Czechia vs Portugal

Czechia and Portugal compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Czechia and Portugal have about the same number of people: 10.9 million and 10.8 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Czechia ($35,917) is 12% higher than in Portugal ($32,082) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Czechia (2.6%) than in Portugal (1.9%), a difference of 0.7 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Czechia (2.5%) than in Portugal (2.3%), a difference of 0.2 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Portugal (6.2%) than in Czechia (2.8%), a difference of 3.4 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Portugal can expect to live 2.4 years longer than one born in Czechia: 82.4 years against 80 years in 2024.
• The population of Portugal is older: half of its people are over 46.2 years, against 42.7 years in Czechia in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Portugal (88.5%) than in Czechia (87.7%), a difference of 0.8 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Czechia (7.1 tonnes) are about 2.2 times as high as in Portugal (3.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Czechia (38.4%) than in Portugal (36.6%), a difference of 1.8 percentage points in 2024.