Work & Labour in Portugal

1,071 indicators covering work & labour for Portugal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employed persons by citizenship 5,245 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.9% 14th
Employed persons by job tenure 5,245 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.9% 14th
Self-employed persons by citizenship 751.5 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.3% 15th
Self-employed persons by country of birth 751.5 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.3% 15th
Unemployment rates by citizenship 6.0% 2025 down 52.4% 22nd
Unemployment rates by country of birth 6.0% 2025 down 52.4% 22nd
Unemployed persons by citizenship 337.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 47.8% 16th
Persons outside the labour force by citizenship 2,557 Thousand persons 2025 down 5.4% 15th
Unemployed persons by country of birth and degree of urbanisation 337.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 47.8% 16th
Unemployment rates by country of birth and degree of urbanisation 6.0% 2025 down 52.4% 22nd
Unemployed persons by citizenship and degree of urbanisation 337.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 47.8% 16th
Unemployment rates by citizenship and degree of urbanisation 6.0% 2025 down 52.4% 22nd
Persons in part-time employment by educational attainment level 354.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 16.7% 21st
Persons in part-time employment by educational attainment level 354.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 16.7% 21st
Persons in part-time employment by citizenship - % of total employment 7.9% 2025 down 31.9% 29th
Persons in part-time employment by country of birth - % of total 7.9% 2025 down 31.9% 29th
Temporary employees by citizenship - % of total employees 15.1% 2025 down 31.4% 10th
Temporary employees by country of birth - % of total employees 15.1% 2025 down 31.4% 10th
Temporary employees by educational attainment level, country of birth 658.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 18.4% 12th
Temporary employees by educational attainment level, citizenship and 658.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 18.4% 12th
Youth employment rate by country of birth 6.1% 2025 up 5.2% 28th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 339 2023 up 194.8% 13th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 3.25 2023 up 195.5% 6th
Average monthly earnings of employees 1,262 2025 up 52.9% 34th
Care employment 1,135 2025 up 19.3% 13th
Employed persons by professional status and job tenure 11.9 Year 2025 down 5.6% 6th
Newly employed by professional status and citizenship - % of persons 13.9% 2025 down 6.1% 20th
Newly employed by professional status and country of birth - % of 13.9% 2025 down 6.1% 20th
Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 1,833 Million euro 2024 down 27.9% 17th
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by citizenship 36.8% 2025 down 35.9% 12th
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by country of 36.8% 2025 down 35.9% 12th
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 89.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 21.5% 15th
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 89.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 21.5% 15th
Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 2,494 2023 down 10.3% 15th
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 2.33 2025 down 63.6% 43rd
Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 117.99 2025 down 55.9% 33rd
Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2.33 2025 down 63.6% 43rd
Informal employment rate 2.33 2025 down 63.6% 43rd
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 91.91 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2024 up 3.6% 4th
Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 208.24 2025 down 44.6% 25th
Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 4.11 2025 down 54.2% 34th
Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 33.7% 2025 down 25.6% 14th
Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 11.28 2025 up 56.6% 32nd
Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 11.28 2025 up 56.6% 32nd
Monthly minimum wages - bi-annual data 1,073 2026 up 73.6% 19th
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 87.61 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 up 1.5% 5th
Early leavers from education and training by labour status 6.1% 2025 down 54.8% 29th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 220.61 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 21.6% 10th
Labour input in construction - annual data 113 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 16.7% 15th
Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 12.4% 2025 up 57.0% 19th
Informal employment, female 5.1% 2024 up 5.8% 24th
Informal employment, male 5.3% 2024 down 20.7% 29th
Informal employment 5.2% 2024 down 9.6% 29th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 98.88 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 up 4.1% 14th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 9.56 2025 down 48.5% 11th
Unemployment rate 9.56 2025 down 48.5% 11th
Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - annual data 109.7 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 17.2% 8th
Fatal occupational injury rates 2.69 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 25.9% 39th
Informal employment 12.6% 2024 down 54.2% 32nd