Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Portugal
- Data from December 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles based on the Eurostat publication Smarter, greener, more inclusive? - Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy. It provides recent statistics on the Europe 2020 strategy of the European Union (EU), focusing on the situation in Portugal.
Source: Eurostat, see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 indicators
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
Main statistical findings
Source: Eurostat, see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 indicators
By 2012 Portugal had managed to reduce its GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors by 12 %, thus remaining well below its target of an at most 1 % increase by 2020. Despite a 4.4 % increase in the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion from 2008 to 2013, the country also remained closer to its national target than the EU average. Portugal, however, was farther from its remaining national Europe 2020 targets than the EU average. Growth in the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption has been somewhat tentative since 2009, keeping the country at a more than six percentage point distance from its target. Portugal has also experienced a steady fall in its employment rate since 2008 due to the impacts of the economic crisis on its labour market. In 2013, the country was also among those farthest from both of its education targets. It was 8.9 and 10.0 percentage points away from its targets on early leavers from education and training and tertiary education respectively.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s growth and jobs strategy for the current decade, striving to pave the way to a smart, sustainable and inclusive future. The strategy envisages measures to overcome the economic crisis and move beyond it by addressing the structural weaknesses in the European economic model. The final objective is to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics