Portugal
EDRIX Score
5.15
EOTRIX Score
4.91
Tier
Specialized Contender
Overall Assessment
Portugal demonstrates a significant gap between its strong, mature public policy on open source and its real-world outcomes. While its strategic framework is robust, it has not yet succeeded in fostering a strong developer ecosystem or driving widespread grassroots adoption.
Sobering Reality
Both the official website for the capital, Lisbon, and the Government are hosted in the US. The President's website is also hosted on US-based Akamai infrastructure. This results in a moderate Public Sector Digital Resilience score of 6.01.
2020 Baseline
In 2020, Portugal was a "solid contender," with a balanced profile that featured a particularly strong and mature open source policy framework complemented by a dedicated government agency.
2024 Progression
Portugal continues to advance its use of OSS. The "Common Model for Design and Development of Digital Services (Mosaico)" establishes the principle to "Make new code open source." The Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA) remains a key policymaker.
2025 Data-Driven Analysis
Portugal's profile is defined by this policy-implementation gap. It has a strong Public Policy score (7.50), reflecting its long-standing commitment to OSS. However, this is contrasted by a very low Grassroots Adoption score (2.99) and a moderate Developer Ecosystem (4.24).
Strengths
- Public Policy: A mature, legally-backed national strategy for open source with dedicated governance.
Weaknesses
- Grassroots Adoption: One of the lowest rates of citizen and business adoption of open source technologies in the EU.
- Developer Ecosystem: An average-sized developer community that does not match its policy ambitions.
Outlook
Portugal has the right strategic framework in place, but it needs to focus on execution. The key to improving its resilience will be to understand and address the barriers to grassroots adoption and to implement programs that actively grow its domestic developer community.