Portugal's life expectancy rose from 75.3 yrs in 1995 to 82.4 yrs in 2024.
Portugal · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
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Portugal's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 66.1 yrs in 2000 to 69.5 yrs in 2021.
Portugal's infant mortality fell from 7.5 ‰ in 1995 to 2.7 ‰ in 2024.
Portugal's under-5 mortality rate fell from 9.8 ‰ in 1995 to 3.2 ‰ in 2024.
Portugal's maternal mortality ratio rose from 13.0 /100k in 1994 to 15.0 /100k in 2023.
Portugal's ncd mortality fell from 15.8 % in 2000 to 10.5 % in 2021.
Portugal's suicide mortality rate rose from 7.5 /100k in 2000 to 11.5 /100k in 2021.
Portugal's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 19.4 /100k in 2000 to 8.2 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.2 pts8th of 22
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +7.6 %16th of 22
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −1.1 pts19th of 22
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- Physiciansup +2.5 %3rd of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +2.0 %12th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −0.3 %46th of 113*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts1st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts81st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −6.2 %71st of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts51st of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.5 pts27th of 141