PT · 2021 · tepsr_wc110

Employment rate by age

Portugal, 2021

Employment rate by age
46.0
Portugal, 2021
▼ 2.5% vs 2020 (47.2)
Analysis

In 2021, Portugal's employment rate by age decreased by 2.5% compared to 2020, reaching 46.0.

Portugal accounts for 70.6% of the EU-27 total of 65.2.

Portugal ranks 21st 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 4.2% (from 48.0 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
70.6%
EU-27: 65.2
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025