EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Portugal
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Portugal on the world stage
Total imports
$227.4bn
2023 annual
Total exports
$167.2bn
218 partners
#1 import source
France
3.5%
#1 export dest.
Bunkers
1.2%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Portugal
EU imports from
€52.8bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€84.4bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#26
by import value
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.60
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
107
EUR/MWh
Consumer
228
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
112
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
78%
of generation
Wholesale 59 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (OMIE)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
ERSE (Entidade Reguladora dos Servicos Energeticos)
Portugal achieved ~87.5% renewable electricity in 2024 (wind 28%, hydro 25%, solar 12%) but limited Iberian interconnection to the rest of Europe constrains its ability to export surplus clean power. Curtailment of…
Tracked infrastructure
19 gas plants
4.2 GW
196 wind farms
4.9 GW
43 solar farms
2.2 GW · 11 building
29 hydro plants
6.4 GW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
19
2 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
9
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Copper, Other (poly)-metallic
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
SNIRH public water database (downloadable) + APA discharge…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskMonitored ports (3)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
46.6
→ 48.3 by 2050
Fertility
1.51
below replacement
Working-age
62.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
39.1
→ 61.8 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 10.4M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -6% (9.77M)