Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Portugal
Data extracted in June 2018.
Planned article update: September 2019.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
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This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Portugal.
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Overview
By 2016, Portugal had reduced its GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors by 16.9 % compared to 1990 levels, remaining well below its target for no more than a 1 % increase by 2020. Since 2011, the country has continuously met its target on primary energy consumption. By 2016 the country had reduced the distance to its renewable energy target to 2.5 percentage points. Portugal has also reduced the number of people living at risk of poverty or social exclusion between 2008 and 2016 but still needs to lift 38 000 people out of being at risk of poverty by 2020 to meet the national commitment. The country has achieved a notable reduction in the share of early leavers from education and training, narrowing the gap to its target by 22.3 percentage points between 2008 and 2017. Despite an 11.9 percentage point increase in tertiary educational attainment since 2008, the country was still 6.5 percentage points from its Europe 2020 target. Portugal’s employment rate had been steadily increasing since 2014 and in 2017 the country was closer to its national target of 75 % than the EU was from the overall target.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
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Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
Direct access to
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy - 2018 edition (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics