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France and Portugal

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France

Portugal

The widest gap is Public spending on them: France €24,346 against Portugal €11,542, 2.11× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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France
Portugal

People

Median age4.5 years
42.8 years
47.3 years
Life expectancy at birth0.5 years
83.0 years
82.5 years
People6.41×
68.9m
10.7m
People per square kilometre8.7%
109 per km²
118 per km²
Women in the population0.7 points
51.5%
52.2%
Born abroad2.0 points
14.0%
16.0%
Born outside the EU1.3 points
11.1%
12.4%

Money and work

Disposable income per person82.9%
€26,459
€14,465
Average net income78.8%
€30,438
€17,019
Take-home pay, average-wage worker50.8%
€32,346
€21,449
Gross pay, average-wage worker59.9%
€44,400
€27,768
Minimum wage74.0%
€1,867
€1,073
In work, age 20 to 644.2 points
75.4%
79.6%
Out of work1.7 points
7.7%
6.0%
Hours worked a week2.6 hours
37.2 hours
39.8 hours
At risk of poverty0.9 points
16.3%
15.4%
Housing costs over 40% of income0.1 points
6.4%
6.3%
GDP per person52.7%
€43,350
€28,390

Family and home

People at home14.3%
2.1
2.4
Households with children2.2 points
29.2%
31.4%
Children per woman14.2%
1.61
1.41
Own their home9.8 points
61.4%
71.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds61.3%
534 per 100,000 people
331 per 100,000 people
Doctors9.9%
395 per 100,000 people
434 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree12.1 points
44.8%
32.7%
Students per 1,000 people3.7%
41.9 per 1,000 people
40.4 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them2.11×
€24,346
€11,542
Tax raised per person80.7%
€19,244
€10,648
Government debt25.9 points
115.6%
89.7%

Country and infrastructure

Land area6.92×
638,475 km²
92,226 km²
Railway density56.6%
43.5 per 1,000 km²
27.8 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density84.6%
18.5 per 1,000 km²
34.2 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people3.0%
578 per 1,000 people
561 per 1,000 people
Households with internet3.3 points
94.4%
91.1%
Tourist nights per resident21.5%
6.85
8.32

Environment

Renewable energy12.8 points
23.9%
36.7%
Land under forest8.9 points
28.1%
37.0%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

France

Portugal

Function
France
Portugal
10.8%
13.7%
3.2%
2.1%
3.1%
3.9%
9.9%
8.6%
1.8%
1.6%
2.5%
1.4%
15.6%
16.1%
2.6%
2.0%
8.9%
10.3%
41.5%
40.4%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: France and Portugal

  1. Which covers more ground: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 6.92×: France 638,475, Portugal 92,226. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  2. Where do more people live: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 6.41×: France 68.9m, Portugal 10.7m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  3. Which government spends more per resident: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 2.11×: France €24,346, Portugal €11,542. Total general government expenditure divided by the population: all levels of government together. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  4. Which spends more on health per resident: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 2.04×: France €3,803, Portugal €1,862. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  5. Who has more to spend, the typical person in France or Portugal?

    The gap is 82.9%: France €26,459, Portugal €14,465. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where is more tax raised per resident: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 80.7%: France €19,244, Portugal €10,648. Taxes and net social contributions received by general government, per resident. gov_10a_taxag · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where does more energy come from renewables: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 12.8 points: Portugal 36.7%, France 23.9%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 61.3%: France 534, Portugal 331. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where do more adults hold a degree: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 12.1 points: France 44.8%, Portugal 32.7%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. edat_lfse_03 · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where do more people own their home: France or Portugal?

    The gap is 9.8 points: Portugal 71.2%, France 61.4%. Share of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright. ilc_lvho02 · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.