PORTUGAL  Southern Europe

Overall Performance Performance by SDG

SDG SDG

Index score Index Rank SDG

17 100
1 SDG
16 2
75

Portugal

18
SDG SDG

% 15 50 3
25

70.6
SDG
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14 4

SDG
Portugal SDG
13 5

SDG
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12 6

SDG
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11 7
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SDG Dashboards and Trends

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Major challenges Significant challenges Challenges remain SDG achieved Information unavailable

p Decreasing 5 Stagnating D Moderately improving L On track or maintaining SDG achievement • Information unavailable
Notes: The full title of Goal 2 “Zero Hunger” is “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”.
The full title of each SDG is available at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sustainabledevelopmentgoals
Detailed results and methodology available online at https://www.sdgindex.org/EU

Leave No One Behind Index Spillover Index

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TUR
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SV T

LT

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HUU
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CHX

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HUV
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ROB

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POK

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PRT

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SWL

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EEU

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AU

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PORTUGAL  Performance by Indicator
SDG1 – No Poverty Value Year Rating Trend SDG8 – (continued) Value Year Rating Trend
People at risk of income poverty after social transfers (%) 18.4 2021 • D Fatal work-related accidents embodied in imports (per 100,000 population) 0.2 2018 •p

ANNEX 2. COUNTRY PROFILES

Severely materially deprived people (%) 4.6 2020 • L Victims of modern slavery embodied in imports (per 100,000 population) 49.8 2018 ••
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50/day (%) 1.1 2022 • L SDG9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG2 – Zero Hunger Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP) 1.6 2020 • L
Prevalence of obesity, BMI ≥ 30 (% of adult population) 17.7 2019 •p R&D personnel (% of active population) 1.4 2020 • L
Human Trophic Level (best 2–3 worst) 2.47 2019 •p Patent applications to the European Patent Office (per 1,000,000 population) 27.8 2021 • D
Yield gap closure (%) NA NA •• Households with broadband access (%) 87 2021 • L
Gross nitrogen balance on agricultural land (kg/hectare) 45.2 2019 •5 Gap in internet access, urban vs rural areas (p.p.) 14 2021 • L
Ammonia emissions from agriculture (kg/hectare) 12.0 2019 •L Population with at least basic digital skills (%) 55 2021 • L
Exports of pesticides banned in the EU (kg per 1,000 population) 0.0 2019 •• Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related
infrastructure (worst 1–5 best)
3.2 2018 • 5
SDG3 – Good Health and Well-Being The Times Higher Education Universities Ranking: Average score of top 3
Life expectancy at birth (years) 81.2 2021 •5 universities (worst 0–100 best)
43.3 2022 • L
Gap in life expectancy at birth among regions (years)
Population with good or very good perceived health (% of population
3.6 2020 •L Articles published in academic journals (per 1,000 population) 3.2 2021 • L
aged 16 or over)
50.2 2021 •D SDG10 – Reduced Inequalities
Gap in self-reported health, by income (p.p.) 26.0 2021 •p Gini Coefficient  31.2 2020 • L
Gap in self-reported unmet need for medical examination and care,
4.2 2021 •L
Palma ratio  1.16 2019 • L
by income (p.p.) SDG11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
New reported cases of tuberculosis (per 100,000 population)
Standardised preventable and treatable mortality (per 100,000 persons
16.0 2020 •L Urban population without access to green urban areas in their neighbourhood (%) 13.6 2018 • D
aged less than 75)
214.5 2019 •L Overcrowding rate among people living with below 60% of median
equivalized income (%)
14.3 2020 • L
Suicide rate (per 100,000 population)
Age-standardised death rate attributable to household air pollution and
8.8 2019 •L Recycling rate of municipal waste (%) 26.5 2020 • p
ambient air pollution (per 100,000 population)
10 2019 •• Population living in a dwelling with a leaking roof, damp walls, floors or
foundation or rot in window frames or floor (%)
25.2 2020 • D
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.3 2020 •L Housing cost overburden rate (%) 5.9 2021 • L
People killed in road accidents (per 100,000 population) 5.2 2020 •L Exposure to air pollution: PM2.5 in urban areas (µg/m3) 9.1 2019 • L
Surviving infants who received 2 WHO-recommended vaccines (%) 98 2021 •L SDG12 – Responsible Consumption and Production
Population engaging in heavy, episodic drinking at least once a week (%) 4.0 2019 •5
Smoking prevalence (%) 21 2020 •L Circular material use rate (%) 2.2 2020 •5
