Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2010, Portugal's employment decreased by 4.9% compared to 2009, reaching 193k.

Portugal accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 11,531k.

Portugal ranks 11th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 21.0% (from 160k in 2005).

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