Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Portugal instead of Brazil, you would:

Health

live 5.6 years longer

In Brazil, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Portugal, that number is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 2.2 times more money

Brazil has a GDP per capita of $18,600 as of 2023, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $41,700 as of 2023.

be 18.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Brazil, 8.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Portugal, that number is 6.5% as of 2023.

be 3.9 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Brazil, 4.2% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Portugal, however, that number is 16.4% as of 2021.

pay a 2.1 times higher top tax rate

Brazil has a top tax rate of 27.5% as of 2016. In Portugal, the top tax rate is 56.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 83.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Brazil, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Portugal, 12.0 women do as of 2020.

be 81.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Brazil, approximately 13.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Portugal, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.

have 38.6% fewer children

In Brazil, there are approximately 13.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Portugal, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 16.7% less on education

Brazil spends 6.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Portugal spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 76.1% less coastline

Brazil has a total of 7,491 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil, The World Factbook, Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.

Portugal: At a glance

Portugal is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 91,470 sq km. Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
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