Work & Labour in Portugal 1,071 indicators covering work & labour for Portugal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employment by educational attainment level - quarterly data 48 Thousand persons 2020 down 71.4% 21st Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 19th ICLS 4.7% 2024 down 34.3% 24th Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 139 Thousand persons 2020 down 66.7% 11th Employment by educational attainment level - annual data 53 Thousand persons 2020 down 70.7% 21st Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 117 Thousand persons 2020 down 61.9% 14th Accidents at work of employees by sex and severity 103,338 Number 2024 down 10.6% 7th Job vacancy statistics by occupation and NUTS 1 region (OJA) 4,181 Thousand 2024 up 5.2% 10th Domestic employment in exports - EU country perspective 1.25 million Persons 2024 up 17.0% 16th Domestic employment in foreign final use by industry of origin 1.25 million Persons 2024 up 17.0% 16th Domestic employment in final use by final producer industry 5.28 million Persons 2024 up 16.7% 12th Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 19th ICLS 10.0% 2024 down 54.0% 10th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by working time and NACE Rev. 2 17.6% 2024 down 30.4% 3rd Employment in Foreign Controlled Enterprises 15.5% 2023 up 32.1% 28th Enterprises that employ ICT specialists by NACE Rev.2 activity 15.5% 2024 down 1.2% 19th Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during 398 Thousand persons 2026 down 13.5% 14th Domestic employment in exports - EU perspective 9,290 Persons 2024 down 4.5% 16th Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 65.6% 2026 up 6.7% 17th Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job 136 Thousand persons 2026 up 5.4% 18th Distribution by occupation (ISCO-08) of the labour market demand for 1.6% 2026 down 20.0% 35th Employed HRST by category, NACE Rev. 1.1 activity and NUTS 1 region 1,108 Thousand 2008 up 42.9% 22nd Persons subject to EU Blue Card decisions by length of validity 1 Person 2024 unchanged 29th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 5,018 Thousand persons 2008 up 3.3% 12th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 5,018 Thousand persons 2008 up 3.3% 12th Persons subject to EU Blue Card decisions by length of validity, age 1 Person 2024 unchanged 29th Unemployment rates by sex, age and other typologies 6.8% 2025 down 46.5% 10th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 91 Thousand persons 2020 down 28.9% 18th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 100 Thousand persons 2020 down 24.2% 16th Unemployment by sex, age and other typologies 183.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 45.7% 9th Employment in Foreign Affiliates of Domestic Enterprises 5.45 2023 up 4.6% 16th Employment in the environmental goods and services sector 202,570 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2022 up 128.9% 10th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 64 Thousand persons 2025 — 18th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment rates by 76 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 up 2.4% 10th Labour force participation rates by migration status, citizenship and 68.6% 2025 — 20th Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 64.4% 2025 — 21st Employed persons by migration status, occupation and educational 5,245 Thousand persons 2025 — 12th Employed persons by migration status, professional status and 5,245 Thousand persons 2025 — 12th Employees by migration status and employment contract 4,468 Thousand persons 2025 — 12th Unemployment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 6.0% 2025 — 21st Services by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, H-N, S95) 34,237 2020 up 41.7% 15th Employment by educational attainment level - annual data 36 Thousand persons 2025 — 20th Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) 215,033 2020 down 14.5% 13th Construction by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, F) 92,328 2020 down 12.5% 17th Supplementary indicators to unemployment - quarterly data 167 Thousand persons 2020 up 65.3% 15th Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during 536 Thousand persons 2025 — 14th Industry by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, B-E) 1,023 2020 down 22.7% 9th Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 154 Thousand persons 2020 up 58.8% 16th Private households by migration status, labour status and household 4,562 Thousand households 2025 — 14th Actual hours worked in the main job - index (2006 = 100) - quarterly 87.3 Index, 2006=100 2020 down 6.0% 38th Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job 135 Thousand persons 2025 — 18th Persons employed in multinational enterprise groups by size class 1 Millions of persons employed 2024 up 11.1% 15th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 126.4 Thousand 2020 up 95.4% 17th Employer business demography by legal form and NACE Rev. 2 activity 383,945 2020 up 4.3% 10th Employer business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity 383,945 2020 up 4.3% 10th Structure of earnings survey - hourly earnings 2.83 million 2022 up 20.6% 17th Structure of earnings survey - monthly earnings 1,437 2022 up 16.7% 29th Employment in principal railway enterprises, by type of railway 6,509 Number 2012 down 39.0% 31st Persons employed in principal railway enterprises by sex 6,509 Number 2012 down 39.0% 31st Labour force: number of persons and farm work (AWU) by sex of worker 338,040 Annual working unit (AWU) 2007 down 35.0% 7th Labour force: number of persons and farm work (AWU) by sex of worker 338,040 Annual working unit (AWU) 2007 down 35.0% 7th Employed HRST with tertiary education by age, field of education and 1,286 Thousand 2013 up 95.7% 20th ← Previous Page 17 of 18 Next →