Social benefits, Transactions in Portugal
Portugal: Social benefits, Transactions was 55.20 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Social benefits, Transactions in Portugal, 1999–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 55.20 billion for social benefits, transactions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 57.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social benefits, transactions in Portugal peaked at 55.20 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 15.15 billion, in 1999.
Portugal ranks 24th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Social benefits, Transactions in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15.15 billion | — |
| 2000 | 16.75 billion | +10.6% |
| 2001 | 18.25 billion | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 19.91 billion | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 22.35 billion | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 24.12 billion | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 25.99 billion | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 27.28 billion | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 28.58 billion | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 30.21 billion | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 33.20 billion | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 33.85 billion | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 33.73 billion | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 33.40 billion | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 35.18 billion | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 34.52 billion | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 35.11 billion | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 35.57 billion | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 36.12 billion | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 37.36 billion | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 38.96 billion | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 40.34 billion | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 41.87 billion | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 45.01 billion | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 46.96 billion | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 52.14 billion | +11.0% |
| 2025 | 55.20 billion | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.15 billion | 15.15 billion | 15.15 billion | 1 |
| 2000s | 24.67 billion | 16.75 billion | 33.20 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.38 billion | 33.40 billion | 38.96 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.92 billion | 40.34 billion | 55.20 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More public sector data for Portugal
- Arms imports 61.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 5.7 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -8.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 61.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 434.01 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0148 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 9.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 4.64 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 731.4 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social benefits, transactions in Portugal?
- Social benefits, transactions in Portugal was 55.20 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social benefits, transactions recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 55.20 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest social benefits, transactions recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.15 billion in 1999.
- How does Portugal rank for social benefits, transactions?
- Portugal ranks 24th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is social benefits, transactions rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social benefits, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.