Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2008, Portugal's employment increased by 1.7% compared to 2007, reaching 31k.

Portugal accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 4,533k.

Portugal ranks 12th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.6% (from 28k in 2003).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.