Work & Labour in Portugal

1,071 indicators covering work & labour for Portugal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 4.3% 2024 down 43.5% 57th
Share of male workers in informal employment 4.3% 2024 down 43.5% 57th
Share of workers in informal employment 4.7% 2024 down 34.3% 56th
Share of female workers in informal employment 5.2% 2024 down 24.0% 56th
Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 4.7% 2024 down 34.3% 56th
LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 12.24 2025 down 48.3% 39th
Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Employment 11.83 Years 2025 down 6.1% 3rd
Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 2.12 million Persons 2026 up 5.3% 26th
Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 4.7% 2024 down 34.3% 65th
Workers in the reference group 4,812 2021 up 27.0% 29th
Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total 10,275 Hours 2025 up 19.8% 9th
Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 5.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 35.3% 2nd
Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 829.9 Persons 2024 up 16.4% 17th
Gender wage gap 7.69 2025 down 1.4% 34th
Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 32.6 2020 down 11.6% 58th
Part-time employment - Regions 427,700 Persons 2025 down 25.1% 19th
Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,135 2025 up 19.3% 27th
Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 0 National currency 2025 up 100.0% 3rd
Dentists — Health and social employment 1.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 40.9% 11th
Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 383,945 2020 up 4.3% 7th
Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.07 Factor of decile 1 2024 down 30.6% 38th
Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 5,270 2025 up 15.8% 34th
Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 2,476 National currency 2025 up 287.3% 17th
Employees 4,474 2025 up 20.6% 28th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 7.2% 2024 down 23.9% 34th
Gender wage gap 7.2% 2024 down 23.9% 34th
Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 7.2% 2024 down 23.9% 34th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 7.2% 2024 down 23.9% 34th
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 7.2% 2024 down 23.9% 34th
LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 7.87 2020 down 31.0% 34th
Hospital employment 14.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 25.0% 17th
Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 384,031 2019 up 4.5% 6th
Gender wage gap 1.81 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2022 down 81.1% 35th
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 11.55 2020 up 2.0% 14th
Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 46.9% 5th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 37.27 2025 down 2.8% 57th
Annual working hours per person employed 1,865 Hours 2016 down 1.0% 11th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 36.79 2025 down 4.5% 61st
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 8.58 2025 up 61.3% 61st
Average hourly earnings of employees 8.58 2025 up 61.3% 49th
Average hourly earnings of employees 8.58 2025 up 61.3% 49th
Gini index of hourly earnings of employees 0.288 2025 down 9.4% 48th
Median hourly earnings of employees 6.67 2025 up 65.1% 49th
Median hourly earnings of employees 6.67 2025 up 65.1% 49th
Median hourly earnings of employees 6.67 2025 up 65.1% 49th
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 29.6 2025 down 7.1% 55th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 29.58 2025 down 7.6% 55th
Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 857.35 2025 up 63.9% 21st
Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 101.4 Index 2026 down 7.2% 24th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 95.9% 2024 up 5.3% 30th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 81.7% 2024 up 1.7% 36th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 5.86 2025 down 52.8% 34th
Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 5.86 2025 down 52.8% 34th
Unemployment rate 9.56 2025 down 48.5% 10th
Unemployment 536 2025 down 43.9% 18th
Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 923.33 2025 up 4.8% 27th
Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 58.1 2025 up 2.8% 14th
Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 665.83 2025 down 1.6% 34th
Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 781.49 2025 up 20.5% 29th
Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 49.18 2025 up 18.2% 20th