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Portugal: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Portugal

Latest value

· 2025

4.86 Ratio

EU 4.73 · +0.1 pp vs Europe

European ranking

10 / 30

Down 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

10.7M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11

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· 2025 · 9 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Grande Lisboa

    +11.11

    5.40

  2. 2

    Região Autónoma dos Açores

    +2.88

    5.00

  3. 3

    Norte

    -3.29

    4.70

  4. 3

    Oeste e Vale do Tejo

    -3.29

    4.70

  5. 5

    Algarve

    -5.35

    4.60

  6. 5

    Península de Setúbal

    -5.35

    4.60

  7. 5

    Alentejo

    -5.35

    4.60

  8. 5

    Região Autónoma da Madeira

    -5.35

    4.60

  9. 9

    Centro (PT)

    -11.52

    4.30

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Portugal performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Portugal

In Portugal, S80/S20 ratio is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 4.86 versus 4.73 in 2025, a gap of 0.13 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Portugal, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.99 in 2020 to 4.86 in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 5.20 in 2024 to 4.86 in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Portugal

In Portugal, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 9 comparable regions, Grande Lisboa records the highest value (5.4) and Centro (PT) the lowest (4.3), a gap of 1.1 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Portugal, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.