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2014 OECD ECONOMIC SURVEY OF PORTUGAL
CHARTBOOK: BASIC STATISTICS This chartbook compares Portugal to other OECD countries
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INCOME: Portugal’s GDP per capita is below the OECD average
Portugal • GDP per capita: USD 25 737
OECD average • GDP per capita: USD 39 274
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POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS: Portugal has more elderly people and less youth than the OECD average
Portugal • 18.7% are over 65 years old • 14.9% are under 15 years old
OECD average • 15.6% are over 65 years old • 18.2% are under 15 years old
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LENGTH OF LIFE: life expectancy in Portugal is close to the OECD average
Portugal • Life expectancy: 80.5 years-
old
OECD average • Life expectancy: 80.2 years-
old
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HEALTH CARE: Portugal spends slightly more on health care than the OECD average
Portugal • 10.2% of GDP
OECD average • 9.2% of GDP
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WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT: In Portugal, women represent a slightly higher share of parliament than in most OECD countries
Portugal • 31% of women in Parliament
OECD average • 27% of women in Parliament
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EDUCATION: Portugal spends close to the OECD average on education (as % of GDP)
Portugal • 3.7% of GDP
OECD average • 3.9% of GDP
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EDUCATION: the Portuguese PISA scores are below the OECD average
Portugal • Reading: 488 • Math: 487 • Science: 489
OECD average • Reading: 496 • Math: 494 • Science: 501
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R&D: Portugal spends below the OECD average on research and development (as % of GDP)
Portugal • 1.5% of GDP
OECD average • 2.4% of GDP
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PENSIONS: Portugal spends more than the OECD average on pensions (as % of GDP)
Portugal • 12.4% of GDP
OECD average • 8.7% of GDP
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DEBT: Portugal’s general government net financial debt is higher than the OECD average (as % of GDP)
Portugal • 83.7% of GDP
OECD average • 69.6% of GDP
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HOURS WORKED: those holding a job in Portugal work less hours per year than the OECD average
Portugal • 1 712 hours per year
OECD average • 1 771 hours per year
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EMPLOYMENT: Portugal’s employment rate for women is close to the OECD average. The same rate for men is lower than the OECD average.
Portugal • Women: 58.2% • Men: 64.0%
OECD average • Women: 57.4% • Men: 73.1%
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UNEMPLOYMENT: Portugal has a higher unemployment rate than the OECD average
Portugal • 16.3%
OECD average • 7.9%
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UNEMPLOYMENT: Portugal has a higher youth unemployment rate than the OECD average
Portugal • 37.7%
OECD average • 16.1%
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ENVIRONMENT: Portugal’s CO2 emissions per capita from fossil fuel combustion are lower than the OECD average
Portugal • 5 tonnes of CO2
OECD average • 11 tonnes of CO2
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INEQUALITY: Portugal has a higher inequality (as measured by the Gini index) than the OECD average
Portugal • 0.34
OECD average • 0.31
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JPN Japan KOR Korea LUX Luxembourg MEX Mexico NLD Netherlands NZL New Zealand NOR Norway POL Poland PRT Portugal SVK Slovak Republic SVN Slovenia ESP Spain SWE Sweden CHE Switzerland TUR Turkey GBR United Kingdom USA United States OECD OECD average
AUS Australia AUT Austria BEL Belgium CAN Canada CHL Chile CZE Czech Republic DNK Denmark EST Estonia FIN Finland FRA France DEU Germany GRC Greece HUN Hungary ISL Iceland IRL Ireland ISR Israel ITA Italy JPN Japan
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