Median Equivalised Net Income in Portugal (2025)
Portugal's Median Equivalised Net Income: 14,465 EUR per person in 2025, +14.4% YoY, approximately 63.1% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,465 | +14.4% |
| 2024 | 12,646 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 11,824 | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 11,014 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 11,089 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 10,800 | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 10,023 | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 9,346 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 9,071 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 8,782 | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 8,435 | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 8,229 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 8,177 | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 8,323 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 8,410 | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 8,678 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Portugal's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 14,465 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 14.4% increase from 12,646 EUR in 2024, the largest single-year gain in the 2010–2025 series and the third consecutive year of growth above 7%, following +7.0% in 2024 and +7.4% in 2023.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Portugal's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Portugal's median income of 8,678 EUR stood at roughly 59.8% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR. The 2011–2014 EU-IMF financial assistance program then pushed Portugal's income down in three of the next four years, to a series low of 8,177 EUR in 2013, while the EU-27 average kept rising — by 2014 Portugal's income had fallen to about 54.5% of the EU-27 figure, the weakest relative position in the series.
Recovery since the crisis low has been fairly steady and, more recently, has accelerated. Portugal's income rose from 8,229 EUR in 2014 to 14,465 EUR in 2025 — a gain of roughly 75.8% over 11 years — with the ratio to the EU-27 average climbing from about 54.5% to approximately 63.1% over the same period, its highest reading in the series. The strongest single-year moves came in 2020 (+7.8%, likely reflecting compositional effects from pandemic-era job losses concentrated among lower earners) and 2025 (+14.4%). By contrast, 2022 saw a small decline of -0.7%. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the 2023–2025 gains likely reflects nominal wage growth amid elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Portugal's national statistical office (INE) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.