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EconomyPortugal
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Economy - overview:
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Portugal has become a diversified and increasingly service-based economy since joining the European Community in 1986. Over the past two decades, successive governments have privatized many state-controlled firms and liberalized key areas of the economy, including the financial and telecommunications sectors. The country qualified for the European Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and began circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU member economies. Economic growth had been above the EU average for much of the 1990s, but fell back in 2001-08. GDP per capita stands at roughly two-thirds of the EU-27 average. A poor educational system, in particular, has been an obstacle to greater productivity and growth. Portugal has been increasingly overshadowed by lower-cost producers in Central Europe and Asia as a target for foreign direct investment. The budget deficit surged to an all-time high of 6% of GDP in 2005, but the government reduced the deficit to 2.6% in 2007 - a year ahead of Portugal's targeted schedule. Nonetheless, the government faces tough choices in its attempts to boost the economy, which grew by 0.9% in 2008, while keeping the budget deficit within the eurozone's 3%-of-GDP ceiling.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$237.3 billion (2008 est.)
$236.8 billion (2007)
$232.4 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$22,000 (2008 est.)
$22,300 (2007 est.)
$21,900 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate):
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$255.5 billion (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
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0.2% (2008 est.)
1.9% (2007 est.)
1.4% (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 3%
industry: 25.6%
services: 71.5% (2008 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
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21.9% of GDP (2008 est.)

Population below poverty line:
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18% (2006)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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38.5 (2007)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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2.9% (2008 est.)

Central bank discount rate:
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void

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
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7.92% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:
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NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for the 16 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi money circulating within their own borders

Stock of money - per capita:
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void

Stock of quasi money:
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NA

Stock of quasi money - per capita:
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void

Stock of domestic credit:
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$451.9 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit - per capita:
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42,203 USD per capita

Labor force:
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5.64 million (2008 est.)

Labor force participation rate:
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52.67 % of population

Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 10%
industry: 30%
services: 60% (2007 est.)

Unemployment rate:
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7.6% (2008 est.)

Budget:
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revenues: $108.6 billion
expenditures: $114.7 billion (2008 est.)

Budget revenues per capita:
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10,143 USD per capita

Public debt:
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64.2% of GDP (2008 est.)

Industries:
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textiles, clothing, footwear, wood and cork, paper, chemicals, auto-parts manufacturing, base metals, diary products, wine and other foods, porcelain and ceramics, glassware, technology, telecommunications; ship construction and refurbishment; tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
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1% (2008 est.)

Electricity - production:
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44.83 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production per capita:
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4,187 kWh per capita

Electricity - consumption:
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48.02 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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4,485 kWh per capita

Electricity - exports:
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1.906 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:
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8,371 kWh (2007 est.)

Oil - production:
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6,281 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - production per capita:
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587 bbl/day per capita

Oil - consumption:
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301,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption - per capita:
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10.26 bbl/year per capita

Oil - exports:
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50,490 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:
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390,300 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:
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NA bbl

Natural gas - production:
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0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - production per capita:
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void

Natural gas - consumption:
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4.112 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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385 cu m per capita

Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
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4.095 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
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0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
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grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats, swine, poultry, dairy products; fish

Current account balance:
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-$23.97 billion (2008 est.)

Current account balance - per capita:
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-2,238 USD per capita

Exports:
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$57.8 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.)

Exports per capita:
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5,398 USD per capita

Exports - commodities:
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agricultural products, food products, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision instruments

Exports - partners:
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Spain 27.1%, Germany 12.9%, France 12.3%, UK 5.9%, US 4.8%, Angola 4.5%, Italy 4% (2007)

Imports:
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$87.92 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.)

Imports per capita:
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8,211 USD per capita

Imports - commodities:
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agricultural products, food products, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision instruments, computer accessories and parts, semi-conductors and related devices, household goods, passenger cars new and used, and wine products

Imports - partners:
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Spain 29.5%, Germany 12.9%, France 8.4%, Italy 5.2%, Netherlands 4.6% (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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$11.55 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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1,079 USD per capita

Debt - external:
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$461.2 billion (31 December 2007)

Debt - external - per capita:
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43,071 USD per capita

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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$118.1 billion (2008 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home - per capita:
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11,030 USD per capita

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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$69.24 billion (2008 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad - per capita:
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6,467 USD per capita

Market value of publicly traded shares:
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$132.3 billion (31 December 2007)

Market value of publicly traded shares - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

12,356 USD per capita

Economic aid - donor:
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ODA, $396 million (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:
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void

Economic aid - recipient per capita:
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void

Currency (code):
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euro (EUR)

Exchange rates:
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euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)

Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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