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A hospital ward with rows of empty beds, illustrating INE's 2025 National Health Survey on chronic illness in Portugal

Lower-Back Pain Tops Portugal's Chronic-Illness Ranking, Afflicting 3.2 Million as Hypertension and High Cholesterol Follow

INE's 2025 National Health Survey, published 24 June, finds lower-back pain is now Portugal's most common chronic condition, affecting 3.2 million residents and striking the young as well as the old. Hypertension, high cholesterol and excess weight round out the picture.

The Portuguese Parliament, the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, a neoclassical facade with columns and the Portuguese flag flying above

PSD and CDS Move to Double the Residency Bar for Non-EU Newcomers to Two Years for the New Single Social Benefit — PS Brands the Amendment an 'Approximation to Chega' as the Far Right Holds Out for Five

Governing partners PSD and CDS have filed amendments raising the minimum legal residency for non-EU/EEA nationals to claim the Prestação Social Única from one year to two. PS calls it an 'approximation to Chega', which still wants five. Carve-outs protect children and the disabled.

Aerial view of Lisbon's terracotta rooftops with the Tagus River and a cargo ship in the background

Portugal's GDP per Capita Falls to 76.2% of the EU Average Once Its Record Population Is Counted — Eurostat's Preliminary 81% Sheds Four Ranking Places to 22nd of 27

Eurostat pencils Portugal at 81% of the EU average in 2025 GDP per capita. Recalculated against INE's confirmed 11,424,031 residents, that drops to 76.2% — and from 18th to 22nd of 27 member states. More people, the same output, a thinner per-head slice.