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Portugal vs Spain

186 shared metrics.

PortugalLeads in 78

vs186 shared

SpainLeads in 108

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Portugal

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Identity

Formal name: Portuguese Republic.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Portugal's Azores sit where the North American, Eurasian, and African plates meet.

NASA

Spain

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Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Spain.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Spain has one of the OECD's highest life expectancies, well above the OECD average.

OECD

Analysis

Spain leads in 108 of 186 shared metrics, while Portugal leads in 78.

Portugal's Firms Asked for Bribes is 16.7x that of Spain (7.7% of firms vs 0.43% of firms).

Portugal's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 4.9x that of Spain (61.26 per 100k people vs 10.43 per 100k people).

Portugal's Long Work Hours is 2.0x that of Spain (6.9% of employees vs 2.3% of employees).

Portugal's Food Waste per Person is 1.8x that of Spain (184 kg/person/yr vs 65 kg/person/yr).

Portugal's Insufficient Physical Activity is 1.3x that of Spain (51.65% of adults vs 22.64% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Firms Asked for BribesPortugal leads

Portugal

7.7% of firms

Spain

0.43% of firms

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Portugal leads

Portugal

61.26 per 100k people

Spain

10.43 per 100k people

Long Work HoursPortugal leads

Portugal

6.9% of employees

Spain

2.3% of employees

Food Waste per PersonPortugal leads

Portugal

184 kg/person/yr

Spain

65 kg/person/yr

Insufficient Physical ActivityPortugal leads

Portugal

51.65% of adults

Spain

22.64% of adults

6.9% of employees

Spain

2.3% of employees

199% higher

Food Waste per Person

Portugal

184 kg/person/yr

Spain

65 kg/person/yr

183% higher

Insufficient Physical Activity

Portugal

51.65% of adults

Spain

22.64% of adults

128% higher

Road Traffic Death Rate

Portugal

7.2 per 100k

Spain

3.5 per 100k

106% higher

Spain

Portugal

33.1K km²

Spain

185.9K km²

82% lower

Comparison of Portugal and Spain across 186 metrics
				Winner
Firms Asked for Bribes	7.7% of firms	0.43% of firms	1672% higher	Portugal
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	61.26 per 100k people	10.43 per 100k people	488% higher	Portugal
Long Work Hours	6.9% of employees	2.3% of employees	199% higher	Portugal
Food Waste per Person	184 kg/person/yr	65 kg/person/yr	183% higher	Portugal
Insufficient Physical Activity	51.65% of adults	22.64% of adults	128% higher	Portugal
Road Traffic Death Rate	7.2 per 100k	3.5 per 100k	106% higher	Portugal
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Portugal
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	6.0 gold medals	55 gold medals	89% lower	Spain
Tourist Arrivals	4.21M	36.41M	88% lower	Spain
Extreme Temperature Exposure	5.9% of population	38.07% of population	85% lower	Spain
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	161.18 per 100k	87.12 per 100k	85% higher	Portugal
Capital Elevation	100 m	663 m	85% lower	Spain
Irrigated Land	5.7K km²	38.0K km²	85% lower	Spain
Railway Length	2.5K km	15.5K km	84% lower	Spain
Railway Network	2.5K km	16.0K km	84% lower	Spain
Shipping Traffic	2.79M	17.16M	84% lower	Spain
Total CO2 Emissions	35.56 Mt CO2e	220.08 Mt CO2e	84% lower	Spain
All-Time Olympic Medals	32 medals	195 medals	84% lower	Spain
Electricity Generation	46.31 TWh	280.39 TWh	83% lower	Spain
Forest Area	33.1K km²	185.9K km²	82% lower	Spain
Land Area	91.6K km²	499.7K km²	82% lower	Spain
GDP (Nominal)	$313,271,185,085.1	$1,725,671,652,742.19	82% lower	Spain
