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2024
global knowledge index
Portugal
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):439.008
- Population:10,430,738
- HDI:0.874
25/141
Gki
Score
61.2
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Portugal is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 25th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 25th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Net enrolment rate in upper secondary education
- Universal health coverage
- Product concentration
- Pupil-trained teacher ratio in secondary education
- Teaching staff compensation (% tertiary expenditure)
Areas of Improvement
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
- Firms producing new products and services (%)
- Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (%)
- Share of students enrolled in post-secondary vocational programmes
- Ratio of high-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
3
85.05
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
17
62.75
Higher
Education
18
59.61
Research, Development
and Innovation
34
38.38
Information and
Communications Technology
38
60.45
Economy
35
61.29
Enabling
Environment
16
76.82
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GKI Pillars
