PT · 2019 · lfsa_ergan

Employment rates by citizenship

Portugal, 2019

Employment rates by citizenship
73.5%
Portugal, 2019
▲ 1.2% vs 2018 (72.6%)
Analysis

In 2019, Portugal's employment rates by citizenship increased by 1.2% compared to 2018, reaching 73.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 73.8%.

Portugal ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.9% (from 65.7% in 2014).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
99.6%
EU-27: 73.8%
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
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