Portugal vs Ukraine
Portugal vs Ukraine: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Portugal and 1.8% a year in Ukraine, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Portugal, by 0 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Ukraine.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Portugal has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ukraine.
- In 2025, Portugal ranked 104 and Ukraine ranked 106 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Portugal at 1.6% a year and Ukraine at 3.6% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Portugal | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 7 | -28.8 |
| 2021 | 5.6 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | -8.2 | -3.8 |
| 2019 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 2015 | 1.6 | -9.8 |
| 2014 | 0.7 | -10 |
| 2013 | -1 | 0 |
| 2012 | -4.1 | 0.2 |
| 2011 | -1.7 | 5.4 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 4.1 |
| 2009 | -3.1 | -15.1 |
| 2008 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2007 | 2.5 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 1.6 | 7.6 |
| 2005 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
| 2004 | 1.8 | 11.8 |
| 2003 | -0.9 | 9.5 |
| 2002 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 2001 | 1.9 | 8.8 |
| 2000 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
| 1999 | 3.9 | -0.2 |
| 1998 | 4.8 | -1.9 |
| 1997 | 4.4 | -3 |
| 1996 | 3.5 | -10 |
| 1995 | 2.3 | -12.2 |
| 1994 | 1.5 | -22.9 |
| 1993 | -0.7 | -14.2 |
| 1992 | 3.1 | -9.9 |
| 1991 | 3.4 | – |
| 1990 | 7.9 | – |
| 1989 | 6.6 | – |
| 1988 | 5.3 | – |
| 1987 | 7.6 | – |
| 1986 | 3.3 | – |
| 1985 | 1.6 | – |
| 1984 | -1 | – |
| 1983 | 1 | – |
| 1982 | 2.2 | – |
| 1981 | 3.5 | – |
| 1980 | 6.7 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Portugal | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 2027 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| 2028 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| 2029 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2030 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| 2031 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Portugal vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyPortugal: 82.4 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPortugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPortugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPortugal: 95.2% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionPortugal: 4.42% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide ratePortugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPortugal: 10.4 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthPortugal: -0% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePortugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPortugal: 61.5% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median agePortugal: 46.2 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPortugal: 24.1% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePortugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPortugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPortugal: $5.51B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personPortugal: $563 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPortugal: 4% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPortugal: 52,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerPortugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPortugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPortugal: 90 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPortugal: 1 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025