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Portugal

Portugal has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 1986.

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  • EU member
  • Euro area
  • Schengen

Relationship with the EU

  1. 1 January 1986Joined
  2. 26 March 1995Full Schengen membership
  3. 1 January 1999Adopted the euro

Same enlargement wave · Third enlargement (1986)

Data

GDP per capita in purchasing power standards81

Eurostat, 2025 (provisional). Scale 0 to 260.

Share of the EU population2.5 %

Eurostat, 1 January 2026.

Milestones

  1. 4 April 1949Signs the North Atlantic Treaty as a founding member of NATO. nato.int
  2. 14 December 1955Admitted to the United Nations. un.org
  3. 3 May 1960Founding member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). europa.eu
  4. 22 September 1976Joins the Council of Europe. archive.org
  5. 1 January 1986Joins the European Communities. europa.eu
  6. 1 January 1999Adopts the euro. europa.eu

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