South Korea’s coastline is 35% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Portugal’s highest peak towers 401 m above South Korea’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 16% of South Korea

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 4.8 times as many people as Portugal

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 4.5 times as densely populated as Portugal

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 1.7 years older than in South Korea

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Portugal have 0.7 more children on average than in South Korea

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 20% in South Korea

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Portugal hosts 76 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Portugal: 1.9 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Portugal and South Korea are practically level

Portugal: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 5.4 times the size of Portugal’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 19% more per person than Portugal

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in South Korea (Gini 1 points higher)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Portugal and South Korea are practically level

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Portugal: 1.7% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× South Korea’s

Portugal: 60% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 6% more on health per person than Portugal

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Portugal is 17% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as South Korea

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 3.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Portugal

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2.7 times that in Portugal

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Portugal: 23% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

South Korea and Portugal are practically level

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 66% more alcohol than in South Korea

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

Portugal has 18% more meat per person than South Korea

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Portugal has 123 kcal more food per person per day than South Korea

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 175 more hours a year than in Portugal

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 3 years longer than in Portugal

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 8.6 times as many tourists per resident as South Korea (2019)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

Portugal and South Korea are practically level

Portugal: 17 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Portugal: 88% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 11% faster than in South Korea

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and South Korea are practically level

Portugal: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Portugal: 61% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Portugal: 124 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 70% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 15% more passengers per resident than those from South Korea

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 37% of Portugal

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 3.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Portugal: 81% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 51% more likely to be murdered in Portugal than in South Korea

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Portugal are 26% deadlier than in South Korea

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 2.7 °C warmer than South Korea

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 63% more rain than Portugal

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)