PT · 2017 · lfsa_egan

Employment — national citizens

Portugal, 2017

Employment — national citizens
4,416k
Portugal, 2017
▲ 3.4% vs 2016 (4,272k)
Analysis

In 2017, Portugal's employment increased by 3.4% compared to 2016, reaching 4,416k.

Portugal accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 176,807k.

Portugal ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.9% (from 4,130k in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
2.5%
EU-27: 176,807k
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
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