Economy, property and population
Portugal in numbers
The latest official figures on Portugal, from Statistics Portugal (INE).
Median dwelling price, all of Portugal
2,264 €
per m², sales in the last 12 months · +17.7% a year
Source: INE, Q2 2026Property
Median sale price per m², by place
Median price per m² in dwelling sales over the last 12 months and the change in a year, plus rent and gross yield where available.
Median rent on new leases: 7.97 € per m² a month
Source: INE, 2024Gross rental yield, all of Portugal
5.4%
Annual rent over purchase price, 2024 medians
Source: INE, 2024Dwellings sold in the last year
163,452
-4.1% vs the year before · 4.8% bought by buyers from abroad
Source: INE, Q2 2026Median bank valuation
2,278 €
per m², the value banks set for a mortgage · +14.2% a year
Source: INE, 9.2026Economy
GDP growth, year on year by quarter
GDP (last 4 quarters): 318.2 billion € · GDP per person: 27,851 €
Source: INE, Q3 2026Population and migration
Immigrants and emigrants by year
- Immigrants: 254,253
- Emigrants: 179,948
Since 2021 INE estimates migration on a new basis (after the 2021 Census), so only 2021 onwards is shown.
Source: INE, 2025Foreign residents with legal status
1,044,238
About 9.3% of Portugal's 11,204,347 residents in 2023
Source: INE, 2023Tourist nights, last 12 months
82,839,677
Source: INE, 8.2026National figures are only the start
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Sources
All figures from INE, Statistics Portugal (ine.pt). Updated: 2026-11-02
- GDP growth (INE 0013431)
- Unemployment (INE 0007976)
- Inflation (INE 0014648)
- Median dwelling price, all of Portugal (INE 0012241)
- Median rent on new leases (INE 0012600)
- Dwellings sold in the last year (INE 0012785)
- Median bank valuation (INE 0012248)
- Population (INE 0004163)
- Immigrants (INE 0006055)
- Emigrants (INE 0006050)
- Foreign residents with legal status (INE 0001274)
- Tourist nights, last 12 months (INE 0012088)