1.1. Contact organisation
[PT1] Statistics Portugal
1.2. Contact organisation unit
National Accounts - Price Statistics
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
Av. António José de Almeida
1000-043 LISBOA
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
21 January 2026
2.2. Metadata last posted
21 January 2026
2.3. Metadata last update
21 January 2026
3.1. Data description
See concept 3.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
3.1.1. Organisation
The Portuguese PPP exercise is coordinated by INE as part of its role as National Statistic Institute.
The PPP Portuguese team is integrated in the National Accounts Department (DCN) as part of the Price Statistics Unit (SEP) also responsible for the CPI/HICP and other price indices.
The following chart presents the relevant units of INE's organization.
The Portuguese PPP team coordinates all the PPP questionnaires, and produces directly the Consumer Goods surveys. In shop price collection is outsourced to price collectors through Data Collection and Management Department.
The following questionnaires are in general answered by other DCN units: Housing services, Tips, GDP weights.
Compensation of Government Employees is mostly assured by the Directorate-General for Administration and Public Employment (DGAEP), another public institution.
Hospital Services are assured by the Health System Central Administration (ACSS), also a public Institution.
Equipment Goods and Construction are outsourced to a private entity.
Unless otherwise stated all PPP work is done by INE-PPP staff, including the present inventory.
3.2. Classification system
See concept 3.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
3.3. Coverage - sector
See concept 3.3 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See concept 3.4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
3.5. Statistical unit
See concept 3.5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
3.6. Statistical population
See concept 3.6 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
3.7. Reference area
The whole country.
3.8. Coverage - Time
See concept 3.8 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable, because PPPs (Purchasing power parities) are primarily spatial indicators.
See concept 4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
See concept 6.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
See concept 6.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Statistical secrecy is established by Law to safeguard the privacy of citizens in general and to ensure trust in the NSS. All personal data collected by the authorities, for statistical purposes, are considered confidential, being protected by the professional secrecy, either by employees or others who became aware of them by means of their professional duties related with the official statistical activity.
The breach of confidentiality is considered a very serious administrative offence (in case of violation of professional secrecy it implies criminal responsibility), while the non-response to surveys within the period stipulated by the statistical authority is considered a serious administrative offence.
The staff of Statistics Portugal signs legal confidentiality commitments on appointment.
Instructions and guidelines exist for the protection of statistical confidentiality, both at concerns production and dissemination processes.
For the case of contractors, GFCF experts and consumer goods price collectors, the confidentiality issue is assured by the legal contract framework.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
See previous point
8.1. Release calendar
See chapter 1.3.
8.2. Release calendar access
See chapter 1.3.
8.3. Release policy - user access
See chapter 1.3.
See concept 9 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
INE prepares one annual publication based on results of the 3 previous years (December) following the timeliness of the EU official publications. Data is available at INE’s general website on the page of diffusion of statistical information.
See: Statistics Portugal database and search for “purchasing power parities”. The publication is available in Portuguese and English, the Portuguese version is usually more detailed than the English one.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
See chapter 1.3.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
See chapter 1.3.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
See concept 10.4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Not applicable
10.6. Documentation on methodology
The latest version of the "EUROSTAT-OECD Methodological manual on purchasing power parities" is available online.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
See concept 10.7 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
11.1. Quality assurance
All data provided undergo a detailed multilateral validation process, described in detail in the PPP Manual (see 10.6).
11.2. Quality management - assessment
At European level, the PPP Regulation requires Eurostat to assess the PPP processes of each EU Member State at least once every six years and to publish the results of these assessments on the Eurostat website. The outcome of these assessments are released on Eurostat's website.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
See concept 12.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
See concept 12.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
12.3. Completeness
All indicators are calculated and published.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
See concept 13.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
13.2. Sampling error
See concept 13.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
13.3. Non-sampling error
See concept 13.3 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
14.1. Timeliness
See concept 14.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
14.2. Punctuality
See concept 14.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
See concept 15.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See concept 15.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
See concept 15.3 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Not applicable
17.1. Data revision - policy
See concept 17.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
17.2. Data revision - practice
Not applicable, cf. 17.1.
18.1. Source data
See concept 18.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
See concept 18.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
18.3. Data collection
See concept 18.3 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms .
18.4. Data validation
See concept 18.4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms .
18.5. Data compilation
See concept 18.5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
18.6. Adjustment
See concept 18.6 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms .
No comments.
See concept 3.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
21 January 2026
See concept 3.4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 3.5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 3.6 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
The whole country.
See concept 5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 13.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 4 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 18.5 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 18.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 9 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 14.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 15.1 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
See concept 15.2 of the Eurostat metadata file prc_ppp_esms.
