Work & Labour in Portugal 1,071 indicators covering work & labour for Portugal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Working-age population 9,288 2025 up 5.9% 24th Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 15.36 2025 down 41.8% 14th Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 8.93 2025 down 40.2% 8th Labour force participation rate 60.34 2025 up 2.9% 32nd Labour force 5,604 2025 up 9.0% 25th Persons outside the labour force 3,684 2025 up 1.5% 25th Employment-to-population ratio 54.57 2025 up 14.3% 35th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 9.56 2025 down 48.5% 10th Employment by permanency of the job 72.52 Persons 1997 up 36.4% 4th Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 10,883 Thousand persons 2026 up 5.2% 15th Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 213.07 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 down 17.5% 14th Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 91.33 Index, 2020=100 2025 down 17.5% 29th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 15.85 2025 down 5.8% 15th Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 308 Thousand persons 2026 down 42.0% 19th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization for persons ages 25 to 14.15 2020 up 11.9% 16th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 327.69 2025 down 49.2% 29th Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 55.76 2025 up 8.8% 44th Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 5,270 2025 up 15.7% 22nd Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3,854 2025 up 4.4% 26th Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 59.22 2025 up 1.3% 45th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 2.66 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 20.1% 12th Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 5,597 2025 up 7.6% 23rd Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 16.2 2022 down 63.5% 20th Number of labour inspection visits 46,483 2022 down 15.4% 22nd Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 110.86 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 6.0% 12th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.346 2025 down 6.7% 19th Median monthly earnings of employees 1,621 2025 up 46.1% 44th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 26.9% 2020 up 25.3% 17th Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 310,830 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 5.4% 4th Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 310,830 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 5.4% 4th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 310,830 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 5.4% 4th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 4,519 Persons 2025 up 21.7% 16th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -19.97 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 up 7.4% 31st Number of labour inspectors 464 2022 up 18.7% 23rd Average weekly hours actually worked per person in in a STEM 33.54 2025 down 8.5% 53rd Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation 33.46 2025 down 9.0% 54th Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 10,804 Thousand persons 2025 up 4.1% 15th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 5,291 Persons 2025 up 16.2% 16th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 9.14 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 down 46.0% 9th Trade union density rate 15.29 2016 down 27.9% 50th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 7.02 2025 down 37.1% 54th Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 34.71 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 down 25.2% 21st Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 11 Euro 2025 up 103.7% 29th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 77.04 2025 down 37.5% 36th Labour inspection visits per inspector 100.2 2022 down 28.7% 32nd Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social 2.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2012 down 6.9% 22nd Agricultural family labour force by age, sex of farm manager and NUTS 8.29 billion Euro 2023 up 83.8% 9th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 32,322 Euro 2025 up 59.0% 28th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 10.28 million Thousand hours worked 2025 up 19.8% 13th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 19.4 2025 up 42.6% 40th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 7.94 2025 down 52.7% 36th Average monthly earnings of care employees 1,274 2025 up 47.3% 40th Average monthly earnings of care employees 1,274 2025 up 47.3% 40th [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 62.3% 2022 up 48.7% 19th SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 3 2025 unchanged 1st Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 3 score 2025 unchanged 1st LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 11.64 2023 down 55.1% 12th Time-related underemployment 63.94 2023 down 59.5% 21st Time-related underemployment rate 1.33 2023 down 66.3% 24th Employment by detailed industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 10.09 million Thousand hours worked 2024 up 19.8% 12th ← Previous Page 9 of 18 Next →