factbook.json/europe/po.json

{
  "Introduction": {
    "Background": {
      "text": "<p>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, and 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.</p>"
    }
  },
  "Geography": {
    "Location": {
      "text": "Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain"
    },
    "Geographic coordinates": {
      "text": "39 30 N, 8 00 W"
    },
    "Map references": {
      "text": "Europe"
    },
    "Area": {
      "total": {
        "text": "92,090 sq km"
      },
      "land": {
        "text": "91,470 sq km"
      },
      "water": {
        "text": "620 sq km"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes Azores and Madeira Islands"
    },
    "Area - comparative": {
      "text": "slightly smaller than Virginia"
    },
    "Land boundaries": {
      "total": {
        "text": "1,224 km"
      },
      "border countries": {
        "text": "Spain 1,224 km"
      }
    },
    "Coastline": {
      "text": "1,793 km"
    },
    "Maritime claims": {
      "territorial sea": {
        "text": "12 nm"
      },
      "contiguous zone": {
        "text": "24 nm"
      },
      "exclusive economic zone": {
        "text": "200 nm"
      },
      "continental shelf": {
        "text": "200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation"
      }
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south"
    },
    "Terrain": {
      "text": "the west-flowing Tagus River divides the country: the north is mountainous toward the interior, while the south is characterized by rolling plains"
    },
    "Elevation": {
      "highest point": {
        "text": "Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m"
      },
      "lowest point": {
        "text": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m"
      },
      "mean elevation": {
        "text": "372 m"
      }
    },
    "Natural resources": {
      "text": "fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower"
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "39.7% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: arable land": {
        "text": "arable land: 11.9% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent crops": {
        "text": "permanent crops: 7.8% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
        "text": "permanent pasture: 20% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "37.8% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "22.5% (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Irrigated land": {
      "text": "5,662 sq km (2019)"
    },
    "Population distribution": {
      "text": "concentrations are primarily along or near the Atlantic coast; both Lisbon and the second largest city, Porto, are coastal cities"
    },
    "Natural hazards": {
      "text": "<p>Azores subject to severe earthquakes</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> limited volcanic activity in the Azores Islands; Fayal or Faial (1,043 m) last erupted in 1958; most volcanoes have not erupted in centuries; historically active volcanoes include Agua de Pau, Furnas, Pico, Picos Volcanic System, San Jorge, Sete Cidades, and Terceira</p>"
    },
    "Geography - note": {
      "text": "Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar; they are two of the four North Atlantic archipelagos that make up Macaronesia; the others are the Canary Islands (Spain) and Cabo Verde"
    }
  },
  "People and Society": {
    "Population": {
      "text": "10,223,150 (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Nationality": {
      "noun": {
        "text": "Portuguese (singular and plural)"
      },
      "adjective": {
        "text": "Portuguese"
      }
    },
    "Ethnic groups": {
      "text": "Portuguese 95%; citizens from Portugal&rsquo;s former colonies in Africa, Asia (Han Chinese), and South America (Brazilian) and other foreign born 5%"
    },
    "Languages": {
      "text": "Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)"
    },
    "Religions": {
      "text": "Roman Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, other (includes Jewish, Muslim) 0.6%, none 6.8%, unspecified 8.3% (2011 est.)",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represent population 15 years of age and older"
    },
    "Age structure": {
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "12.85% (male 672,673/female 641,409)"
      },
      "15-64 years": {
        "text": "65.18% (male 3,274,201/female 3,389,374)"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "21.96% (2023 est.) (male 895,576/female 1,349,917)"
      }
    },
    "Dependency ratios": {
      "total dependency ratio": {
        "text": "56"
      },
      "youth dependency ratio": {
        "text": "20.8"
      },
      "elderly dependency ratio": {
        "text": "35.2"
      },
      "potential support ratio": {
        "text": "2.8 (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Median age": {
      "total": {
        "text": "44.6 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "42.7 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "46.5 years (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Population growth rate": {
      "text": "-0.17% (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Birth rate": {
      "text": "7.99 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Death rate": {
      "text": "10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Net migration rate": {
      "text": "1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Population distribution": {
      "text": "concentrations are primarily along or near the Atlantic coast; both Lisbon and the second largest city, Porto, are coastal cities"
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "67.9% of total population (2023)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "0.44% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Major urban areas - population": {
      "text": "3.001 million LISBON (capital), 1.325 million Porto (2023)"
    },
    "Sex ratio": {
      "at birth": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "15-64 years": {
        "text": "0.97 male(s)/female"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "0.66 male(s)/female"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "0.9 male(s)/female (2023 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Mother's mean age at first birth": {
      "text": "29.9 years (2020 est.)"
