PT · 2026 · teilm020

Unemployment rate by sex

Portugal, 2026

Unemployment rate by sex
17.2
Portugal, 2026
▼ 67.9% vs 2025 (53.6)
Analysis

In 2026, Portugal's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 67.9% compared to 2025, reaching 17.2.

Portugal accounts for 96.1% of the EU-27 total of 17.9.

Portugal ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Source: Eurostat dataset teilm020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2026
#13 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2026
96.1%
EU-27: 17.9
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2025 2026