People living in households with very low work intensity by sex

In 2025, Portugal's people living in households with very low work intensity by sex increased by 2.1% compared to 2024, reaching 9.80.

Portugal accounts for 62.0% of the EU-27 total of 15.8.

Portugal ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.0% (from 10.0 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm430, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.