Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 5.8 years longer

In Romania, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 79 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

be 22.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Romania, 21.2% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Portugal, however, that number is 16.4% as of 2021.

be 15.9% more likely to be unemployed

In Romania, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Portugal, that number is 6.5% as of 2023.

pay a 3.5 times higher top tax rate

Romania has a top tax rate of 16.0% as of 2016. In Portugal, the top tax rate is 56.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 57.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Romania, approximately 5.8 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.

be 20.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Romania, approximately 10.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Portugal, 12.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 35.1% more on education

Romania spends 3.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Portugal spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 68.3% more on healthcare

Romania spends 6.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Portugal, that number is 10.6% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 8.0 times more coastline

Romania has a total of 225 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF), 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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