PT · 2021 · tesem040

Overall employment growth

Portugal, 2021

Overall employment growth
2.80
Portugal, 2021
Analysis

In 2021, Portugal's overall employment growth stood at 2.80.

Portugal accounts for 87.5% of the EU-27 total of 3.20.

Portugal ranks 16th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.2% (from 3.60 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#16 of 25
% of EU-27 total · 2021
87.5%
EU-27: 3.20
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2006 2025