OECD Public Integrity IndicatorsHome

Portugal

OECD member since 1960

This set of indicators covers regulations and practice aimed at promoting integrity in the justice system and ensuring accountability through the disciplinary system for civil servants. Data for both OECD members and non-OECD members will be released in 2025.

Regulatory framework for judicial integrity
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List of indicators for Integrity of the justice and disciplinary systems

Click on an indicator to see the criteria that are used to calculate it.

Top performing and underperforming criteria in Portugal

This table shows the criteria within this dataset where the selected country performs the most above and below average. OECD countries are compared to the OECD average and partner countries are compared to the partner country average. Only criteria fulfilled by less than 40% of countries are shown as leading, and only criteria fulfilled by more than 40% of countries are shown as lagging.

The law establishes objective grounds for the dismissal of prosecutors.

71%

of OECD countries fulfill

34%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Regulations establish a complaints procedure to address formal public allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.

61%

of OECD countries fulfill

44%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Regulations establish that the budget of the judiciary is approved directly by the parliament.

55%

of OECD countries fulfill

44%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Regulations establish objective criteria and procedures for re-allocation of cases to prosecutors.

13%

of OECD countries fulfill

9%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

Government portals or websites allow filtering by type of criminal corruption offense

24%

of OECD countries fulfill

6%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

Aggregated data on (a) the number the number of cases that reached trial, (b) the number of appeals, (c) the number and type of sanctions applied.

29%

of OECD countries fulfill

3%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading