Portugal Portugal, which includes the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, is a constitutional semipresidential representative democracy with a president, prime minister, and parliament elected in multiparty elections. Observers considered both the presidential election and snap legislative elections to be free and fair. There were reports members of the security forces committed some abuses. The government took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.The overall score indicates that there are medium risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:Racial and ethnic discrimination by local governments and society Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB Overall Score 74/100 Global Rights Index 30,0/100 (4) Human Development Index 87,4/100 (0,874) Kids Rights Index 87,0/100 (0,87) Children's Rights in the Workplace Index 75,0/100 (2,5) Global Slavery Index 94,0/100 (6,0) Trafficking in persons report 62,5/100 (T2) Global Gender Gap Index 76,5/100 (0,765) Rule of Law Index 68,0/100 (0,68) Fragile States Index 78,6/100 (25,7) Freedom in the World Index 96,0/100 (96) Environmental Performance Index 62,2/100 (62,2) Corruption Perceptions Index 61,0/100 (61) Equality Index 78,0/100 (78)
Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB