Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 13.3% less money

Slovenia has a GDP per capita of $48,100 as of 2023, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $41,700 as of 2023.

be 78.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Slovenia, 3.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Portugal, that number is 6.5% as of 2023.

be 29.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Slovenia, 12.7% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Portugal, however, that number is 16.4% as of 2021.

pay a 13.0% higher top tax rate

Slovenia has a top tax rate of 50.0% as of 2016. In Portugal, the top tax rate is 56.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 2.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Slovenia, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Portugal, 12.0 women do as of 2020.

be 64.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Slovenia, approximately 1.5 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 13.8% less on education

Slovenia spends 5.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Portugal spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 11.6% more on healthcare

Slovenia spends 9.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Portugal, that number is 10.6% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 38.5 times more coastline

Slovenia has a total of 47 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Tax Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, 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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