press rank #7 · ~$1,500/mo

Can you live unwatched in Portugal?

EU protections, relaxed policing, popular and rising in cost.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance4/5
Facial recognition4/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law5/5
Encryption5/5
VPN freedom5/5
Democracy5/5
Free expression5/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom4/5
Easy to stay4/5
Off-grid living5/5
7 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #7 ~$1,500/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required

The national plan is free and voluntary, and the vaccination bulletin is asked for at school without being a condition.

If you skip them: Nothing.

Exemptions: Not needed.

Source: Vaccines 2024;12:1296, European survey

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)

Extradition treaty with the US

No ID required to buy a SIM card

Crypto gains tax-free after a holding period

Gains are exempt if the crypto was held over 365 days; a flat 28% applies below that.

3 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

79 real places in Portugal

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Lisbon

~$2,000/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Porto

~$1,750/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Cascais

~$2,000/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Braga

~$1,550/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Setúbal

~$1,600/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Madeira

~$1,650/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Coimbra

~$1,500/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Viana do Castelo

~$1,550/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Aveiro

~$1,550/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Azores

~$1,650/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Faro

~$1,600/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Évora

~$1,550/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.