Poverty & Inequality in Portugal

150 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Portugal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 18.6% 2025 down 25.3% 27th
Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 10.2% 2025 down 54.1% 21st
Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 10.2% 2025 down 54.1% 21st
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 21.3% 2025 down 28.0% 31st
Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 2.7% 2025 down 70.3% 24th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 1,995 Thousand persons 2025 down 27.3% 14th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3199 2023 down 6.1% 15th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.308 2023 down 10.3% 19th
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 10,750 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.6% 12th
Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8 Average 2025 down 3.6% 32nd
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 4.8% 2025 down 30.4% 11th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 17.5% 2025 down 3.3% 9th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 17.5% 2025 down 3.3% 9th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 1,994 Thousand persons 2025 down 27.3% 12th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 4.8% 2025 down 30.4% 11th
Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 4.5% 2025 down 45.8% 31st
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 0.7% 2025 down 69.6% 36th
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 4.3% 2025 down 60.6% 23rd
Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 453 Thousand persons 2025 down 59.9% 14th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 1,995 Thousand persons 2025 down 27.3% 12th
Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 91.0% 2020 up 10.3% 31st
Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 20.0% 2025 up 47.1% 8th
Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 470 Thousand persons 2020 down 50.9% 18th
Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.5% 2015 unchanged 44th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2024 down 8.8% 12th
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 4.6% 2020 down 48.9% 24th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 19.8% 2020 down 21.7% 25th
At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 9.2% 2025 down 46.5% 28th
Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 1 Thousand persons 2025 8th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -721 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 1,009.2% 37th