PT · 2016 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Portugal, 2016

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
57.7
Portugal, 2016
▲ 2.1% vs 2015 (56.5)
Analysis

In 2016, Portugal's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) increased by 2.1% compared to 2015, reaching 57.7.

Portugal accounts for 95.5% of the EU-27 total of 60.4.

Portugal ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.1% (from 60.8 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
95.5%
EU-27: 60.4
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025