    },
    "Maternal mortality ratio": {
      "text": "8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Infant mortality rate": {
      "total": {
        "text": "2.47 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "2.83 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "2.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Life expectancy at birth": {
      "total population": {
        "text": "81.71 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "78.6 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "84.98 years (2023 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Total fertility rate": {
      "text": "1.44 children born/woman (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Gross reproduction rate": {
      "text": "0.7 (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
      "text": "73.9% (2014)"
    },
    "Drinking water source": {
      "improved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 100% of population"
      },
      "improved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 99.7% of population"
      },
      "improved: total": {
        "text": "total: 99.9% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 0% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 0.3% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: total": {
        "text": "total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Current health expenditure": {
      "text": "10.6% of GDP (2020)"
    },
    "Physicians density": {
      "text": "5.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
    },
    "Hospital bed density": {
      "text": "3.5 beds/1,000 population (2018)"
    },
    "Sanitation facility access": {
      "improved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 99.9% of population"
      },
      "improved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 100% of population"
      },
      "improved: total": {
        "text": "total: 99.9% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 0.1% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 0% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: total": {
        "text": "total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "0.5% (2021 est.)"
    },
    "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "20.8% (2016)"
    },
    "Alcohol consumption per capita": {
      "total": {
        "text": "10.37 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "beer": {
        "text": "2.62 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "wine": {
        "text": "6.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "spirits": {
        "text": "1.34 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "other alcohols": {
        "text": "0.37 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Tobacco use": {
      "total": {
        "text": "25.4% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "30.5% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "20.2% (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
      "text": "0.4% (2015/16)"
    },
    "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
      "text": "52.6% (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Education expenditures": {
      "text": "5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
    },
    "Literacy": {
      "definition": {
        "text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "96.1%"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "97.4%"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "95.1% (2018)"
      }
    },
    "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "17 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "17 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "17 years (2020)"
      }
    },
    "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "23.1%"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "20.6%"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "26.2% (2021 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Environment": {
    "Environment - current issues": {
      "text": "soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in urban centers and coastal areas"
    },
    "Environment - international agreements": {
      "party to": {
        "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling"
      },
      "signed, but not ratified": {
        "text": "Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Environmental Modification, Nuclear Test Ban"
      }
    },
    "Air pollutants": {
      "particulate matter emissions": {
        "text": "7.87 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)"
      },
      "carbon dioxide emissions": {
        "text": "48.74 megatons (2016 est.)"
      },
      "methane emissions": {
        "text": "10.93 megatons (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south"
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "39.7% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: arable land": {
        "text": "arable land: 11.9% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent crops": {
        "text": "permanent crops: 7.8% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
        "text": "permanent pasture: 20% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "37.8% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "22.5% (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "67.9% of total population (2023)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "0.44% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Revenue from forest resources": {
      "forest revenues": {
        "text": "0.13% of GDP (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Revenue from coal": {
      "coal revenues": {
        "text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Waste and recycling": {
      "municipal solid waste generated annually": {
        "text": "4.71 million tons (2014 est.)"
      },
      "municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
        "text": "764,433 tons (2014 est.)"