People covered by health insurance for a core set of services (%) 100.0 2020 •L Gross value added in environmental goods and services sector (% of GDP) 2.3 2019 •5
Share of total health spending financed by out-of-pocket payments (%) 28.6 2021 •D Production-based SO2 emissions (kg/capita) 8.3 2018 ••
Subjective Wellbeing (average ladder score, worst 0–10 best) 6.2 2021 •L Imported SO2 emissions (kg/capita) 3.2 2018 ••
Individuals that use the internet to make appointments with a practitioner(%) 17 2020 •L Production-based emissions of reactive nitrogen (kg/capita) 7.6 2015 •5
SDG4 – Quality Education
Imported emissions of reactive nitrogen (kg/capita) 13.1 2015 •p
Participation in early childhood education (% of children between age of 3
Exports of plastic waste (kg/capita) 5.3 2021 •5
and starting age of compulsory primary education)
92.9 2020 • L SDG13 – Climate Action
Early leavers from education and training (% of population aged 18 to 24) 5.9 2021 • L CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production (tCO2/capita) 4.0 2020 •L
PISA score (worst 0–600 best) 492.0 2018 • p CO2 emissions embodied in imports (tCO2/capita) 1.3 2018 •p
Underachievers in science (% of population aged 15) 19.6 2018 • 5 CO2 emissions embodied in fossil fuel exports (kg/capita) 0.0 2021 ••
p SDG14 – Life Below Water
Variation in science performance explained by students' socio-economic
status (%)
15.9 2018 •
Tertiary educational attainment (% of population aged 25 to 34) 47.5 2021 •
Bathing sites of excellent quality (%)
L Fish caught from overexploited or collapsed stocks (% of total catch)
88.5 2021 •L
• L Fish caught by bottom trawling or dredging (%)
68.9 2018 •p
Adult participation in learning (%) 12.9 2021
35.4 2018 •p
SDG5 – Gender Equality Fish caught that are then discarded (%) 28.1 2018 •p
Unadjusted gender pay gap (% of gross male earnings) 11.4 2020 • L Marine biodiversity threats embodied in imports (per million population) 0.6 2018 ••
Gender employment gap (p.p.)
Population inactive due to caring responsibilities (% of population aged
5.9 2021 • L Mean area that is protected in marine sites important to biodiversity (%) 69.3 2021 •5
20 to 64)
20.5 2021 • p SDG15 – Life on Land
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 40.9 2021 • L Mean area that is protected in terrestrial sites important to biodiversity (%) 76.1 2021 •5
Positions held by women in senior management positions (%) 31.0 2021 • L Mean area that is protected in freshwater sites important to biodiversity (%) 68.6 2021 •5
Proportion of ICT specialists that are women (%) 20.7 2021 • D Biochemical oxygen demand in rivers (mg O2/litre) NA NA ••
SDG6 – Clean Water and Sanitation
Nitrate in groundwater (mg NO3/litre) 18.0 2019 •5
Population having neither a bath, nor a shower, nor indoor flushing toilet
Red List Index of species survival (worst 0–1 best) 0.86 2022 •p
in their household (%)
0.4 2020 •L Terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity threats embodied in imports
(per million population)
4.0 2018 ••
Population connected to at least secondary wastewater treatment (%) 84.6 2017 •• SDG16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Freshwater abstraction (% of long-term average available water) 12.7 2017 •5 Death rate due to homicide (per 100,000 population) 0.9 2019 •L
Scarce water consumption embodied in imports (m3/capita) 5551.8 2018 •• Population reporting crime in their area (%) 6.6 2020 •L
Population using safely managed water services (%) 95.4 2020 •L Gap in population reporting crime in their area, by income (p.p.) 4.1 2020 •p
Population using safely managed sanitation services (%) 85.1 2020 •L Access to justice (worst 0–1 best) 0.71 2020 •L
SDG7 – Affordable and Clean Energy Timeliness of administrative proceedings (worst 0–1 best) 0.43 2020 •p
Population unable to keep home adequately warm (%) 17.5 2020 • D Constraints on government power (worst 0–1 best) 0.78 2020 •5
Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption (%) 34.0 2020 • L Corruption Perceptions Index (worst 0–100 best) 62 2021 •5
CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per electricity output (MtCO2/TWh) 0.9 2019 • L Unsentenced detainees (% of prison population) 17.5 2019 •5
Exports of major conventional weapons (TIV constant 1990 million USD
SDG8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth per 100,000 population)
0.23 2021 ••
Protection of fundamental labour rights (worst 0–1 best) 0.69 2020 • 5 Press Freedom Index (worst 0–100 best) 87.1 2022 •L
Gross disposable income (€/capita) 19321 2021 • L
SDG17 – Partnerships for the Goals
Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) (% of population
aged 15 to 29)
9.5 2021 • L Official development assistance (% of GNI) 0.18 2021 •5
Unemployment Rate (% labour force) 6.9 2020 • L Shifted profits of multinationals (billion USD) 3.8 2018 •L
People killed in accidents at work (per 100,000 workers) 2.1 2019 • L Corporate Tax Haven Score (best 0–100 worst) 49 2021 ••
In work at-risk-of-poverty rate (%) 9.5 2020 • L Statistical Performance Index (worst 0–100 best) 85.5 2019 •5

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