Subjective poverty by tenure status in Portugal
Portugal: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 20.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Portugal, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 20.3% for subjective poverty by tenure status in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Portugal peaked at 46.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 2025.
That places Portugal 13th out of 36 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 38.4% | 25.8% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.8% | 20.3% | 23.5% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.076 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0732 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0732 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0951 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1836 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subjective poverty by tenure status in Portugal?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Portugal was 20.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 46.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 2025.
- How does Portugal rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Portugal ranks 13th out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. 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 Subjective poverty by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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