Venture capital investments in Portugal
Portugal: Venture capital investments was 0.048 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Portugal, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for venture capital investments in Portugal is 0.048 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 82.6% on the previous year and up 92.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Portugal peaked at 0.0643 Percentage of GDP in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0056 Percentage of GDP, in 2011.
That places Portugal 16th out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0643 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0281 Percentage of GDP | -56.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0193 Percentage of GDP | -31.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0095 Percentage of GDP | -50.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0056 Percentage of GDP | -40.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0069 Percentage of GDP | +23.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0167 Percentage of GDP | +140.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0212 Percentage of GDP | +26.9% |
| 2015 | 0.025 Percentage of GDP | +18.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0104 Percentage of GDP | -58.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0124 Percentage of GDP | +19.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0123 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0218 Percentage of GDP | +77.9% |
| 2020 | 0.02 Percentage of GDP | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0219 Percentage of GDP | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0262 Percentage of GDP | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0144 Percentage of GDP | -45.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0263 Percentage of GDP | +83.1% |
| 2025 | 0.048 Percentage of GDP | +82.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0372 Percentage of GDP | 0.0193 Percentage of GDP | 0.0643 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0142 Percentage of GDP | 0.0056 Percentage of GDP | 0.025 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0261 Percentage of GDP | 0.0144 Percentage of GDP | 0.048 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More economy & growth data for Portugal
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.18 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.9 Percent per annum (2029)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 0.8661 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3864 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 12,395 current LCU per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 0.4145 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3334 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 10,695 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 11.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Portugal?
- Venture capital investments in Portugal was 0.048 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0643 Percentage of GDP in 2007.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0056 Percentage of GDP in 2011.
- How does Portugal rank for venture capital investments?
- Portugal ranks 16th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org