Theme	Indicator	Trend	Target achievement	Justification and explanation
Water	Population served with Water Supply Systems			The target of 95% was met, serving 96% of the population in 2009, and 96% of houses in 2016.
	Population served by Wastewater Drainage and Treatment Systems			Despite the great progress, the target of 90% wasn’t met. In 2009, only 83% and 72% of the population was served by Wastewater Drainage and Treatment Systems, respectively.
	Water Consumption			The volume of water consumed and abstracted showed an increasing trend.
	Drinking-water Quality			Despite the positive evolution the target was not met. However, it’s very close to be achieved.
	Bathing Water Quality			The progress was very positive. In 2016, less than 1% of coastal and transitional bathing waters, and 0% of inland waters were classified with “Bad” quality.
Air Quality	Greenhouse Gas Emissions			The target of limiting GHG emissions growth to 27% compared to 1990 was met, increasing only 19%.
	Air Temperature			This indicator showed a deteriorating trend, with an increase and decrease of almost 1˚C of the average of the maximum and minimum temperature, respectively.
	Air Quality			The air quality showed a positive evolution. In 2016, more than 90% of the days registered “Very Good” and “Good” AQI, and less than 1% registered “Bad/Weak”.
Land Use	Land Use and Land Cover			This indicator showed a deteriorating trend. Since 1986 the artificial surfaces have increased, while natural vegetation, and agriculture areas have been replaced.
Nature and Biodiversity Conservation	Classified Areas for Nature and Biodiversity Conservation			The target was not met. The growth of classified areas was feeble, and despite the positive evolution of protected areas with spatial plan, only one protected area is covered by management plan.
Nature and Biodiversity Conservation	Surveillance of Protected Areas			Since 1990, the surface of protected areas per nature ranger increased. In 2017, there were only 118 nature rangers for mainland Portugal.
Environmental Risks	Forest fires			The target of 100,000 ha of burnt area by 2012 was not met, and in 2017 more than 450,000 ha were burnt.
Urban Waste	Waste Production			The target of reducing 225,000 tons of urban waste, from 2005 to 2015 was not met. In this period it increased 20,000 tons.
	Waste Management			Although the targets of composting, incineration, and mechanic treatment have been met, the targets of landfill disposal and recycling are still not being achieved. The landfill disposal needs to decrease 6%, and the recycling needs to increase 8%.
	Recycling and Valorization of Urban Waste			The recycling targets were met for all types of packaging waste.
Energy	Primary Energy Production and Consumption			The target of reducing 2.6 Mtoe of the final energy consumption by 2015 was met, with a reduction of 5.5 Mtoe.
	Electricity Consumption Produced from Renewable Energy Sources			The target of achieving 39% of electricity produced from RES by 2010 was met, producing more than 50% for that year.
	Energy and Carbon Intensity of the Economy			The progress of this indicator was very positive. It showed an evolution to an economy with lower energy consumption, and with less carbon emitted per unit of wealth produced.