      },
      "percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
        "text": "16.2% (2014 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Total water withdrawal": {
      "municipal": {
        "text": "914.1 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
      },
      "industrial": {
        "text": "1.497 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural": {
        "text": "8.767 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Total renewable water resources": {
      "text": "77.4 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)"
    }
  },
  "Government": {
    "Country name": {
      "conventional long form": {
        "text": "Portuguese Republic"
      },
      "conventional short form": {
        "text": "Portugal"
      },
      "local long form": {
        "text": "Republica Portuguesa"
      },
      "local short form": {
        "text": "Portugal"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "name derives from the Roman designation \"Portus Cale\" meaning \"Port of Cale\"; Cale was an ancient Celtic town and port in present-day northern Portugal"
      }
    },
    "Government type": {
      "text": "semi-presidential republic"
    },
    "Capital": {
      "name": {
        "text": "Lisbon"
      },
      "geographic coordinates": {
        "text": "38 43 N, 9 08 W"
      },
      "time difference": {
        "text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
      },
      "daylight saving time": {
        "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
      },
      "time zone note": {
        "text": "Portugal has two time zones, including the Azores (UTC-1)"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "Lisbon is one of Europe's oldest cities (the second oldest capital city after Athens) and the origin of the name is lost in time; it may have been founded as an ancient Celtic settlement that subsequently maintained close commercial relations with the Phoenicians (beginning about 1200 B.C.); the name of the settlement may have been derived from the pre-Roman appellation for the Tagus River that runs through the city, Lisso or Lucio; the Romans named the city \"Olisippo\" when they took it from the Carthaginians in 205 B.C.; under the Visigoths the city name became \"Ulixbona,\" under the Arabs it was \"al-Ushbuna\"; the medieval version of \"Lissabona\" became today's Lisboa"
      }
    },
    "Administrative divisions": {
      "text": "18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa (Lisbon), Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu"
    },
    "Independence": {
      "text": "1143 (Kingdom of Portugal recognized); 1 December 1640 (independence reestablished following 60 years of Spanish rule); 5 October 1910 (republic proclaimed)"
    },
    "National holiday": {
      "text": "Portugal Day (Dia de Portugal), 10 June (1580); note - also called Camoes Day, the day that revered national poet Luis DE CAMOES (1524-80) died"
    },
    "Constitution": {
      "history": {
        "text": "several previous; latest adopted 2 April 1976, effective 25 April 1976"
      },
      "amendments": {
        "text": "proposed by the Assembly of the Republic; adoption requires two-thirds majority vote of Assembly members; amended several times, last in 2005"
      }
    },
    "Legal system": {
      "text": "civil law system; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts"
    },
    "International law organization participation": {
      "text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
    },
    "Citizenship": {
      "citizenship by birth": {
        "text": "no"
      },
      "citizenship by descent only": {
        "text": "at least one parent must be a citizen of Portugal"
      },
      "dual citizenship recognized": {
        "text": "yes"
      },
      "residency requirement for naturalization": {
        "text": "10 years; 6 years if from a Portuguese-speaking country"
      }
    },
    "Suffrage": {
      "text": "18 years of age; universal"
    },
    "Executive branch": {
      "chief of state": {
        "text": "President Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (since 9 March 2016)"
      },
      "head of government": {
        "text": "Prime Minister Antonio Luis Santos da COSTA (since 24 November 2015)"
      },
      "cabinet": {
        "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"
      },
      "elections/appointments": {
        "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 24 January 2021 (next to be held in January 2026); following legislative elections the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "<em>2021:</em> Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (PSD) 60.7%, Ana GOMES (ran as an independent but is a member of PS) 13%, Andre VENTURA (CH) 11.9%, João FERREIRA (PCP-PEV) 4.3%, Marisa MATIAS (BE) 3.9%, other 6.2%<br><br><em>2016:</em> Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA elected president; percent of vote - Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (PSD) 52%, António SAMPAIO DA NOVOA (independent) 22.9%, Marisa MATIAS (BE) 10.1%, Maria DE BELEM ROSEIRA (PS) 4.2%, other 10.8%"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> there is also a Council of State that acts as a consultative body to the president"
    },
    "Legislative branch": {
      "description": {
        "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; 226 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote and 4 members - 2 each in 2 constituencies representing Portuguese living abroad - directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
      },
      "elections": {
        "text": "last held on 30 January 2022 (next to be held in January 2026); note - early elections were called after parliament was dissolved on 3 November 2021 because of the 27 October 2021 rejection of the government's budget"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "percent of vote by party - PS 42.5%, PSD 28.4%, Enough 7.4%, IL 5%, BE 4.5%, PCP-PEV 4.4%, other 7.8%; seats by party - PS 120, PSD 72, Enough 12, IL 8, PCP-PEV 6, BE 5, other 3; composition - men 145, women 85, percent of women 37%"
      }
    },
    "Judicial branch": {
      "highest court(s)": {
        "text": "Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 12 justices); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 13 judges)"
      },
      "judge selection and term of office": {
        "text": "Supreme Court justices nominated by the president and appointed by the Assembly of the Republic; judges can serve for life; Constitutional Court judges - 10 elected by the Assembly and 3 elected by the other Constitutional Court judges; judges elected for 6-year nonrenewable terms"
      },
      "subordinate courts": {
        "text": "Supreme Administrative Court (Supremo Tribunal Administrativo); Audit Court (Tribunal de Contas); appellate, district, and municipal courts"
      }
    },
    "Political parties and leaders": {
      "text": "Democratic Alliance (2022 electoral alliance in the Azores, includes PSD, CDS-PP, PPM)<br>Democratic and Social Center/People's Party (Partido do Centro Democratico Social-Partido Popular) or CDS-PP [Nuno MELO]<br>Ecologist Party \"The Greens\" or \"Os Verdes\" (Partido Ecologista-Os Verdes) or PEV [Heloisa APOLONIA]<br>Enough (Chega) [Andre VENTURA]<br>Liberal Initiative (Iniciativa Liberal) or IL [Joao COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO]<br>Madeira First (2022 electoral alliance in Madeira, includes PSD, CDS-PP)<br>People-Animals-Nature Party (Pessoas-Animais-Natureza) or PAN [Ines SOUSA REAL]<br>People's Monarchist Party or PPM [Gonçalo DA CAMARA PEREIRA]<br>Portuguese Communist Party (Partido Comunista Portugues) or PCP [Jeronimo DE SOUSA]<br>Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata) or PSD [Luis MONTENEGRO] (formerly the Partido Popular Democratico or PPD)<br>Socialist Party (Partido Socialista) or PS [Antonio COSTA]<br>The Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) or BE or O Bloco [Catarina MARTINS]<br>Unitary Democratic Coalition (Coligacao Democratica Unitaria) or CDU [Jeronimo DE SOUSA] (includes PCP and PEV)"
    },
    "International organization participation": {
      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, CPLP, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
    },
    "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
      "chief of mission": {
        "text": "Ambassador Francisco Antonio DUARTE LOPES (since 7 June 2022)"
      },
      "chancery": {
        "text": "2012 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036"
      },
      "telephone": {
        "text": "[1] (202) 350-5400; [1] (202) 332-3007"
      },
      "FAX": {
        "text": "[1] (202) 462-3726; [1] (202) 387-2768"
      },
      "email address and website": {
        "text": "<br>info.washington@mne.pt; sconsular.washington@mne.pt<br>https://washingtondc.embaixadaportugal.mne.gov.pt/en/"
      },
      "consulate(s) general": {
        "text": "Boston, Newark (NJ), New York, San Francisco"
      },
      "consulate(s)": {
        "text": "New Bedford (MA), Providence (RI)"
      }
    },
    "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
      "chief of mission": {
        "text": "Ambassador Randi Charno LEVINE (since 22 April 2022)"
      },
      "embassy": {
        "text": "Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600-081 Lisboa"
      },
      "mailing address": {
        "text": "5320 Lisbon Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5320"
      },
      "telephone": {
        "text": "[351] (21) 727-3300"
      },
      "FAX": {
        "text": "[351] (21) 726-9109"
      },
      "email address and website": {
        "text": "<br>conslisbon@state.gov<br>https://pt.usembassy.gov/"
      },
      "consulate(s)": {
        "text": "Ponta Delgada (Azores)"
      }
    },
    "Flag description": {
      "text": "two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths) with the national coat of arms (armillary sphere and Portuguese shield) centered on the dividing line; explanations for the color meanings are ambiguous, but a popular interpretation has green symbolizing hope and red the blood of those defending the nation"
    },
    "National symbol(s)": {
      "text": "armillary sphere (a spherical astrolabe modeling objects in the sky and representing the Republic); national colors: red, green"
    },
    "National anthem": {
      "name": {
        "text": "\"A Portugesa\" (The Song of the Portuguese)"
      },
      "lyrics/music": {
        "text": "Henrique LOPES DE MENDOCA/Alfredo KEIL"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1910; \"A Portuguesa\" was originally written to protest the Portuguese monarchy's acquiescence to the 1890 British ultimatum forcing Portugal to give up areas of Africa; the lyrics refer to the \"insult\" that resulted from the event"
    },
    "National heritage": {
      "total World Heritage Sites": {
        "text": "17 (16 cultural, 1 natural)"
      },
      "selected World Heritage Site locales": {
        "text": "Historic Évora (c); Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores (c); Cultural Landscape of Sintra (c); Laurisilva of Madeira (n); Historic Guimarães (c); Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon (c); Convent of Christ in Tomar (c); Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (c); University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia (c); Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga (c)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Economy": {
    "Economic overview": {
      "text": "high-income European economy; EU and NATO member; recently blocked Chinese utility takeover; major tourism, banking, and telecommunications sectors; very high public debt and bureaucracy; major renewable energy producer"
    },
    "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
        "text": "$347.694 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": {
        "text": "$329.623 billion (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": {
        "text": "$359.46 billion (2019 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
    },
    "Real GDP growth rate": {
      "Real GDP growth rate 2021": {
        "text": "5.48% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP growth rate 2020": {
        "text": "-8.3% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP growth rate 2019": {
        "text": "2.68% (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Real GDP per capita": {
      "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
        "text": "$33,700 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP per capita 2020": {
        "text": "$32,000 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP per capita 2019": {
        "text": "$34,900 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
    },
    "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
      "text": "$237.698 billion (2019 est.)"
    },
    "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
        "text": "1.27% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
        "text": "-0.01% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019": {
        "text": "0.34% (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Credit ratings": {
      "Fitch rating": {
        "text": "BBB (2007)"
      },
      "Moody's rating": {
        "text": "Baa3 (2018)"
      },
      "Standard & Poors rating": {
        "text": "BBB (2019)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
    },
    "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "2.2% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "22.1% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "75.7% (2017 est.)"
      }
    },
    "GDP - composition, by end use": {
      "household consumption": {
        "text": "65.1% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "government consumption": {
        "text": "17.6% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "investment in fixed capital": {
        "text": "16.2% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "investment in inventories": {
        "text": "0.1% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "exports of goods and services": {
        "text": "43.1% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "imports of goods and services": {
        "text": "-42.1% (2017 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Agricultural products": {
      "text": "milk, tomatoes, olives, grapes, maize, potatoes, pork, apples, oranges, poultry"
    },
    "Industries": {
      "text": "textiles, clothing, footwear, wood and cork, paper and pulp, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, automobiles and auto parts, base metals, minerals, porcelain and ceramics, glassware, technology, telecommunications; dairy products, wine, other foodstuffs; ship construction and refurbishment; tourism, plastics, financial services, optics"
    },
    "Industrial production growth rate": {
      "text": "5.63% (2021 est.)"
    },
    "Labor force": {
      "text": "5.174 million (2021 est.)"
    },
    "Labor force - by occupation": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "8.6%"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "23.9%"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "67.5% (2014 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Unemployment rate": {
      "Unemployment rate 2021": {
        "text": "6.65% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Unemployment rate 2020": {
        "text": "6.79% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Unemployment rate 2019": {
        "text": "6.46% (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "23.1%"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "20.6%"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "26.2% (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Population below poverty line": {
      "text": "17.2% (2018 est.)"
    },
    "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": {
      "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2019": {
        "text": "32.8 (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
      "lowest 10%": {
        "text": "2.6%"
      },
      "highest 10%": {
        "text": "25.9% (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Budget": {
      "revenues": {
        "text": "$93.55 billion (2017 est.)"
