Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2024, Portugal's employment increased by 6.6% compared to 2023, reaching 264k.

Portugal accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 12,089k.

Portugal ranks 8th 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 103.9% (from 129k in 2019).

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