaths 0 2023 7th
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient curative care 1.11 million 2023 down 1.7% 17th
Hospital beds by hospital ownership 24,280 2024 up 0.3% 14th
Health graduates - historical data 1,619 2020 up 28.3% 11th
Expenditure on sickness and health care function by type of benefit 18,805 2024 up 78.7% 17th
Mortality by week 2,007 Deaths 2025 down 13.9% 14th
Preterm birth rate 7.75 2020 down 0.5% 54th
Preterm birth 6,430 2020 down 18.3% 68th
Number of reported deaths from cholera 0 1995 51st
Number of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis reported 1 2021 down 50.0% 54th
Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household 14.6% 2022 down 14.7% 36th
Number of cases of visceral leishmaniasis reported 6 2024 38th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 25 2014 down 12.6% 9th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 0.5 2014 down 50.0% 115th
Congenital syphilis number of cases, reported 14 2023 up 180.0% 31st
Hospital beds by type of care - historical data 36,064 2019 up 1.2% 17th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for smokeless 1 2022 down 93.8% 51st
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 30 2022 down 14.3% 60th
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 100.0% 2016 unchanged 1st
Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 16.34 2023 up 170.5% 31st
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 30 2022 unchanged 61st
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 30 2022 down 25.0% 58th
Treatment success rate: XDR-TB cases 100 2021 up 78.6% 1st
Intensive care unit (ICU) beds and use — Paediatric intensive care 0.56 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2024 down 18.8% 16th
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 99.5% 2016 up 5.1% 8th
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient and curative 1.10 million 2019 down 7.0% 16th
Hpv vaccination coverage in 15 year olds 97 2024 down 2.0% 5th
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 6.13 2009 down 5.4% 114th
Confirmed cases of MDR-TB 17 2012 down 39.3% 77th
Self-perceived health by sex, age and educational attainment level 38.9 2025 up 69.1% 29th
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age 17 2025 up 4.9% 10th
Children with a birth weight 100 2019 up 0.4% 1st
Healthy life years by sex 82.5 2024 up 1.5% 12th
New cases: other 7 2012 25th
Health care expenditure by function 31,878 2025 up 88.7% 15th
Health care expenditure by financing scheme 31,878 2025 up 88.7% 15th
Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care 31,878 2025 up 88.7% 15th
Health care expenditure by provider 31,878 2025 up 88.7% 15th
Expenditure for selected health care providers by health care 31,878 2025 up 88.7% 15th
Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care 31,878 2025 up 88.7% 15th
Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability 17 2025 up 4.9% 10th
Self-perceived health by level of disability (activity limitation) 87.6 2025 up 5.5% 30th