Competitiveness

The Business Confederation of Portugal/business school ISEG’s monthly barometer for December 2025 has confirmed Portugal’s end-of-year economic buoyancy and expects an uptick in the [...]

Portugal’s Forum for Competitiveness, led by economist Pedro Braz Teixeira, estimates that last year the economy grew slightly below the government’s forecast at between 1.5% and 1.9% But for [...]

Text: Chris Graeme Photo: Fernando Bento (ICPT) Low productivity is one of the main stumbling blocks to economic growth in Portugal according to Portugal’s Minister of Finances, Joaquim Miranda [...]

Administrative and regulatory barriers in Portugal contribute significantly to the country’s lack of competitiveness regarding its national economy. According to “Position Paper No. 1 of 2025” [...]

Portugal is in 35th place out of the 38 OECD countries in the Tax Competitiveness Index for 2024, according to the Tax Foundation’s assessment, released in Portugal by the Mais Liberdade [...]

Portuguese former celebrity banker, Sir António Horta-Osório says that the government should slash corporation tax for companies to help them become more competitive. António Horta Osório states [...]

Portugal has risen three places from 42nd to 39th place in the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking which evaluates how competitive countries are around the world. For the eighth consecutive year [...]

Portugal has overtaken Spain in the European Regional Index for Competitiveness because of the way its companies network has focused on specialisation. Portugal has a more competitive economy [...]

Portugal has slipped six places in the ranking of the world’s most competitive countries. The Institute for Management Development (IMD) places Portugal in 42nd place among the 63 countries [...]