Out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare

In 2021, Portugal's out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare increased by 3.9% compared to 2020, reaching 58.2.

Portugal accounts for 197.7% of the EU-27 total of 29.5.

Portugal ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.1% (from 58.9 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp310, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.