Human Development & Quality of Life in Portugal
HDI 0.890 · UNDP rank 40 · latest published data
Portugal's 2023 HDI is 0.890, placing it 40 in UNDP's table and in the very high human development category. The aggregate hides useful detail: Distribution materially changes the headline, with IHDI 0.795 and a 10.7% loss from HDI. The profile also records that gender development sits close to parity on the GDI measure at 1.000 (UNDP group 1).
What sits inside Portugal's HDI
For this profile, Portugal's health, education and income inputs are 82.4 life expectancy, 17.5 expected schooling, 9.7 mean schooling and $41,064 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP terms. They belong to the HDI calculation rather than separate DigifyWorld scores.
Inequality changes the headline
In Portugal's profile, IHDI shows the effect of inequality on health, education and income achievements, the page keeps this distribution measure distinct from broader quality-of-life evidence.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Beyond HDI, Portugal's UNDP profile also reports GDI 1.000, GII 0.076, PHDI 0.797. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
A separate quality-of-life signal
For Portugal, the OECD series provides a comparable 2023 life-satisfaction value of 7.10/10. The page treats life satisfaction as a separate experience-based measure, not part of the UNDP index.
What Portugal's numbers say together
For a fuller view of Portugal, the page shows IHDI 0.795 with a 10.7% loss; PHDI 0.797 after a 10.4% adjustment; GDI 1.000; life satisfaction 7.10/10 (2023). Reading them together is useful, but combining them would obscure their different definitions.
Looking at the published indicators, the headline UNDP result for Portugal is HDI 0.890, rank 40, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index.
The IHDI is 0.795, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 10.7% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 1.000 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
For this profile, life satisfaction for Portugal is shown at 7.10 on the 0-10 scale for 2023. A life-satisfaction result is not an input to HDI and remains a separate quality-of-life signal.
Frequently asked questions
What is Portugal's HDI?
The UNDP table records Portugal at 0.890 on HDI in 2023, with global rank 40.
How does inequality affect Portugal's HDI?
IHDI for Portugal is 0.795 in the 2023 table. That represents a 10.7% reduction from the headline development index.
What is the life satisfaction score shown for Portugal?
The OECD Current Well-being dataset records Portugal at 7.10/10 for life satisfaction in 2023. Quality-of-life evidence is presented alongside HDI only when a comparable observation is available.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is built from health, schooling and income indicators. A life-satisfaction result is not an input to HDI and remains a separate quality-of-life signal.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Source for the dated 0-10 life-satisfaction observation. This separate measure is not part of HDI.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.