Air Passengers	18.29M	94.10M	81% lower	Spain
Electric Generating Capacity	25.41M kW	130.37M kW	81% lower	Spain
Water Withdrawal	6.1 B m³	29.02 B m³	79% lower	Spain
Population	10.19M	47.28M	78% lower	Spain
Merchant Fleet Size	888	503	77% higher	Portugal
Depression Rate	8.4% of adults 15+	4.8% of adults 15+	75% higher	Portugal
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	75% lower	Spain
Armed Forces Personnel	52.0K	199.0K	74% lower	Spain
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	4.3% of GDP	2.5% of GDP	74% higher	Portugal
Scientific Publications	19.6K	67.1K	71% lower	Spain
Renewable Energy (%)	32.3%	19%	70% higher	Portugal
Researchers	5.7K per 1M	3.4K per 1M	68% higher	Portugal
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	20.7 per 1M people	12.35 per 1M people	68% higher	Portugal
Foreign Patents	42	126	67% lower	Spain
Border Neighbors	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Spain
Poor Health	12.1% reporting poor health	7.3% reporting poor health	66% higher	Portugal
Airports	128	365	65% lower	Spain
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	17 sites	49 sites	65% lower	Spain
Coastline Length	1.8K km	5.0K km	64% lower	Spain
Road Deaths	6.1 per 100k	3.7 per 100k	63% higher	Portugal
Gender Pay Gap (%)	10.06% of male wages	6.2% of male wages	62% higher	Portugal
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.2% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	59% lower	Spain
Renewable Energy (%)	39.74%	25.86%	54% higher	Portugal
Loneliness	8.1% of adults 16+	5.4% of adults 16+	51% higher	Portugal
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	22.62% of GDP	15% of GDP	51% higher	Portugal
Homicide Rate	0.90 per 100k	0.60 per 100k	50% higher	Portugal
Beer Consumption	2.1 L/person/yr	4.2 L/person/yr	50% lower	Spain
Job Insecurity	8.1% of earnings at risk	15.81% of earnings at risk	49% lower	Spain
Firms Hit by Power Outages	9.8% of firms	18.79% of firms	48% lower	Spain
Political Corruption Index	0.17	0.11	47% higher	Portugal
Seafood Consumption per Person	59.36 kg/person/yr	40.3 kg/person/yr	47% higher	Portugal
Domestic Patents	711	1.3K	46% lower	Spain
Teen Birth Rate	7.0 per 1k	4.8 per 1k	45% higher	Portugal
Spirits Consumption	0.91 L/person/yr	1.6 L/person/yr	44% lower	Spain
Unemployment Rate	6.4%	11.39%	44% lower	Spain
Lack of Support	11.14% of adults 15+	7.8% of adults 15+	43% higher	Portugal
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.08% of firms	13.45% of firms	42% higher	Portugal
Low Adult Numeracy	34.11% of adults	24.1% of adults	41% higher	Portugal
Obesity Rate	27.06%	19.17%	41% higher	Portugal
Water Stress (%)	16.13%	26.1%	38% lower	Spain
GDP Growth Rate	2.1%	3.5%	38% lower	Spain
Informal Employment Share	5.3% of employed people	3.8% of employed people	38% higher	Portugal
Land Border Length	1.2K km	2.0K km	37% lower	Spain
Highest Elevation	2.4K m	3.7K m	37% lower	Spain
Doctors (per 1,000)	5.8 per 1k	4.3 per 1k	36% higher	Portugal
Imports (% GDP)	43.92% of GDP	32.89% of GDP	34% higher	Portugal
Long-Term Unemployment	2.6% of workforce	3.8% of workforce	32% lower	Spain
Suicide Rate	11.52 per 100k	8.7 per 100k	32% higher	Portugal
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.20 per 1M people	0.15 per 1M people	32% higher	Portugal
Credit Card Ownership	38.54% of adults	56.61% of adults	32% lower	Spain
Earnings Inequality	3.3 vs bottom 10%	2.5 vs bottom 10%	31% higher	Portugal
Wind Electricity Share	26.74%	20.41%	31% higher	Portugal
Green Space Access	51.69% of urban pop.	73.41% of urban pop.	30% lower	Spain
Average Earnings	$40,002.45	$54,564.41	27% lower	Spain
High-Tech Exports (%)	6.8%	9.3%	27% lower	Spain
Women in Parliament (%)	32.61%	44.29%	26% lower	Spain
CO2 Per Capita	3.4 t/person/yr	4.6 t/person/yr	26% lower	Spain
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.1% of firms	0.91% of firms	26% higher	Portugal
Milk Consumption per Person	205.04 kg/person/yr	164.29 kg/person/yr	25% higher	Portugal
Self-Rated Health	53.6% reporting good health	70.1% reporting good health	24% lower	Spain
Exports (% GDP)	45.77% of GDP	37.06% of GDP	24% higher	Portugal
Urban Population (%)	61.33%	80.32%	24% lower	Spain
Political Voice	24.05% who feel heard by government	30.98% who feel heard by government	22% lower	Spain
Housing Cost Burden	19.01% of households	24.11% of households	21% lower	Spain
Low-Wage Workers	5.1% of workers	6.4% of workers	21% lower	Spain
Hypertension Prevalence	35.7% of adults	29.4% of adults	21% higher	Portugal
Solar Electricity Share	17.33%	21.85%	21% lower	Spain
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.5 per 1k	2.9 per 1k	21% higher	Portugal
GNI Per Capita	$26,910	$33,550	20% lower	Spain
Population Density	115.48 /km²	96.76 /km²	19% higher	Portugal
Protected Land (%)	22.8%	28.1%	19% lower	Spain
Nurses & Midwives	7.8 per 1k	6.5 per 1k	19% higher	Portugal
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.9K kg oil eq/person	2.3K kg oil eq/person	19% lower	Spain
R&D Spending (% GDP)	1.7% of GDP	1.4% of GDP	19% higher	Portugal
Poverty Rate	11.24% of population	13.75% of population	18% lower	Spain
Youth Unemployment Rate	20.22% of youth labor force	24.75% of youth labor force	18% lower	Spain
Relationship Dissatisfaction	2.7% of adults 16+	3.2% of adults 16+	17% lower	Spain
University Enrollment Rate	77.68%	93.73%	17% lower	Spain
Government Debt (% GDP)	125.7% of GDP	107.3% of GDP	17% higher	Portugal
Electricity Carbon Intensity	127.91 gCO2/kWh	153.6 gCO2/kWh	17% lower	Spain
Median Wealth	$184,853	$219,234	16% lower	Spain
Broadband Access (%)	44 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	16% higher	Portugal
Elderly Population (%)	24.53%	21.15%	16% higher	Portugal
Chronic Pain	39% of adults 15+	34% of adults 15+	15% higher	Portugal
Dependency Ratio	59.57% of working-age pop.	51.67% of working-age pop.	15% higher	Portugal
Time Dissatisfaction	14.39% of adults 16+	16.64% of adults 16+	14% lower	Spain
Women's Political Empowerment	0.81	0.94	14% lower	Spain
Inflation Rate	2.4%	2.8%	14% lower	Spain
Voter Turnout	58.23% of votes	66.59% of votes	13% lower	Spain
Agricultural Land (%)	43.34%	49.58%	13% lower	Spain
Overcrowded Housing	4.3% of households	3.8% of households	12% higher	Portugal
Home Internet Access	84.1% of households	95.91% of households	12% lower	Spain
Birth Rate	8.0 per 1k	7.2 per 1k	12% higher	Portugal
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	8.5 µg/m³	9.6 µg/m³	12% lower	Spain
Fertility Rate	1.5 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	11% higher	Portugal
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$50,649.51	$56,877.64	11% lower	Spain
Employment Rate (%)	81.58% of adults 25-64	74.17% of adults 25-64	10% higher	Portugal
Youth NEET Rate	12.06% of youth 15-24	13.38% of youth 15-24	10% lower	Spain
Fuel Poverty	15.7% of adults 16+	17.5% of adults 16+	10% lower	Spain
Smoking Rate	25.6%	28.4%	10% lower	Spain
Vehicles per 1,000 People	636.23 per 1k people	710.57 per 1k people	10% lower	Spain
Low Life Satisfaction	6.4% of adults 16+	7.0% of adults 16+	9% lower	Spain
Death Rate	10.92 per 1k	10.0 per 1k	9% higher	Portugal
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	12.59 per 100k	13.75 per 100k	8% lower	Spain
Internet Users (%)	88.49%	95.76%	8% lower	Spain
Life Evaluation Score	6.0 pts	6.5 pts	8% lower	Spain
Time Use Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 20%	3.1 vs bottom 20%	7% lower	Spain
Low Reading Skills	13.83% of students	12.88% of students	7% higher	Portugal
Low Math Skills	13.83% of students	12.88% of students	7% higher	Portugal
Low Science Skills	13.83% of students	12.88% of students	7% higher	Portugal
Happiness Inequality	2.3 vs bottom 20%	2.2 vs bottom 20%	7% higher	Portugal
Women in Senior Management	39.43% of managers	36.95% of managers	7% higher	Portugal
Military Spending	1.5% of GDP	1.4% of GDP	7% higher	Portugal
Freedom of Expression Index	0.90	0.84	7% higher	Portugal
Digital Payments Used	90.64% of adults	97.53% of adults	7% lower	Spain
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$34,165	$36,537	6% lower	Spain
Time Satisfaction	7.0 pts	6.6 pts	6% higher	Portugal
Meat Consumption per Person	94.07 kg/person/yr	100.26 kg/person/yr	6% lower	Spain
Health Spending Per Capita	$2,743.58	$2,910.84	6% lower	Spain
Job Strain	33.24% of employees	35.01% of employees	5% lower	Spain
Can Raise Emergency Money	89.85% of adults	85.75% of adults	5% higher	Portugal
Social Support	88.23% of adults 15+	92.17% of adults 15+	4% lower	Spain
Relationship Satisfaction	8.2 pts	7.9 pts	4% higher	Portugal
Wealth Concentration	50.88% of wealth	53.22% of wealth	4% lower	Spain
Safe Drinking Water (%)	95.22%	99.46%	4% lower	Spain
Homicide Rate	0.72 per 100k	0.69 per 100k	4% higher	Portugal
Housing Affordability	82.41% of income	80.18% of income	3% higher	Portugal
Human Development Index	0.89	0.92	3% lower	Spain
Child Mortality	3.2 per 1k births	3.1 per 1k births	3% higher	Portugal
Liberal Democracy Index	0.72	0.74	3% lower	Spain
Tobacco Use Prevalence	28.4% of adults	27.6% of adults	3% higher	Portugal
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.2 hrs/week	36.1 hrs/week	3% higher	Portugal
Median Age	46.2 years	44.9 years	3% higher	Portugal
Forest Coverage (%)	36.16%	37.19%	3% lower	Spain
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	124 per 100 people	127.72 per 100 people	3% lower	Spain
Alcohol Consumption	8.9 L/adult/yr	9.2 L/adult/yr	3% lower	Spain
Health Spending (% GDP)	10% of GDP	9.7% of GDP	3% higher	Portugal
Reading Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	2% lower	Spain
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	2% higher	Portugal
Corruption Perceptions Index	56 pts	55 pts	2% higher	Portugal
Life Expectancy	82.3 years	83.9 years	2% lower	Spain
Job Satisfaction	7.3 pts	7.3 pts	1% higher	Portugal
Air Pollution Exposure	98.25% of population	99.21% of population	1% lower	Spain
Safety at Night	80.5% feeling safe at night	81.5% feeling safe at night	1% lower	Spain
Life Satisfaction	7.3 pts	7.2 pts	1% higher	Portugal
Relationship Inequality	1.8 vs bottom 20%	1.9 vs bottom 20%	1% lower	Spain
Inequality (Gini)	33.9	33.4	1% higher	Portugal
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.6%	99.9%	1% lower	Spain
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.1K kWh/person	5.1K kWh/person	1% higher	Portugal
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.6% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	1% lower	Spain
Youth Population (%)	12.8%	12.92%	1% lower	Spain
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	5.5 vs bottom 20%	5.5 vs bottom 20%	equal	Spain
Financial Hardship	21.8% of adults 16+	21.9% of adults 16+	equal	Spain
Reading Skills	476.59 pts	474.31 pts	equal	Portugal
Math Skills	471.91 pts	473.14 pts	equal	Spain
Science Skills	484.37 pts	484.53 pts	equal	Spain
Science Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	equal	Portugal
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	22 days/yr	22 days/yr	equal	Spain
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0.32%	ranked lower	Spain
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Spain
Sanitation Access (%)	99.66%	99.92%	equal	Spain
Infant Mortality	2.6 per 1k births	2.6 per 1k births	equal	Spain
Electoral Democracy Index	0.82	0.82	equal	Spain
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked lower	Spain

