Work & Labour in Portugal 89 indicators covering work & labour for Portugal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.0% 2025 up 0.3% 97th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 36.4% 2025 up 6.0% 135th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.2% 2025 down 0.7% 117th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.1% 2025 down 3.0% 153rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 87.9% 2025 up 4.9% 36th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 34.7% 2025 up 3.2% 114th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 76.0% 2025 up 8.0% 29th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.8% 2025 up 4.1% 73rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 77.8% 2025 up 6.1% 38th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 54.6% 2025 up 1.7% 85th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 82.5% 2025 up 5.4% 42nd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 62.5% 2025 up 1.2% 48th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 83.1% 2025 up 0.6% 67th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 88.7% 2025 up 1.2% 45th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 24.6% 2025 up 1.5% 48th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 85.6% 2025 up 3.3% 40th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.1% 2025 down 88.1% 179th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 down 91.4% 176th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.1% 2025 down 89.8% 173rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 15.2% 2025 up 3.1% 47th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 33.7% 2025 up 1.7% 35th Employment in services (% of total employment) 72.7% 2025 up 1.1% 47th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 14.4% 2025 down 15.9% 147th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 17.5% 2025 down 19.5% 145th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 11.3% 2025 down 8.5% 142nd Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.8% 2025 down 1.6% 45th Employers, male (% of male employment) 6.6% 2025 down 6.3% 40th Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.0% 2025 up 14.5% 45th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 20.8% 2025 down 38.9% 59th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 19.7% 2025 down 33.6% 42nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 20.2% 2025 down 36.4% 49th GDP per person employed 89,377 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 9.7% 42nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 51.6% 77th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.6% 2025 down 53.9% 78th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.5% 2025 down 48.7% 83rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.7% 2025 up 3.8% 92nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 63.5% 2025 down 0.8% 155th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 59.4% 2025 up 1.6% 124th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.3% 2025 down 2.0% 101st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 37.0% 2025 up 7.9% 128th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 87.7% 2025 up 4.7% 47th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 34.7% 2025 up 3.2% 112th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.5% 2025 down 38.7% 42nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 17.6% 2025 down 40.6% 43rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 21.6% 2025 down 36.6% 50th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 7.5% 2025 down 37.4% 169th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 8.1% 2025 down 21.8% 159th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 7.8% 2025 down 30.0% 165th Productivity: output per hour worked 42.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 4.5% 44th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 10.9% 2025 down 25.7% 153rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 26.2% 2025 up 20.4% 109th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 29.2% 2025 up 21.0% 139th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 27.7% 2025 up 20.8% 119th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 9.7% 2025 down 21.6% 150th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 51.1% 2025 up 8.9% 84th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 58.5% 2025 up 4.0% 141st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 54.6% 2025 up 6.4% 117th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 8.4% 2025 down 14.6% 147th Unemployment with basic education 6.4% 2025 down 51.9% 68th Unemployment with basic education, male 5.6% 2025 down 57.3% 69th Page 1 of 2 Next →