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The figures that changed value

1. Labour cost per unit of output (unit labour cost), 2024, three-year change, %: from 17,7 to 17,9, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

   It is how much the cost of labour per unit produced rose over three years: what is paid for labour divided by what it produces.

2. Spending on research and development, European Union, 2024, % of GDP: from 2,24 to 2,26, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

   It is what was spent on research and development in a year, by companies, government, higher education and non-profit institutions, as a percentage of GDP, the value of everything the economy produces in a year.

3. Investment in durable goods used for production (gross fixed capital formation), 2024, % of GDP: from 20,4 to 20,5, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

4. Investment in durable goods used for production (gross fixed capital formation), 2025, % of GDP: from 20,7 to 21,0, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

   It is what companies, the State, households and non-profit institutions that produce in the country acquired in a year, less what they disposed of, in assets that last more than a year, such as buildings, machinery and software, as a percentage of GDP, the value of everything the country produces in a year.

5. Real GDP per capita, 2024, euro per capita · chain linked volumes (2015): from 20 430 to 20 520, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

6. Real GDP per capita, 2025, euro per capita · chain linked volumes (2015): from 20 600 to 20 700, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

   It is the value of everything the country produced in the year, per inhabitant, excluding the rise in prices, which the source calls chain linked volumes.

7. What the country owns abroad minus what it owes (net international investment position), 2024, % of GDP: from −58,9 to −58,3, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

8. What the country owns abroad minus what it owes (net international investment position), 2025, % of GDP: from −50,2 to −49,6, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

   It is the difference between what residents of Portugal own in the rest of the world and what they owe to it, as a percentage of GDP, the value of everything the country produces in a year.

   Negative means the country owes abroad more than it owns there.

9. Current account balance, 2024, % of GDP (three-year average): from 0,3 to 0,4, the source revised it upwards, on 05.10.2026. source · Eurostat

   It is the difference between what Portugal received from the rest of the world and what it paid to it, in goods, services and income, averaged over the last three years and as a percentage of GDP, the value of everything the country produces in a year. Positive means the country received more than it paid.

The figures that changed only in how they are written

1. Credit flow to (non-financial) companies, 2025: the source now writes 3,0, where it wrote 3, on 02.10.2026. source · Eurostat
2. Young people not in employment, education or training, 2025: the source now writes 8,0, where it wrote 8, on 02.10.2026. source · Eurostat

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