What is the difference in heating degree days, per capita between Netherlands and Portugal?

0.0001 units per person, with Netherlands ahead.

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Netherlands vs Portugal: Heating Degree Days, per capita

Netherlands

0.0003 units per person

in 2024

Portugal

0.0002 units per person

in 2024

Netherlands rank

52nd

Portugal rank

53rd

Heating Degree Days, per capita over time

Netherlands
Portugal

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.0003 units per person against 0.0002 units per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Netherlands ahead.

Netherlands ranks 52nd and Portugal ranks 53rd of 189 countries.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Netherlands	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0005 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Netherlands
1970s	0.0004 units per person	0.0004 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Netherlands
1980s	0.0004 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Netherlands
1990s	0.0004 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Netherlands
2000s	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Netherlands
2010s	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Netherlands
2020s	0.0003 units per person	0.0002 units per person	0 units per person	Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher heating degree days, per capita, Netherlands or Portugal?: Netherlands, at 0.0003 units per person against 0.0002 units per person in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in heating degree days, per capita between Netherlands and Portugal?: 0.0001 units per person, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Portugal?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Netherlands and Portugal rank globally for heating degree days, per capita?: Netherlands ranks 52nd and Portugal ranks 53rd of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Heating Degree Days, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 189 places, 11,178 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 16 September 2026

Heating Degree Days divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.