All 195 countries · Southern Europe
Portugal
Portugal uses a compulsory Citizen Card and the Chave Móvel Digital for online services. It must offer an EU digital identity wallet by end 2026 and is part of the digital euro project. No 2026 Portuguese wallet launch was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Portugal
- Program
- Cartão de Cidadão; Chave Móvel Digital
- Status
- Used by most adults
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
Chave Móvel Digital provides authentication and digital signature across public and private portals. The EU requires a member-state wallet by 24 December 2026; no Portuguese launch date or law was found.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- In development
- Name
- Digital euro
Portugal uses the euro. The ECB is preparing a digital euro; the European Parliament set its negotiating position in mid-2026 and talks with the Council are under way. The ECB has said a pilot could start in 2027 and first issuance could come in 2029 if EU law is adopted. No national CBDC exists.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-12Rolling it out
EU rules require each member state to offer an EU digital identity wallet by 24 December 2026; use is meant to be voluntary. Garrigues — European digital identity wallet calendar (24 Dec 2026 / 24 Dec 2027 deadlines) ↗
- 2026-07Rolling it out
The European Parliament set its position on the digital euro and opened talks with the Council on the final law. Sumsub — Digital euro proposal advances to final EU negotiations (July 2026) ↗
UN and WHO
How Portugal has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 81.1 · rank 17 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the -4 adds up
- -1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
- -1Government digital ID used by most adults source ↗
- -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
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