PT · 2016 · lfsa_ergaed

Employment rates by educational attainment level

Portugal, 2016

Employment rates by educational attainment level
85.1%
Portugal, 2016
▲ 1.6% vs 2015 (83.8%)
Analysis

In 2016, Portugal's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 1.6% compared to 2015, reaching 85.1%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 84.7%.

Portugal ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.8% (from 83.6% in 2011).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
100.5%
EU-27: 84.7%
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025