Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2024, Portugal's employment (15-64, all citizenships) increased by 1.2% compared to 2023, reaching 4,882k.

Portugal accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 200,748k.

Portugal ranks 11th 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 4.7% (from 4,664k in 2019).

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