Portugal

Official Name:

Portuguese Republic (Portugal)

Area:

92.391 km ²

Population (2007):

10.642.836 inhabitants

Coastline:

1.793 km

Capital:

Lisbon

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa (Lisbon), Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu

Language(s):

Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

National holiday:

Portugal Day (Day of Portugal), 10 June (1580); note - also called Camoes Day, the day that revered national poet Luis de Camoes (1524-80) died

Nationality:

Portuguese (singular and plural)

Official time:

UTC 0 . Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Member of:

AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, ONUB, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.pt

Economic Profile

Currency:

Euro (EUR)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD19.800 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 176.800.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

1,3% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 6,6%
• Industry: 28,6%
• Services: 64,9%

Labor force:

5.580.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2001):

• Agriculture 10%
• Industry: 30%
• Services 60%

Unemployment rate:

7,6% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

2,5% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

20,9% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD83.890.000.000
• Expenditures: USD93.090.000.000

Public debt:

67,4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -16.750.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 46.770.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Clothing and footwear, machinery, chemicals, cork and paper products, hides

Exports - Partners:

Spain 25,9%, France 13,1%, Germany 11,9%, UK 8%, US 5,4%, Italy 4,3% (2005)

Imports:

USD 67.740.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, textiles, agricultural products

Imports - partners:

Spain 29%, Germany 13,4%, France 8,5%, Italy 5,2%, Netherlands 4,3%, UK 4,2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 9.880.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 272.200.000.000 (2006)