Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2020, Portugal's employment decreased by 4.3% compared to 2019, reaching 124k.

Portugal accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 8,669k.

Portugal ranks 10th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 52.4% (from 81k in 2015).

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