Social Development in Portugal 167 indicators covering social development for Portugal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 380 2025 up 493.8% 136th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 469.2% 155th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 240.9% 156th Political Rights Score 39 2025 unchanged 9th Freedom Score 96 2025 down 1.0% 13th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 8,595 2025 up 1,405.2% 57th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 1,343.0% 53rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 764.3% 86th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -65.2 % change on previous year 2025 down 173.9% 182nd Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 235.35 % change on previous year 2025 up 215.4% 2nd Equal Rights Protection Index 0.614 2025 down 32.2% 100th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.946 2025 down 3.6% 33rd Political Corruption Index 0.166 2025 up 78.5% 137th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.166 2025 up 78.5% 137th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.11 2024 up 25.7% 46th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0107 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2,347.5% 126th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0138 units per square kilometre 2023 up 539.9% 91st LGBT+ Rights Index 9.98 2019 up 41.1% 12th Forcibly displaced people 78,944 2025 up 5,451.6% 86th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 50 years 2025 up 25.0% 40th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 57 2024 down 9.5% 44th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 13.75 2024 up 21.4% 6th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 13.05 2024 up 28.7% 1st Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8185 2024 down 33.2% 74th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.1253 2024 down 201.2% 159th Self-reported life satisfaction 6.03 2025 up 17.7% 68th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.03 2025 up 17.7% 68th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 25.1% 2024 down 0.1% 141st Homicide rate 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 38.0% 149th Homicides 75 homicides 2022 down 38.5% 101st Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 38.0% 149th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 38.0% 148th Age of electoral democracy 50 years 2025 up 25.0% 28th States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 — 1st Citizen support for democracy -0.5501 2020 down 109.8% 86th Homicides 98 deaths 2022 down 19.0% 50th Child homicide rate 0.3191 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 3.1% 62nd Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.9762 2020 up 194.3% 20th Homicide rate 0.9664 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 16.0% 68th Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.9664 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 16.0% 68th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 84.93 deaths 2021 down 27.8% 132nd Homicide rate 0.83 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.2% 171st Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.8315 2021 down 25.3% 164th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 2.13 million 2030 up 3.6% 54th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 10.08 2030 up 9.3% 34th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →