Portugal

In brief

Secondary school enrolment: 120% (2023). World rank 15 of 176 (1 = best); in Europe, 8 of 45. Doctors per 1,000 people: 5.9 (2022). World rank 5 of 180 (1 = best); in Europe, 3 of 42. Children vaccinated against measles: 99% (2024). World rank 1 of 193 (1 = best); in Europe, 1 of 43. From 2014 to 2024: health spending 9.3% → 10.2% (share of GDP), health spending per person $2,057 → $2,971, and out-of-pocket health spending 29.3% → 28.2% (share of total). Better than all its neighbours (Spain): secondary school enrolment, doctors per 1,000 people, nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, hospital beds per 1,000 people, and children vaccinated against measles. Worse than all its neighbours (Spain): higher education enrolment, access to safe drinking water, access to basic sanitation, infant deaths per 1,000 births, and maternal deaths per 100,000 births.