Portugal vs Spain: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.562 National currency per US dollar against 0.5264 National currency per US dollar in Portugal, a difference of 0.0356 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
Across all 56 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Portugal ranks 49th and Spain ranks 48th of 51 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0915 National currency per US dollar | 0.264 National currency per US dollar | 0.1725 National currency per US dollar | Spain |
| 1980s | 0.3025 National currency per US dollar | 0.5214 National currency per US dollar | 0.2189 National currency per US dollar | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.6092 National currency per US dollar | 0.7 National currency per US dollar | 0.0908 National currency per US dollar | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.6624 National currency per US dollar | 0.7303 National currency per US dollar | 0.0679 National currency per US dollar | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.6187 National currency per US dollar | 0.7067 National currency per US dollar | 0.088 National currency per US dollar | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.5338 National currency per US dollar | 0.5809 National currency per US dollar | 0.0472 National currency per US dollar | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing, Portugal or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.562 National currency per US dollar against 0.5264 National currency per US dollar in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing between Portugal and Spain?
- 0.0356 National currency per US dollar, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Portugal ranks 49th and Spain ranks 48th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for actual individual consumption. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org