Sweden’s coastline is 79% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

Portugal’s highest peak towers 251 m above Sweden’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)

Portugal has 2% more people than Sweden

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

Portugal is 4.5 times as densely populated as Sweden

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 6.3 years older than in Sweden

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

Sweden and Portugal are practically level

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 21% in Sweden

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

Sweden hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Portugal: 1.9 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)

Portugal and Sweden are practically level

Portugal: 1 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 93% larger than Portugal’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 36% more per person than Portugal

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Sweden (Gini 4.6 points higher)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

Sweden and Portugal are practically level

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Sweden: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 6.2% in Portugal

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Portugal: 1.7% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Portugal’s 22%

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Portugal’s

Portugal: 60% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.2 times as much on health per person as Portugal

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

A baby in Portugal is 35% more likely to die before turning one than in Sweden

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 33% more doctors per person than Sweden

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

Portugal has 83% more hospital beds per person than Sweden

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Sweden is 48% higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 19% in Sweden

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 20% in Sweden

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 1.23 points higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 58% more alcohol than in Sweden

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 45% more meat per person than Sweden

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

Portugal has 186 kcal more food per person per day than Sweden

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 303 more hours a year than in Sweden

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 3 years longer than in Portugal

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 4.3 times as many tourists per resident as Sweden (2019)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

Portugal has 2 more World Heritage sites than Sweden (17 against 15)

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Portugal: 88% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Home internet in Portugal is 33% faster than in Sweden

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and Sweden are practically level

Portugal: 100% (2024) · Sweden: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 3.8 times as long as Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

Airlines from Sweden fly 9% more passengers per resident than those from Portugal

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 37% of Portugal

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)

The average person in Sweden emits 5% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Sweden: 3.6 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 71% in Sweden

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

The air in Portugal carries 84% more fine dust than in Sweden

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 59% more likely to be murdered in Sweden than in Portugal

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Portugal are 3.2 times as deadly as in Sweden

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 11.5 °C warmer than Sweden

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sweden gets 3% more rain than Portugal

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)