Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023)

In 2021, Portugal's employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) increased by 37.8% compared to 2020, reaching 390,516.

Portugal accounts for 4.4% of the EU-27 total of 8,920,000.

Portugal ranks 9th 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 61.9% (from 241,153 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset env_ac_egss1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.