Portugal

News coverage about Portugal accounts for 1.08% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (-1.0%). The average tone of this coverage is +0.45 — neutral-to-positive.

PT · PRT · Europe · Wikidata

Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
1.08%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-1.0%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+0.45
neutral-to-positive
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Portugal coverage volume: 91 days, latest 1.08% on 2026-08-200.001.32.5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Portugal coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone 0.45 on 2026-08-20+20-2May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in Portugal: 28 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-170.002.55.0May 27Jun 5Jun 15Jul 7Jul 30Aug 15Aug 17

Diplomacy (11/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Portugal: 87 days, latest 11.00 on 2026-08-200.00100200May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

Coercion & force (4/day latest)

Coercive events located in Portugal: 87 days, latest 4.00 on 2026-08-200.00100200May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Portugal, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 27% of the coverage about Portugal came from outlets based in Portugal — the rest was written from abroad (30,096 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Portugal from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 9.28 on 2026-08-200.0025.050.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Portugal produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Lisbon (29)
  • Benfica (7)
  • Melides (3)
  • Moncorvo (3)
  • Sintra (3)
  • Famalicao (2)
  • Sao Francisco (2)
  • Ponte Velha (1)
  • Estoril (1)
  • Trafaria (1)
  • Grandola (1)
  • Portalegre (1)

Places named in coverage about Portugal on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Portugal

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$346.6B
World Bank, 2025
Population
10.8M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
86.4%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.5%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
109
originating from Portugal
Refugees hosted
70,349
from other countries
Asylum seekers
8,595
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 46 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Portugal-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).