Portugal on the 12 axes
MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.MLPG, the Free-Market Cosmopolitan, is how the data types Portugal. Morality is its strongest lean, Progressive, with same-sex marriage legal (2026) and abortion on request within a gestational limit (2025). Authority leans Democratic, supported by judicial constraints on the executive of 0.92 on a 0-1 scale (2025), and Security leans Liberty, with the death penalty abolished for all crimes (2025). Structure sits at the Central pole, as the strong elected regional governments index scores 0 (2025). Culture and Religion are close to the centre.
Iceland is the nearest country at 93%. Both lean Democratic, Liberty and Cooperation, and the main gap is Technology, where Portugal leans Embrace and Iceland sits near the centre. See how its politicians and historical figures compare on the page, or take the test to see how close you are to this profile.
Where Portugal sits
- 01Ownership+50PublicPrivate
- 02Markets+35PlannedFree
- 03Welfare-35SharedSelf-reliant
- 04Authority-75DemocraticStrong leader
- 05Security-70LibertyOrder
- 06Structure+100LocalCentral
- 07Morality-90ProgressiveTraditional
- SecularReligious
- 09Technology-40EmbraceCaution
- 10Culture-10MulticulturalNational identity
- 11Trade-65GlobalProtected
- CooperationStrength
Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built
Who is closest to how Portugal is governed?
Each percentage compares a person's documented positions with the country's current profile, on the axes both have on record. A high score means their views match the status quo. A low one means they would change more.
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What is Portugal's type on the 12 axes?
Read from its laws and institutions, Portugal comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.
Which figure from Portugal is closest to how it is governed today?
Of the people from Portugal profiled here, Mário Soares sits closest to its current policy profile, at 84% on the axes both have on record.
Which countries are governed most like Portugal?
On the 12 axes, Iceland is closest at 93%, followed by Bulgaria at 86%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.