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 ← Previous Page 12 of 18 Next →