PT · 2022 · lfsa_egan

Employment — foreign citizens (any)

Portugal, 2022

Employment — foreign citizens (any)
139k
Portugal, 2022
▲ 88.3% vs 2021 (74k)
Analysis

In 2022, Portugal's employment increased by 88.3% compared to 2021, reaching 139k.

Portugal accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 16,782k.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.5% (from 109k in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#14 of 25
% of EU-27 total · 2022
0.8%
EU-27: 16,782k
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025