According to UBS, Portugal ranks 26th in household wealth, with an average wealth per adult of approximately €170,000. The results are also positive for median wealth per adult, with Portugal ranking in the same position worldwide at approximately €67.000.

Portugal compares well

The reports rank Portugal above other countries that may be perceived as wealthier. For example, in terms of average wealth per adult, Portugal ranks above the United Arab Emirates.

In terms of average wealth per adult in US dollars, Portugal reaches $195,761, above Greece at $143,343.

The same report highlights that 37% of Portuguese wealth comes from financial assets, ranking higher than Greece (36,1%) and Spain (31,2%).

Distributed wealth

An interesting finding in the report is that Portugal ranks in the same position for both average and median wealth per adult. That is, Portugal has well-distributed wealth across social layers, meaning it is not restricted to an elite.

Given this, it is possible to conclude that a significant proportion of Portuguese households own meaningful assets, and that, compared to countries like the United States, wealth is more evenly distributed.

In the same report, Portugal ranks 33rd for wealth inequality, with lower scores indicating better performance. UBS relied on the Gini coefficient, which, according to the report, “measures the level of wealth equality within a population”. According to UBS, “the lower the scores, the more equally wealth is distributed, and vice versa”. The Portugal position, based on the coefficient, indicates that Portugal has wealth better distributed than in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Sweden, and Switzerland.

More millionaires than ever

The UBS report also suggests that “the number of US dollar millionaires in the world has been rising for years and 2025 was no exception.” In the report, UBS estimates that “the world’s millionaire population expanded by 1.5%”, which corresponds to “one million new millionaires minted in 2025, or over 2,680 per day.”

The study concluded that, out of the 56 markets analysed, there was no country that “ended the year 2025 with fewer millionaires than it had at the beginning.”

Based on data from the OECD, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations (UN), the World Bank Group (WBG), as well as national statistics offices, UBS concluded that there are 181.000 US dollar millionaires in Portugal.