      },
      "expenditures": {
        "text": "$100 billion (2017 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
      "text": "-3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Public debt": {
      "Public debt 2017": {
        "text": "125.7% of GDP (2017 est.)"
      },
      "Public debt 2016": {
        "text": "129.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
    },
    "Taxes and other revenues": {
      "text": "22.04% (of GDP) (2020 est.)"
    },
    "Fiscal year": {
      "text": "calendar year"
    },
    "Current account balance": {
      "Current account balance 2021": {
        "text": "-$2.987 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Current account balance 2020": {
        "text": "-$2.292 billion (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Current account balance 2019": {
        "text": "$1.013 billion (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Exports": {
      "Exports 2021": {
        "text": "$105.648 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      },
      "Exports 2020": {
        "text": "$85.128 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      },
      "Exports 2019": {
        "text": "$104.846 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      }
    },
    "Exports - partners": {
      "text": "Spain 23%, France 13%, Germany 12%, United Kingdom 6%, United States 5% (2019)"
    },
    "Exports - commodities": {
      "text": "cars and vehicle parts, refined petroleum, leather footwear, paper products, tires (2019)"
    },
    "Imports": {
      "Imports 2021": {
        "text": "$112.413 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      },
      "Imports 2020": {
        "text": "$89.515 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      },
      "Imports 2019": {
        "text": "$103.009 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      }
    },
    "Imports - partners": {
      "text": "Spain 29%, Germany 13%, France 9%, Italy 5%, Netherlands 5% (2019)"
    },
    "Imports - commodities": {
      "text": "cars and vehicle parts, crude petroleum, aircraft, packaged medicines, refined petroleum, natural gas (2019)"
    },
    "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2021": {
        "text": "$32.535 billion (31 December 2021 est.)"
      },
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2020": {
        "text": "$29.46 billion (31 December 2020 est.)"
      },
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2019": {
        "text": "$25.003 billion (31 December 2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Debt - external": {
      "Debt - external 2019": {
        "text": "$462.431 billion (2019 est.)"
      },
      "Debt - external 2018": {
        "text": "$483.206 billion (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Exchange rates": {
      "Currency": {
        "text": "euros (EUR) per US dollar -"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2021": {
        "text": "0.845 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2020": {
        "text": "0.876 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2019": {
        "text": "0.893 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2018": {
        "text": "0.847 (2018 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2017": {
        "text": "0.885 (2017 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Energy": {
    "Electricity access": {
      "electrification - total population": {
        "text": "100% (2020)"
      }
    },
    "Electricity": {
      "installed generating capacity": {
        "text": "22.364 million kW (2020 est.)"
      },
      "consumption": {
        "text": "48.409 billion kWh (2020 est.)"
      },
      "exports": {
        "text": "6.097 billion kWh (2020 est.)"
      },
      "imports": {
        "text": "7.553 billion kWh (2020 est.)"
      },
      "transmission/distribution losses": {
        "text": "5.269 billion kWh (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Electricity generation sources": {
      "fossil fuels": {
        "text": "39% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "nuclear": {
        "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "solar": {
        "text": "3.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "wind": {
        "text": "23.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "hydroelectricity": {
        "text": "26.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "tide and wave": {
        "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "geothermal": {
        "text": "0.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "biomass and waste": {
        "text": "7.7% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Coal": {
      "production": {
        "text": "0 metric tons (2020 est.)"
      },
      "consumption": {
        "text": "957,000 metric tons (2020 est.)"
      },
      "exports": {
        "text": "1,000 metric tons (2020 est.)"
      },
      "imports": {
        "text": "238,000 metric tons (2020 est.)"
      },
      "proven reserves": {
        "text": "36 million metric tons (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Petroleum": {
      "total petroleum production": {
        "text": "8,000 bbl/day (2021 est.)"
      },
      "refined petroleum consumption": {
        "text": "249,100 bbl/day (2019 est.)"
      },
      "crude oil and lease condensate exports": {
        "text": "0 bbl/day (2018 est.)"
      },
      "crude oil and lease condensate imports": {
        "text": "255,400 bbl/day (2018 est.)"
