Headline statistics
[1]€3.2B EU Recovery Funds
Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) allocates roughly €3.2B to construction-related investment. Source: República Portuguesa, Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR), public dashboard at recuperarportugal.gov.pt.
[2]42% of construction workers are 50+
Eurostat and Portuguese sector reporting (AICCOPN, GPI) consistently show ~40–45% of Portugal's construction workforce is aged 50 or above. Source: Eurostat LFS data, AICCOPN annual reports.
[3]89% lexical similarity (ES ↔ PT)
Ethnologue lists ~89% lexical similarity between Spanish and Portuguese. Source: Ethnologue, 'Languages of the World' (lexical similarity index).
[4]#7 safest country (Global Peace Index 2025)
Portugal placed 7th in the 2025 Global Peace Index. Source: Institute for Economics & Peace, Global Peace Index 2025 — visionofhumanity.org.