What is the difference in fossil-fuel subsidies between Portugal and United States?

10.00 million billions of current united states dollars, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United States?

15 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Environment Programme – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Fossil-fuel subsidies. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Portugal vs United States: Fossil-fuel subsidies

Portugal

2.21 billion billions of current united states dollars

in 2024

United States

2.20 billion billions of current united states dollars

in 2024

Portugal rank

45th

United States rank

46th

Fossil-fuel subsidies over time

Portugal
United States

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 2.21 billion billions of current united states dollars against 2.20 billion billions of current united states dollars in United States, a difference of 10.00 million billions of current united states dollars.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2010 it was United States ahead.

Portugal ranks 45th and United States ranks 46th of 189 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 1 and United States in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	United States	Difference	Ahead
2010s	354.00 million billions of current united states dollars	1.91 billion billions of current united states dollars	1.55 billion billions of current united states dollars	United States
2020s	2.26 billion billions of current united states dollars	1.84 billion billions of current united states dollars	420.00 million billions of current united states dollars	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fossil-fuel subsidies, Portugal or United States?: Portugal, at 2.21 billion billions of current united states dollars against 2.20 billion billions of current united states dollars in United States as of 2024.
What is the difference in fossil-fuel subsidies between Portugal and United States?: 10.00 million billions of current united states dollars, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United States?: 15 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.
How do Portugal and United States rank globally for fossil-fuel subsidies?: Portugal ranks 45th and United States ranks 46th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Environment Programme – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Fossil-fuel subsidies. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Fossil-fuel subsidies
Unit: billions of current united states dollars
Source: United Nations Environment Programme – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 189 places, 2,644 data points, 2010–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) (billions of nominal United States dollars).