Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Portugal
Portugal: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 63.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Portugal, 2003–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Portugal stood at 63.2%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Portugal peaked at 78.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 63.2%, in 2023.
Portugal ranks 88th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Portugal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 76.8% | — |
| 2004 | 75.8% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 76.1% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 73.9% | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 73.4% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 74.6% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 72.4% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 73.4% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 76.2% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 78.4% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 78.3% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 77.3% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 74.6% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 73.9% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 73.3% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 70.2% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 66.3% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 63.5% | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 65.4% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 65.3% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 63.2% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.7% | 72.4% | 76.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 74.2% | 66.3% | 78.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.3% | 63.2% | 65.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More poverty & inequality data for Portugal
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Portugal?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Portugal was 63.2% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 78.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.2% in 2023.
- How does Portugal rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Portugal ranks 88th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.