International Rankings of Portugal 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Portugal, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Portugal, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	22	38.47	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	39	3.968 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	76	74.66 %	2018
Internet users - total	63	7.731 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	17	49.33	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	30	5.088 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	94	115.46	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	76	11.910 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	34	100.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	32	93.550 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	31	67.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	28	76.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	40	90.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	1	100	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	50	237.698 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	74	43.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	65	17.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	89	65.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	81	42.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	111	16.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	129	2.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	108	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	35	75.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	81	25.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	53	3.5 %	2017
Labor force	83	4.717 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	99	8.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	44	23.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	56	67.5 %	2014
Population below poverty line	103	17.2	2018
Public debt	3	125.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	51	358.344 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	41	34894 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	29	42.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	58	54.970 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2017
Crude oil - imports	27	285200	2017
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	53	46.940 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	22	9.701 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	57	41	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	46	25	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	8	35	2017
Electricity - imports	41	4.616 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	44	20.560 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	51	56.900 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	55	6.258 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	31	6.541 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	52	247200	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	36	143500 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	65	78700 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	40	323000 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	53	48.74 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	89	10.93 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	174	7.87 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	91	39.7	2018
Land use - arable land	84	11.9	2018
Land use - forest	75	37.8	2018
Land use - other	106	22.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	37	7.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	83	0.13 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	76	77.400 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	43	8.767 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	42	1.497 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	51	914.100 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	141	0.44	2025
Urbanization - urban population	85	66.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	47	4.710 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	44	764433 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	47	16.2 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	109	91470 sq km	0
Area - total	110	92090 sq km	0
Area - water	149	620 sq km	0
Coastline	62	1793 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	94	372 meters	0
Irrigated land	54	5400 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	110	1224 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	91	39.7	2018
Land use - arable land	84	11.9	2018
Land use - forest	75	37.8	2018
Land use - other	106	22.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	37	7.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	76	20	2018
Total renewable water resources	75	77.400 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	169	10.94 %	7122
Age structure - 25-54 years	79	41.49 %	4745
Age structure - 55-64 years	44	13.08 %	1334
Birth rate	200	8.02 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	18	73.9 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	19	9.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	21	10.9 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	3	35.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	117	2.8 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	78	55.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	163	20.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	29	5 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	33	0.5	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	51	42000	2020
Hospital bed density	35	3.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	201	2.15 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	203	2.89 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	202	2.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	22	84.6 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	36	78.14 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	34	81.29 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	107	8	2017
Median age - female	11	46.5 years	2020
Median age - male	14	42.7 years	0
Median age - total	11	44.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	9	29.9	2019
Net migration rate	63	0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	73	20.8 %	2016
Physicians density	9	5.12 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	88	10.264 million	2021
Population growth rate	153	0.23 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	38	0.84	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	45	0.66 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	135	1.42 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	61	21.4	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	67	15.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	62	18.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	142	0.44	2025
Urbanization - urban population	85	66.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	68	64	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	36	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	32	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	30	15	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	40	43	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	27	8	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	76	21	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	48	20	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	28	454.210 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	37	17.368 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	37	168	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	18	10	2020
Railways - total	59	3075 km	2014
Roadways - paved	35	71294 km	2613
Roadways - total	49	82900 km	2008
Waterways	82	210 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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