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Portugal: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk

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

Portugal

Latest value

· 2025

18.60% of people

EU 20.40 · -1.8 pp vs Europe

European ranking

18 / 30

Down 3 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

10.7M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N

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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

    Região Autónoma dos Açores

    +16.13

    21.60

  2. 2

    Região Autónoma da Madeira

    +10.22

    20.50

  3. 3

    Oeste e Vale do Tejo

    +9.68

    20.40

  4. 4

    Centro (PT)

    +6.99

    19.90

  5. 5

    Alentejo

    +5.91

    19.70

  6. 6

    Península de Setúbal

    +1.61

    18.90

  7. 7

    Norte

    +0.54

    18.70

  8. 8

    Algarve

    -8.06

    17.10

  9. 9

    Grande Lisboa

    -13.98

    16.00

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Portugal performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Portugal

In Portugal, Poverty or exclusion is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 18.6% versus 20.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.8 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Portugal, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 20.00% in 2020 to 18.60% in 2025. The latest step, from 19.70% in 2024 to 18.60% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Regional differences in Portugal

In Portugal, regional values for Poverty or exclusion are relatively close. Across 9 comparable regions, Região Autónoma dos Açores records the highest value (21.6%) and Grande Lisboa the lowest (16%), a gap of 5.6 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Portugal, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.