Portugal’s retail sales growth accelerated to 3.0% year-on-year in July 2026, the strongest pace in three months and up from a revised 2.7% in June. The rise was broad-based, led by food, beverages, and tobacco (2.5% vs. 1.3% in June) and non-food items (3.3% vs. 3.7%), including computers, telecom equipment, books, and other products (1.4% vs. 3.1%), textiles, clothing, footwear, and leather goods (4.5% vs. 7.1%), and household goods (8.2% vs. 7.6%). On a monthly basis, retail sales were flat, after a downwardly revised 1.4% increase in June. source: Statistics Portugal

Retail Sales in Portugal increased 3 percent in July of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Portugal averaged 1.47 percent from 1996 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 31.60 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -25.70 percent in April of 2020. This page provides - Portugal Retail Sales YoY - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Portugal Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2026.

Retail Sales in Portugal increased 3 percent in July of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Portugal is expected to be 2.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Portugal Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.00 percent in 2027 and 1.90 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-07-30 10:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jun 3% 2.8% 2.2%
2026-08-28 10:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jul 3.0% 2.7% 2.5%
2026-09-30 10:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Aug 3.0% 2.6%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Confidence -20.50 -22.60 points Aug 2026
Consumer Spending 39640.40 39235.90 EUR Million Jun 2026
Disposable Personal Income 76004.32 81360.70 EUR Million Mar 2026
Personal Savings 12.10 12.20 percent Dec 2025
Retail Sales MoM 0.00 1.40 percent Jul 2026
Retail Sales YoY 3.00 2.70 percent Jul 2026


Portugal Retail Sales YoY
In Portugal, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
3.00 2.70 31.60 -25.70 1996 - 2026 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, SA

News Stream
Portugal Retail Sales Growth Hits Three-Month High
Portugal’s retail sales growth accelerated to 3.0% year-on-year in July 2026, the strongest pace in three months and up from a revised 2.7% in June. The rise was broad-based, led by food, beverages, and tobacco (2.5% vs. 1.3% in June) and non-food items (3.3% vs. 3.7%), including computers, telecom equipment, books, and other products (1.4% vs. 3.1%), textiles, clothing, footwear, and leather goods (4.5% vs. 7.1%), and household goods (8.2% vs. 7.6%). On a monthly basis, retail sales were flat, after a downwardly revised 1.4% increase in June.
2026-08-28
Portugal Retail Sales Up 3% YoY
Retail sales in Portugal increased 3% year-on-year in June 2026, following a downwardly revised 2.8% gain in May. Strong increases were recorded for household goods (7.5% vs 10.8%); textiles, clothing and footwear (8.1% vs 11%); computers, telecommunication equipment and books (4.2% vs 0.9%); pharmaceutical products and cosmetics (5.2% vs 5.7%) and for online and mail sales (17.1% vs 10.3%). Excluding fuel, retail sales increased 3.8%, compared to a 4.4% gain in May. Compared to the previous month, retail sales jumped 1.7%, rebounding from a 0.2% fall in May.
2026-07-30
Portugal Retail Sales Growth Slows
Portugal's retail sales rose 3.2% year-on-year in May 2026, slowing from an upwardly revised 5.2% increase in April and marking a third consecutive month of weaker growth. Sales of food products rose 1.6%, slightly below the 1.8% gain in the previous month. Non-food sales also slowed to 4.3% from 7.6%, reflecting a sharper decline in fuel sales (-9.7% vs -2.4%) and softer growth in household goods (12.2% vs 13.1%), textiles (11.3% vs 14.2%), pharmaceutical products and cosmetics (6.5% vs 7.1%), and computers, telecommunications equipment and books (1.8% vs 7.8%). On a monthly basis, retail sales rebounded 0.3% in May after falling 0.7% in April.
2026-06-29