Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2021, Portugal's employment decreased by 25.1% compared to 2020, reaching 22k.

Portugal accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 6,286k.

Portugal ranks 15th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.3% (from 23k in 2016).

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