In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Portugal
Portugal: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex was 25.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Portugal, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Portugal stood at 25.7%.
The figure is up 86.2% on the previous year and up 851.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Portugal peaked at 32.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2015.
Portugal ranks 6th of 46 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 19.6% | — |
| 2005 | 14.8% | -24.5% |
| 2006 | 12.7% | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 22.2% | +74.8% |
| 2008 | 32.7% | +47.3% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | -79.8% |
| 2010 | 15.1% | +128.8% |
| 2011 | 16.6% | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 17.0% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 31.1% | +82.9% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -91.3% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | +651.9% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | -65.0% |
| 2018 | 14.6% | +105.6% |
| 2019 | 22.1% | +51.4% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | -46.2% |
| 2021 | 20.3% | +70.6% |
| 2022 | 20.1% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 10.5% | -47.8% |
| 2024 | 13.8% | +31.4% |
| 2025 | 25.7% | +86.2% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 25.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.6%, 2.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 25.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.6%, 2.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Portugal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +651.9% | 2.7% | 20.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.1% | 6.6% | 32.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 2.7% | 31.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 17.1% | 10.5% | 25.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More poverty & inequality data for Portugal
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.51 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,309 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.76 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Portugal?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Portugal was 25.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 32.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2015.
- How does Portugal rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex?
- Portugal ranks 6th out of 46 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 851.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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