Portugal

Overview

Every country has a weak point. Portugal's happens to be healthcare financing, where catastrophic health spending ranks worse than 78% of the 72 countries on this list. Political institutions and economic policy aren't doing much better, landing at the 18th and 43rd percentiles respectively. Overall, that puts Portugal at #58 — #58 Most Cooked.

Portugal scores 19 out of 100, the global median sits at 27 — so this is 8 points below that line (higher means more cooked). Performance is lopsided: catastrophic health spending ranks worse than 78% of countries, while billionaires hoarded (5 billionaires) is the closest thing to a bright spot — and it still only beats 65% of the field. None of this is really about Portugal specifically — it's about what's propping up the healthcare financing numbers underneath.

Sources: WHO / World Bank SDG 3.8.2 (2024) · V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025) · World Bank — Gini Index (SI.POV.GINI) (2018–2022)