Portugal
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
71.5composite, 0–100
10 / 45rank · 10 of 27 in EU-27
+2.1change since 2015, time-varying indicators
PortugalEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 72.2 | 16 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 56.3 | 24 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 81.5 | 5 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 59.0 | 19 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 10 / 16 |
| Financial | 88.5 | 7 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 71.5 | 10 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 40 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
PortugalEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 National Strategy for the Social Economy — in preparation (TSI/OECD project; CASES public consultation 2025) · source | 1/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 MTSSS (lead ministry); CASES (public-interest cooperative); CPES; ENCP Consultative Forum · source | 2/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 EU-promoted SRPP awareness and actions (2021–2025) | 1/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 Basic Law on the Social Economy (Law 30/2013) · source | 1/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Lei de Bases da Economia Social (Law 30/2013) · source | 2/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Centre of Competence for the Social Economy (CCES), Ordinance 20/2025/1 · source | 2/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 Portugal 2030 (SE actors a priority); PRR Component 3; Portugal Inovação Social; InvestEU via BPF · source | 2/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 Banco Português de Fomento SE line (€120m); Social Investe (CASES); IEFP funding for CCES · source | 2/2 |
Policy composite 85.4 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Portugal: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/portugal/