Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2025, Portugal's employment decreased by 1.7% compared to 2024, reaching 34k.

Portugal accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 7,143k.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.8% (from 29k in 2020).

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