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Portugal and France

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Portugal

France

The widest gap is Public spending on them: France €24,346 against Portugal €11,542, 2.11× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Portugal
France

People

Median age4.5 years
47.3 years
42.8 years
Life expectancy at birth0.5 years
82.5 years
83.0 years
People6.41×
10.7m
68.9m
People per square kilometre8.7%
118 per km²
109 per km²
Women in the population0.7 points
52.2%
51.5%
Born abroad2.0 points
16.0%
14.0%
Born outside the EU1.3 points
12.4%
11.1%

Money and work

Disposable income per person82.9%
€14,465
€26,459
Average net income78.8%
€17,019
€30,438
Take-home pay, average-wage worker50.8%
€21,449
€32,346
Gross pay, average-wage worker59.9%
€27,768
€44,400
Minimum wage74.0%
€1,073
€1,867
In work, age 20 to 644.2 points
79.6%
75.4%
Out of work1.7 points
6.0%
7.7%
Hours worked a week2.6 hours
39.8 hours
37.2 hours
At risk of poverty0.9 points
15.4%
16.3%
Housing costs over 40% of income0.1 points
6.3%
6.4%
GDP per person52.7%
€28,390
€43,350

Family and home

People at home14.3%
2.4
2.1
Households with children2.2 points
31.4%
29.2%
Children per woman14.2%
1.41
1.61
Own their home9.8 points
71.2%
61.4%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds61.3%
331 per 100,000 people
534 per 100,000 people
Doctors9.9%
434 per 100,000 people
395 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree12.1 points
32.7%
44.8%
Students per 1,000 people3.7%
40.4 per 1,000 people
41.9 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them2.11×
€11,542
€24,346
Tax raised per person80.7%
€10,648
€19,244
Government debt25.9 points
89.7%
115.6%

Country and infrastructure

Land area6.92×
92,226 km²
638,475 km²
Railway density56.6%
27.8 per 1,000 km²
43.5 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density84.6%
34.2 per 1,000 km²
18.5 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people3.0%
561 per 1,000 people
578 per 1,000 people
Households with internet3.3 points
91.1%
94.4%
Tourist nights per resident21.5%
8.32
6.85

Environment

Renewable energy12.8 points
36.7%
23.9%
Land under forest8.9 points
37.0%
28.1%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Portugal

France

Function
Portugal
France
13.7%
10.8%
2.1%
3.2%
3.9%
3.1%
8.6%
9.9%
1.6%
1.8%
1.4%
2.5%
16.1%
15.6%
2.0%
2.6%
10.3%
8.9%
40.4%
41.5%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Portugal and France

  1. Which covers more ground: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 6.92×: France 638,475, Portugal 92,226. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  2. Where do more people live: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 6.41×: France 68.9m, Portugal 10.7m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  3. Which spends more on health per resident: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 2.04×: France €3,803, Portugal €1,862. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  4. Which government spends more per resident: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 2.11×: France €24,346, Portugal €11,542. Total general government expenditure divided by the population: all levels of government together. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  5. Where is more tax raised per resident: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 80.7%: France €19,244, Portugal €10,648. Taxes and net social contributions received by general government, per resident. gov_10a_taxag · 2025. See the figure

  6. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Portugal or France?

    The gap is 82.9%: France €26,459, Portugal €14,465. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 61.3%: France 534, Portugal 331. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

  8. Where does more energy come from renewables: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 12.8 points: Portugal 36.7%, France 23.9%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

  9. Where do more adults hold a degree: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 12.1 points: France 44.8%, Portugal 32.7%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. edat_lfse_03 · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where are more children born per woman: Portugal or France?

    The gap is 14.2%: France 1.61, Portugal 1.41. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. demo_find · 2024. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.