Portugal (2025)
6.2
% of GDP
+0.2pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.2pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
21
years of data

Data

Portugal Government Health Expenditure (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 6.2 +0.2pp
2024 6 +0.2pp
2023 5.8 -0.5pp
2022 6.3 -0.5pp
2021 6.8 +0.3pp
2020 6.5 +0.9pp
2019 5.6 +0.1pp
2018 5.5 unchanged
2017 5.5 -0.1pp
2016 5.6 +0.1pp
2015 5.5 -0.1pp
2014 5.6 -0.1pp
2013 5.7 unchanged
2012 5.7 -0.4pp
2011 6.1 -0.4pp
2010 6.5 +0.2pp
2009 6.3 +0.5pp
2008 5.8 +0.2pp
2007 5.6 -0.2pp
2006 5.8 -0.9pp

About this Dataset

Portugal recorded 6.2 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.2pp. Across 2005–2025 the series ranges from 5.5 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2021.

This page tracks government and compulsory prepaid health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Portugal from 2005 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks government and compulsory prepaid health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Portugal from 2005 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2005–2025 (21 observations).

The series peaked at 6.8 % of GDP in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 5.5 in 2017. The latest reading of 6.2 in 2025 represents a change of +0.2pp.