Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2019, Portugal's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 1.9% compared to 2018, reaching 116.4.

Portugal accounts for 99.3% of the EU-27 total of 117.2.

Portugal ranks 14th 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 34.4% (from 86.6 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.