Poverty & Inequality in Portugal 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Portugal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.2% 2023 down 68.1% 94th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2023 down 65.0% 88th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 60.0% 82nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 60.0% 78th Prosperity gap 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 31.2% 97th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 66.7% 97th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 13.1% 2023 down 24.7% 97th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 62.5% 83rd Population living in slums 0.1% 2022 down 76.4% 150th Income share held by second 20% 12.5% 2023 up 4.2% 46th Gini index 33.9 2023 down 6.4% 60th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.4% 2023 up 19.4% 54th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.7% 2023 up 28.6% 72nd Income share held by highest 10% 26.9% 2023 down 2.2% 61st Income share held by highest 20% 41.8% 2023 down 3.0% 60th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.7% 2023 down 2.7% 81st Income share held by third 20% 16.5% 2023 up 1.2% 52nd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.0% 2023 down 23.6% 67th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.4% 2021 down 8.4% 40th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.9% 2023 down 58.7% 23rd