      },
      "crude oil estimated reserves": {
        "text": "0 barrels (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - production": {
      "text": "323,000 bbl/day (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - exports": {
      "text": "143,500 bbl/day (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - imports": {
      "text": "78,700 bbl/day (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas": {
      "production": {
        "text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)"
      },
      "consumption": {
        "text": "5.94 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "exports": {
        "text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)"
      },
      "imports": {
        "text": "6.09 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "proven reserves": {
        "text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Carbon dioxide emissions": {
      "total emissions": {
        "text": "50.37 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "from coal and metallurgical coke": {
        "text": "4.882 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "from petroleum and other liquids": {
        "text": "33.429 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "from consumed natural gas": {
        "text": "12.059 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Energy consumption per capita": {
      "Total energy consumption per capita 2019": {
        "text": "101.734 million Btu/person (2019 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Communications": {
    "Telephones - fixed lines": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "5,212,507 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "51 (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telephones - mobile cellular": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "11,854,999 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "116 (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telecommunication systems": {
      "general assessment": {
        "text": "Portugal has a medium-sized telecom market with a strong mobile sector and a growing broadband customer base; before the pandemic, the country had seen improving economic growth, following several years of austerity measures; revenue among some operators remains under pressure, though investments in network upgrades are continuing in an effort to attract customers to high-end services; Portugal&rsquo;s broadband services have grown steadily in recent years, largely the result of joint efforts between the regulator and the key market operators which have invested in significant infrastructure upgrades; these operators are focused on fiber-based services, resulting in a migration of subscribers from digital subscriber line DSL infrastructure; the government has also supported open-access wholesale networks; the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market remains largely undeveloped, partly because network operators have their own low-cost brands; collectively, MVNOs have about 2.9% share of the market; population coverage by 3G infrastructure is universal, and most investment in the sector is being directed to LTE and 5G technologies; the MNOs have trialed 5G and are looking to launch commercial services (2021)"
      },
      "domestic": {
        "text": "integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations; fixed-line roughly 51 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular 116 per 100 persons (2020)"
      },
      "international": {
        "text": "country code - 351;&nbsp;landing points for the Ella Link, BUGIO, EIG, SAT-3/WASC, SeaMeWe-3, Equino, MainOne, Tat TGN-Western Europe, WACS, ACE, Atlantis2 and Columbus-III&nbsp;submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, South America&nbsp;and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores (2019)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services"
    },
    "Broadcast media": {
      "text": "Radio e Televisao de Portugal, the publicly owned TV broadcaster, operates 4 domestic channels and external service channels to Africa; overall, roughly 40 domestic TV stations; viewers have widespread access to international broadcasters with more than half of all households connected to multi-channel cable or satellite TV systems; publicly owned radio operates 3 national networks and provides regional and external services; several privately owned national radio stations and some 300 regional and local commercial radio stations"
    },
    "Internet country code": {
      "text": ".pt"
    },
    "Internet users": {
      "total": {
        "text": "8,031,723 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "percent of population": {
        "text": "78% (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
      "total": {
        "text": "4,160,795 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "41 (2020 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Transportation": {
    "National air transport system": {
      "number of registered air carriers": {
        "text": "10 (2020)"
      },
      "inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
        "text": "168"
      },
      "annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
        "text": "17,367,956 (2018)"
      },
      "annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
        "text": "454.21 million (2018) mt-km"
      }
    },
    "Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
      "text": "CR, CS"
    },
    "Airports": {
      "total": {
        "text": "64 (2021)"
      }
    },
    "Airports - with paved runways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "43"
      },
      "over 3,047 m": {
        "text": "5"
      },
      "2,438 to 3,047 m": {
        "text": "7"
      },
      "1,524 to 2,437 m": {
        "text": "8"
