Portugal

Country at a glance

Portugal is a southern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Lisbon. The country joined the European Communities in 1986 in the Iberian enlargement (alongside Portugal and Spain). Economically, Portugal is an Atlantic-Mediterranean economy with strong tourism, footwear, paper and cork exports, recovering from the 2011–2014 troika-era adjustment programme. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Portuguese is the official language and the country is divided into 3 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Portugal is currently 10th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Portugal, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Portugal

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Portugal (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Portugal buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Portugal.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Portugal.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (27 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API