Poverty & Inequality in Portugal 150 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Portugal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 23.3% 53rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 54.1% 87th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.51 live births per woman 2023 up 24.3% 167th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,309 kg per hectare 2024 up 20.2% 38th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.8% 124th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -3.84 % change on previous year 2024 down 309.1% 135th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.76 2023 up 5.3% 19th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.8% 2023 up 5.3% 19th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 18.4% 131st Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -0.7181 % change on previous year 2023 down 109.9% 119th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.076 2023 down 23.2% 144th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.3% 2023 down 1.1% 97th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0732 2023 down 3.7% 219th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0732 2023 down 3.7% 219th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0951 2023 down 5.4% 192nd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 60.0% 84th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 60.0% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2023 down 65.0% 90th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.2% 2023 down 68.1% 96th Prosperity gap 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 31.2% 99th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1836 2023 down 10.8% 131st Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 62.5% 85th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 13.1% 2023 down 24.7% 99th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 66.7% 99th Population living in slums 0.1% 2022 down 76.4% 150th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.795 2023 up 9.7% 40th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.795 2023 up 9.7% 40th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.795 2023 up 9.7% 40th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.4% 2023 down 60.0% 88th Three metrics of inequality 46.56 2022 down 3.6% 92nd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4656 2022 down 3.6% 92nd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 809.53 2023 up 38.7% 14th Income share held by second 20% 12.5% 2023 up 4.2% 46th Income share held by third 20% 16.5% 2023 up 1.2% 54th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.7% 2023 down 2.7% 83rd Income share held by highest 20% 41.8% 2023 down 3.0% 62nd Income share held by highest 10% 26.9% 2023 down 2.2% 61st Income share held by lowest 10% 2.7% 2023 up 28.6% 72nd Income share held by lowest 20% 7.4% 2023 up 19.4% 54th Gini index 33.9 2023 down 6.4% 62nd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.0% 2023 down 23.6% 69th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 23.68 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 59.5% 79th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.2% 2023 down 59.9% 81st At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 15.4% 2025 down 21.0% 27th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3678 2022 down 3.1% 86th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 20.8% 2025 down 21.2% 40th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3678 2022 down 3.1% 86th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 10.2% 2025 down 54.1% 19th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 26,299 2017 up 7.9% 37th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 18.6% 2025 down 29.5% 25th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 4.3% 2025 down 60.6% 23rd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 35.4% 2022 down 3.4% 86th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 10.4% 2022 up 2.3% 91st Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 4.6% 2020 down 48.9% 22nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 19.8% 2020 down 21.7% 23rd Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 39.2% 2023 up 0.3% 13th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3385 2023 down 6.5% 61st Page 1 of 3 Next →