Portugal — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Portugal, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Portugal was 32,082 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 377 in 1960 (about 85.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.08% per year.
Portugal ranks 56 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 32,959, so Portugal sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 67%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 30 of 57 economies; Slovak Republic (28,544) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 43% in 1986. That is 32% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1969; grown tenfold by 1986. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32,081.81 | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 29,328.31 | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 27,634.62 | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 24,620.52 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 24,711.45 | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 22,299.4 | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 23,343.36 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 23,541.14 | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 21,442.38 | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 19,980.28 | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 19,215.78 | -13.1% |
| 2014 | 22,120.69 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 21,676.49 | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 20,593.43 | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 23,246.54 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 22,551.94 | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 23,151.22 | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 24,949.04 | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 22,811.06 | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 19,839.45 | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 18,780.13 | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 18,064.16 | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 15,797.78 | +22.1% |
| 2002 | 12,936.69 | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 11,734.76 | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 11,526.37 | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 12,475.29 | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 12,199.21 | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 11,575.51 | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 12,185.09 | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 11,781.36 | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 9,977.32 | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 9,534.66 | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 10,810.57 | +20.7% |
| 1991 | 8,958.99 | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 7,884.62 | +30.2% |
| 1989 | 6,056.38 | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 5,623.7 | +17.1% |
| 1987 | 4,803.87 | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 3,861.95 | +42.8% |
| 1985 | 2,705.19 | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 2,522.75 | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 2,735.49 | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 3,079.95 | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 3,245.98 | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 3,368.37 | +22.2% |
| 1979 | 2,755.62 | +12.1% |
| 1978 | 2,457.31 | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 2,267.37 | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 2,173.28 | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 2,127.64 | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 2,000.42 | +14.4% |
| 1973 | 1,747.99 | +34.2% |
| 1972 | 1,302.27 | +22.3% |
| 1971 | 1,064.54 | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 934.08 | +12.3% |
| 1969 | 832.13 | +10.7% |
| 1968 | 751.95 | +11.2% |
| 1967 | 676.39 | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 601.29 | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 544.72 | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 490.21 | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 452.28 | +6.0% |
| 1962 | 426.49 | +6.6% |
| 1961 | 400.22 | +6.2% |
| 1960 | 376.98 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Portugal’s GDP per capita in 1961?
400.22 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Portugal’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Portugal’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +8410.3% in total — about 7.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 32,081.81; 2024: 29,328.31; 2023: 27,634.62; 2022: 24,620.52; 2021: 24,711.45. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.