Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Portugal instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Economy
pay a 71.2% higher top tax rate
Puerto Rico has a top tax rate of 33.0% as of 2016. In Portugal, the top tax rate is 56.5% as of 2016.
Life
be 64.7% less likely to die during childbirth
In Puerto Rico, approximately 34.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Portugal, 12.0 women do as of 2020.
be 58.6% less likely to die during infancy
In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 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.
Expenditures
spend 38.9% more on education
Puerto Rico spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Portugal spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 3.6 times more coastline
Puerto Rico has a total of 501 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Puerto Rican Department of Treasury, Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.
Portugal: At a glance
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