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Analysis

Spain leads in 108 of 186 shared metrics, while Portugal leads in 78.

Portugal's Firms Asked for Bribes is 16.7x that of Spain (7.7% of firms vs 0.43% of firms).

Portugal's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 4.9x that of Spain (61.26 per 100k people vs 10.43 per 100k people).

Portugal's Long Work Hours is 2.0x that of Spain (6.9% of employees vs 2.3% of employees).

Portugal's Food Waste per Person is 1.8x that of Spain (184 kg/person/yr vs 65 kg/person/yr).

Portugal's Insufficient Physical Activity is 1.3x that of Spain (51.65% of adults vs 22.64% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Firms Asked for BribesPortugal leads

Portugal

7.7% of firms

Spain

0.43% of firms

Portugal

61.26 per 100k people

Spain

10.43 per 100k people

Long Work HoursPortugal leads

Portugal

6.9% of employees

Spain

2.3% of employees

Food Waste per PersonPortugal leads

Portugal

184 kg/person/yr

Spain

65 kg/person/yr

Insufficient Physical ActivityPortugal leads

Portugal

51.65% of adults

Spain

22.64% of adults

Road Traffic Death RatePortugal leads

Portugal

7.2 per 100k

Spain

3.5 per 100k

Firms Asked for Bribes

7.7% of firms

0.43% of firms

61.26 per 100k people

10.43 per 100k people

Long Work Hours

6.9% of employees

2.3% of employees

Food Waste per Person

184 kg/person/yr

65 kg/person/yr

Insufficient Physical Activity

51.65% of adults

22.64% of adults

Road Traffic Death Rate

7.2 per 100k

3.5 per 100k

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

6.0 gold medals

55 gold medals

Tourist Arrivals

4.21M

36.41M

Extreme Temperature Exposure

5.9% of population

38.07% of population

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

161.18 per 100k

87.12 per 100k

Capital Elevation

100 m

663 m

Irrigated Land

5.7K km²

38.0K km²

Railway Length

2.5K km

15.5K km

Railway Network

2.5K km

16.0K km

Shipping Traffic

2.79M

17.16M

Total CO2 Emissions

35.56 Mt CO2e

220.08 Mt CO2e

All-Time Olympic Medals

32 medals

195 medals

Electricity Generation

46.31 TWh

280.39 TWh

Forest Area

33.1K km²

185.9K km²

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Asked for Bribes

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Long Work Hours

Food Waste per Person

Insufficient Physical Activity

Road Traffic Death Rate

Official Languages Count

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Tourist Arrivals

Extreme Temperature Exposure

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Capital Elevation

Irrigated Land

Railway Length

Railway Network

Shipping Traffic

Total CO2 Emissions

All-Time Olympic Medals

Electricity Generation

Forest Area

Land Area

GDP (Nominal)

Air Passengers

Electric Generating Capacity

Water Withdrawal

Population

Merchant Fleet Size

Depression Rate

Time Zones Count

Armed Forces Personnel

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Scientific Publications

Renewable Energy (%)

Researchers

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Foreign Patents

Border Neighbors

Poor Health

Airports

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Coastline Length

Road Deaths

Gender Pay Gap (%)

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Renewable Energy (%)

Loneliness

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Homicide Rate

Beer Consumption

Job Insecurity

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Political Corruption Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Domestic Patents

Teen Birth Rate

Spirits Consumption

Unemployment Rate

Lack of Support

Firms with Female Top Manager

Low Adult Numeracy

Obesity Rate

Water Stress (%)

GDP Growth Rate

Informal Employment Share

Land Border Length

Highest Elevation

Doctors (per 1,000)

Imports (% GDP)

Long-Term Unemployment

Suicide Rate

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Credit Card Ownership