Work & Labour in Portugal 1,071 indicators covering work & labour for Portugal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment rate of men vs. women 5.8% 2025 down 52.3% 76th Female unemployment rate 6.5% 2025 down 48.4% 80th Share of male vs. female employment in industry 33.7% 2025 up 1.7% 35th Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 3.8% 2025 down 26.0% 148th Share of male vs. female employment in services 62.5% 2025 up 1.2% 48th Employment rate, men vs. women 58.5% 2025 up 4.0% 141st Employment rate 54.6% 2025 up 6.4% 117th Youth unemployment rate 20.2% 2025 down 36.4% 49th Population by labor force status 1.32 million people 2025 down 10.7% 114th Employee compensation as share of government spending 21.1% 2023 down 2.2% 93rd CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 22.52 2025 up 4.4% 107th LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 700.74 2025 down 46.0% 30th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 280.04 Persons 2022 up 1.0% 49th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 335.74 Persons 2022 up 15.8% 56th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 1.0% 2020 down 38.5% 69th Female labor force by age 100,938 people 2024 up 12.2% 67th Labor force participation rate by age 34.7% 2024 up 0.9% 118th Female labor force participation rate by age 33.1% 2024 down 2.7% 98th Jobs gap 532.69 2024 down 53.4% 31st Jobs gap rate 9.4 2024 down 53.7% 42nd Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 181.54 2024 down 56.6% 37th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 3.2 2024 down 56.8% 46th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 21.8% 2024 down 37.2% 42nd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.001 units per square kilometre 2023 down 41.4% 138th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0025 units per square kilometre 2023 down 44.0% 67th Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 1.84 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% 69th Employment by status 85.5% 2024 up 4.8% 40th Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 85.5% 2024 up 4.8% 40th Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.0097 units per square kilometre 2023 up 56.7% 123rd Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.0097 units per square kilometre 2023 up 56.7% 123rd Employment 5,275 2025 up 15.8% 63rd Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 1.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,729.0% 37th Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,729.0% 37th Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,729.0% 37th Cases of fatal occupational injury 120 2024 down 25.0% 39th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 2.0% 2025 up 576.7% 76th Unemployment with basic education 6.4% 2025 down 51.9% 70th Unemployment with basic education, male 5.6% 2025 down 57.3% 71st Unemployment with intermediate education 6.7% 2025 down 51.4% 53rd Unemployment with basic education, female 7.5% 2025 down 44.3% 67th Unemployment with advanced education 4.4% 2025 down 51.4% 68th Unemployment with intermediate education, female 7.4% 2025 down 51.5% 62nd SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.51 2024 down 48.0% 152nd Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.51 score 2024 down 48.0% 153rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 7.0% 2025 down 37.1% 110th Unemployment with intermediate education, male 6.1% 2025 down 50.7% 46th Labor force with basic education, female 34.7% 2025 down 23.8% 66th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 7.0% 2025 down 42.1% 111th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 7.1% 2025 down 31.5% 110th Labor force with basic education, male 48.4% 2025 down 18.2% 88th Labor force with basic education 41.6% 2025 down 20.7% 81st Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 72.3% 2025 down 1.7% 7th Labor force with intermediate education, male 77.9% 2025 up 2.6% 39th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 75.1% 2025 up 0.6% 14th Unemployment with advanced education, male 4.1% 2025 down 51.6% 62nd Labor force with advanced education, male 84.2% 2025 up 1.9% 50th Labor force with advanced education 83.4% 2025 up 1.2% 21st Labor force with advanced education, female 82.9% 2025 up 0.8% 11th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 52.1% 2025 up 11.2% 79th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 60.0% 2025 up 6.7% 133rd ← Previous Page 4 of 18 Next →