Road traffic deaths in Portugal
Road traffic accidents in Portugal killed 5.5 people per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024.
Portugal, 2024
5.5
Change from 2023
−0.3per 100,000 people
European Union, 2024
4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
4.3 per 100,000 people
Position in 2024
9th of 33
Road traffic deaths in Portugal over time
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Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 5.7 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 4.6 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 5.4 per 100,000 people | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 5.2 per 100,000 people | 4.2 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 6.6 per 100,000 people | 5.1 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2018 | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 5.2 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.4 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 5.7 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2014 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 8.9 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 7.9 per 100,000 people | 7.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 8.4 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 9.2 per 100,000 people | 9.1 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 9.2 per 100,000 people | 9.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 11.9 per 100,000 people | 9.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 12.3 per 100,000 people | 10.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 14.8 per 100,000 people | 11.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 16.1 per 100,000 people | 11.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 16.1 per 100,000 people | 12.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2000 | 18.0 per 100,000 people | 12.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 from 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.1 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.6. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Portugal has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 4.4 per 100,000 people.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Road traffic deaths
8.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank
Car ownership
561p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
87.3%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
6,848 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
86.3%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
23.3%
2025 · Eurostat