Poverty & Inequality in Portugal 150 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Portugal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 43,716 people 2023 down 59.9% 82nd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 10.24 million people 2023 up 8.1% 43rd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.89 million people 2023 up 71.0% 34th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 40.5% 2023 down 33.8% 89th Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 2.2% 2023 down 68.6% 93rd Number of people living in extreme poverty 10.53 million people 2023 up 1.8% 61st Distribution of population between different poverty lines 43,716 people 2023 down 59.9% 82nd Number of people living in extreme poverty 43,716 people 2023 down 59.9% 82nd Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 2.2% 2023 down 68.6% 93rd The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 6.2% 2023 down 37.4% 59th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 10.9% 2023 down 23.8% 67th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 17.2% 2023 down 14.7% 77th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 63.2% 2023 down 19.2% 88th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.7% 2023 down 65.6% 87th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 82nd Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 3.2% 2023 down 65.9% 92nd Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 43,716 people 2023 down 59.9% 82nd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.89 million people 2023 up 71.0% 34th Gini coefficient 0.3385 2023 down 6.5% 61st Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.4% 2021 down 8.4% 40th Share of population living below national poverty lines 16.4% 2021 down 8.4% 40th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.9% 2023 down 58.7% 25th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 9.83 million people 2021 up 3.8% 40th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.2% 2021 down 54.8% 87th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 59.1% 2021 down 17.8% 89th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2021 down 54.8% 87th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 23,470 people 2021 down 55.7% 80th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.4% 2021 down 57.8% 93rd Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 1.1% 2021 down 58.1% 95th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.2% 2021 down 55.4% 88th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 36.5% 2023 down 4.8% 14th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 25.4% 2023 down 16.8% 13th Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 16.4% 2021 down 8.4% 40th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 32.8% 2025 down 19.6% 19th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 12.6% 2025 down 31.9% 34th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 21.5% 2025 down 20.7% 35th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 3.37 Number 2025 down 33.7% 10th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 6.1% 2025 down 6.2% 17th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 20.5% 2025 up 17.8% 11th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 19.0% 2025 down 35.6% 9th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 72.3% 2025 down 3.9% 29th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 4.1% 2025 down 40.6% 17th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 18.6% 2025 down 26.5% 29th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 28.2% 2025 down 28.4% 38th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 6.1% 2025 down 42.5% 33rd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 25.7% 2025 up 851.9% 5th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0047 2024 up 14.6% 30th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 7.4% 2025 down 66.1% 19th Subjective poverty by sex and age 20.3% 2025 down 49.8% 14th Subjective poverty by tenure status 20.3% 2025 down 49.8% 14th Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 — 27th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →