PT · 2022 · lfsa_ergaed

Employment rates by educational attainment level

Portugal, 2022

Employment rates by educational attainment level
90.8%
Portugal, 2022
▲ 1.3% vs 2021 (89.6%)
Analysis

In 2022, Portugal's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 1.3% compared to 2021, reaching 90.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 87.4%.

Portugal ranks 5th 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 4.5% (from 86.9% in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
103.9%
EU-27: 87.4%
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025