Inequality of income distribution

In 2025, Portugal's inequality of income distribution decreased by 6.5% compared to 2024, reaching 9.72.

Portugal accounts for 105.2% of the EU-27 total of 9.24.

Portugal ranks 8th 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 2.6% (from 9.98 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.