      },
      "914 to 1,523 m": {
        "text": "15"
      },
      "under 914 m": {
        "text": "8 (2021)"
      }
    },
    "Airports - with unpaved runways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "21"
      },
      "914 to 1,523 m": {
        "text": "1"
      },
      "under 914 m": {
        "text": "20 (2021)"
      }
    },
    "Pipelines": {
      "text": "1,344 km gas, 11 km oil, 188 km refined products (2013)"
    },
    "Railways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "2,526 km (2020) 1,696 km electrified"
      }
    },
    "Roadways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "82,900 km (2008)"
      },
      "paved": {
        "text": "71,294 km (2008) (includes 2,613 km of expressways)"
      },
      "unpaved": {
        "text": "11,606 km (2008)"
      }
    },
    "Waterways": {
      "text": "210 km (2011) (on Douro River from Porto)"
    },
    "Merchant marine": {
      "total": {
        "text": "726"
      },
      "by type": {
        "text": "bulk carrier 86, container ship 267, general cargo 137, oil tanker 27, other 209 (2021)"
      }
    },
    "Ports and terminals": {
      "major seaport(s)": {
        "text": "Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines"
      },
      "container port(s) (TEUs)": {
        "text": "Sines (1,420,000) (2019)"
      },
      "LNG terminal(s) (import)": {
        "text": "Sines"
      }
    }
  },
  "Military and Security": {
    "Military and security forces": {
      "text": "Portuguese Armed Forces: Portuguese Army (Exercito Portuguesa), Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP); National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana, GNR) (2022)",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the GNR is a national gendarmerie force comprised of military personnel with law enforcement, internal security, civil defense, disaster response, and coast guard duties; it is responsible to the Ministry of Internal Administration and to the Ministry of National Defense; in the event of war or crisis, it may be placed under the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces; the GNR has law enforcement jurisdiction in rural areas, while the Public Security Police (also under the Ministry of Internal Administration) has jurisdiction in cities"
    },
    "Military expenditures": {
      "Military Expenditures 2022": {
        "text": "1.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2021": {
        "text": "1.6% of GDP (2021)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2020": {
        "text": "1.4% of GDP (2020)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2019": {
        "text": "1.4% of GDP (2019) (approximately $4.31 billion)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2018": {
        "text": "1.3% of GDP (2018) (approximately $4.06 billion)"
      }
    },
    "Military and security service personnel strengths": {
      "text": "approximately 27,000 active duty personnel (14,000 Army; 7,000 Navy, including about 1,000 marines; 6,000 Air Force); 24,500 National Republican Guard (military personnel) (2022)"
    },
    "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
      "text": "the military's inventory includes mostly European- and US-origin weapons systems along with a smaller mix of domestically produced equipment; in recent years, leading foreign suppliers have included Germany and the US; Portugal's defense industry is primarily focused on shipbuilding (2022)"
    },
    "Military service age and obligation": {
      "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary or contract military service; no compulsory military service (abolished 2004) but conscription possible if insufficient volunteers available; women serve in the armed forces but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties; contract service lasts for an initial period from two to six years, and can be extended to a maximum of 20 years of service; initial voluntary military service lasts 12 months; reserve obligation to age 35 (2022)",
      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>as of 2019, women made up about 12% of the military's full-time personnel"
    },
    "Military deployments": {
      "text": "200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA/EUTM); up to 150 Lithuania (NATO); approximately 170 Romania (2022)",
      "note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>in 2021, Portugal deployed about 80 troops to Mozambique to assist with the EU training mission<br><strong>note 2: </strong>in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Portugal, have sent additional troops to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe<br><strong>note 3: </strong>Portugal also participates in several NATO maritime and air policing operations, as well as some EU international missions"
    },
    "Military - note": {
      "text": "Portugal is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949"
    }
  },
  "Terrorism": {
    "Terrorist group(s)": {
      "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T"
    }
  },
  "Transnational Issues": {
    "Disputes - international": {
      "text": "<p><em>Portugal-Spain</em>: Portugal does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza based on a difference of interpretation of the 1815 Congress of Vienna and the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz</p>"
    },
    "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
      "refugees (country of origin)": {
        "text": "58,242 (Ukraine) (as of 26 February 2023)"
      },
      "stateless persons": {
        "text": "55 (2022)"
      }
    },
    "Illicit drugs": {
      "text": "<p>a European gateway for Southwest Asian heroin; transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe; consumer of Southwest Asian heroin</p> <p> </p>"
    }
  }
}