Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Portugal instead of Liechtenstein, you would:

Health

live 1.8 years less

In Liechtenstein, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Portugal, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 49.7% less spent on your healthcare

Liechtenstein spends $9,795 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Portugal spends $4,928 as of 2024.

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Economy

make 85.4% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $32,082 as of 2025.

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Life

be 33.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Portugal, on the other hand, 2.7 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 79.3% more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Portugal, that number is 10.2% of GDP as of 2024.

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Safety

be 85.9% less likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Portugal, that number is 0.7 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Portugal is 41.7% cheaper than Liechtenstein overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Liechtenstein is about 576 times smaller than Portugal.
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Moving from Liechtenstein to Portugal · UN DESA 2020
230 people born in Liechtenstein live in Portugal.
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Portugal: At a glance

Portugal is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 91,470 sq km. Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
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