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The publication compiles data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), and compares, where possible, various socio-economic indicators for Portugal with the remaining 26 Member States. The most up-to-date statistics available focus on the years 2018 and 2019 (except for those on social protection, which date back to 2017).
And at a time when health is at the center of all the attention, it is curious to realize that In 2018, Portugal was the third country in the European Union with more doctors per 100,000 inhabitants (515). A figure well above the European average of 378 doctors per 100,000 inhabitants. At the same time, it was one of the eight countries with the fewest hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants (345), in a table where the “champion” was Bulgaria (757). Portugal is the fourth country in the EU with the most births of babies out of wedlock
In the same year, data shows that Portugal was the fifth country that spent the most on health, a sector that represented 5.3% of total family spending (Belgium is the leader with 6.6%), and the fourth with the most births of babies outside of marriage (55, 9%), after Slovenia, Bulgaria and France (leading, with 60.4%).
In this work, there are values that do not cause much surprise, such as the fact of occupying the third place in the table of countries with the oldest: 157 (65 years and over) for every 100 young people (under 15 years old), exceeding the EU average of 27 countries (132 older people). The oldest country is Italy, with 171 for every 100 young people.
According to the data collected and worked on by Pordata, the country rose to the second position, in 2019, having 55% of single-person households aged 65 or over, exceeding the EU average of 40%. Croatia is the country with the most elderly people living alone (66% of households) and Sweden the least (13%).
However, in general, regardless of age, Portugal appeared in 2019, together with Croatia and Slovakia, at the bottom of the table of countries with single-person households (23%), while Sweden in the first position ( 57%). ), transposing the EU average (35%). Almost half of employers do not have high school or higher
In the world of work, we learn that in Portugal 2019 topped the podium in terms of percentage of employers and employees with no secondary or higher education. Almost half – 47.4% – of employers do not have a secondary or higher education and 39.8% of workers are in the same situation.
The country remained on the podium, but falling to third position, having 20.8% of the employed population with a temporary employment contract (Spain ranks first with 26.3%, the EU average being 15.0%).
As to hours of work, Portugal was, in 2019, the seventh country with the highest average hours of work per week (35.6 hours for dependent workers, the EU average being 29.9 hours). In this field, Poland was the country with the most working hours per week (38.0) and Germany the least (25.6).
The seventh place is also held by Portugal in terms of early school leaving rate, which in 2019 stood at 10.6% among young people aged 18 to 24 who have not completed secondary education (the EU average of 27 was 10.2%, with Spain leading with 17.3%).
The percentage of the population residing in Portugal without secondary or higher education (between 25 and 34 years old) was, last year, the third highest (24.8%) in a table led again by Spain (30.2%).
Portugal was also, in 2019, the third country with the most private consumption and debt in public administrations as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (64.1% and 117.7%, respectively), in a list headed, in both situations, by Greece (68.0% and 176.6%, respectively). Only 59% of Portuguese companies have a website
Last year, most companies in Portugal (with 10 or more people employed) had a website (59%), but the country was in the worst three places, behind Denmark, at the top (94%) , and the EU average (77%).
Portugal is also part of the three worst positions in terms of the number of households with an Internet connection (81%), behind the Netherlands, leading (98%), and the European average (90%).
Although in 2018 it is the fifth country with the most police officers per 100,000 inhabitants (451), In the same year, Portugal has the lowest number of women in the police (8.1%), unlike Lithuania (39.3%).
According to statistics, Portugal was, in 2018, one of the seven countries with the lowest ‘per capita’ greenhouse gas emissions, with 6.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (compared to 17.3 in Luxembourg at the top of the table and 8.4 for the EU average).
In the same year, Portugal was one of the seven countries where households saved the least (7.1%), unlike Luxembourg, the country that saves the most (21.9%).
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