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If Portugal were a US state
Where it would rank among 50 states + DC —
median rank 2nd
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
82.4 years
’24
1st
▸
Lowest homicide rate
0.7 per 100k
’22
1st
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
1.4 per 100k
’19
1st
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
118 per 100k
’23
2nd
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
6 weeks
’25
14th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
22 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
8.2 per 100k
’19
8th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
1.8 per 100k
’23
1st
▸
Minimum wage
†
$9.5
’24
31st
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
23 % of adults
’24
1st
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GDP per capita
†
$53,146
’25
52nd
▸
Lowest unemployment
6.2%
’25
52nd
▸
Lowest infant mortality
2.7 per 1k births
’24
1st
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
11.5 per 100k
’21
10th
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Lowest CO₂ per person
†
3.3 t per person
’24
1st
▸
Renewable energy share
†
32.3%
’21
2nd
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0.19 per million
’25
40th
▸
Population
10.8M people
’25
10th
▸
Land area
92,090 km²
’24
39th
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