Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2024, Portugal's employment rates by educational attainment level decreased by 0.2% compared to 2023, reaching 90.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 87.8%.

Portugal ranks 7th 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 2.4% (from 88.6% in 2019).

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