Portugal, year by year

Every index this site holds for Portugal, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.707 in 1990 to 0.890 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 82.4 years2024at birthUp 4.3 years from 78.1 years in 2005
Internet users: 88%2024of people onlineUp 50 points from 38% in 2006
Urban population: 62%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 2 points from 59% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.412024births per womanLevel with 2005
Renewable share of energy: 32%2021of energy usedUp 12 points from 20% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityLevel with 2005
Infant mortality: 32024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 1 from 4 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 3.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 3.1 t from 6.5 t in 2005
Forest area: 36%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.707	74.0	—	—	1.56	27.0	100	12	4.4	37.1	—	—
1991	0.718	74.0	0.1	48.4	1.56	25.8	100	11	4.5	37.0	—	—
1992	0.735	74.3	0.3	49.0	1.54	22.4	100	10	4.9	36.9	—	—
1993	0.751	74.5	0.5	49.7	1.52	24.4	100	9	4.8	36.8	—	—
1994	0.765	74.9	0.7	50.3	1.45	25.0	100	8	4.9	36.6	—	—
1995	0.773	75.3	1.5	51.0	1.41	23.7	100	8	5.3	36.5	—	—
1996	0.781	75.3	3.0	51.7	1.44	25.4	100	7	5.1	36.4	—	—
1997	0.789	75.4	5.0	52.4	1.47	24.6	100	7	5.3	36.2	—	—
1998	0.795	75.7	9.9	53.1	1.47	22.4	100	6	5.7	36.1	—	—
1999	0.793	76.0	14.7	53.7	1.50	19.0	100	6	6.3	36.0	—	—
2000	0.797	76.3	16.4	54.4	1.55	20.1	100	6	6.2	35.9	—	—
2001	0.801	76.8	18.1	55.1	1.45	20.8	100	5	6.1	35.8	—	—
2002	0.804	77.1	19.4	55.8	1.46	18.3	100	5	6.5	35.8	—	—
2003	0.808	77.2	29.7	56.6	1.44	22.1	100	4	6.0	35.8	—	—
2004	0.809	77.7	31.8	57.4	1.40	19.9	100	4	6.2	35.7	—	—
2005	0.810	78.1	35.0	58.3	1.41	18.1	100	4	6.5	35.7	—	—
2006	0.815	78.4	38.0	59.0	1.37	22.3	100	3	6.0	35.7	19839	24677
2007	0.821	78.3	42.1	59.8	1.35	23.1	100	3	5.8	35.6	22811	25738
2008	0.826	78.5	44.1	60.4	1.39	23.2	100	3	5.6	35.6	24949	26666
2009	0.831	78.7	48.3	60.8	1.34	24.9	100	3	5.5	35.5	23151	26472
2010	0.836	79.0	53.3	61.1	1.39	27.8	100	3	5.0	35.5	22552	27292
2011	0.843	80.5	55.3	61.1	1.35	27.2	100	3	4.9	35.6	23247	26803
2012	0.844	80.4	60.3	61.1	1.28	25.5	100	3	4.7	35.8	20593	26476
2013	0.849	80.7	62.1	61.1	1.21	30.2	100	3	4.6	35.9	21676	27966
2014	0.854	81.1	64.6	61.1	1.24	30.5	100	3	4.6	36.0	22121	28765
2015	0.857	81.1	68.6	61.1	1.31	27.2	100	3	5.0	36.1	19216	29608
2016	0.859	81.1	70.4	61.1	1.37	29.0	100	3	4.9	36.1	19980	31589
2017	0.864	81.4	73.8	61.1	1.38	24.4	100	3	5.3	36.1	21442	32971
2018	0.866	81.3	74.7	61.1	1.42	27.5	100	3	5.0	36.1	23541	34897
2019	0.872	81.7	75.3	61.1	1.44	28.2	100	3	4.5	36.1	23343	37866
2020	0.870	81.3	78.3	61.1	1.42	31.3	100	3	4.0	36.1	22299	35967
2021	0.876	81.4	82.3	61.1	1.35	32.3	100	3	3.8	36.1	24711	38658
2022	0.883	81.6	84.5	61.1	1.43	—	100	3	3.8	36.1	24621	45250
2023	0.890	82.3	85.8	61.2	1.45	—	100	3	3.5	36.1	27635	49800
2024	—	82.4	88.5	61.3	1.41	—	100	3	3.3	—	29328	52513
2025	—	—	—	61.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	32082	53146
On the profile	0.890	82.4	88.5	61.5	1.41	32.3	—	—	3.3	36.2	32082	53146

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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