PT · 2021 · tesem070
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
Portugal, 2021
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
58.8
Portugal, 2021
▼ 0.7% vs 2020 (59.2)
Analysis
In 2021, Portugal's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 0.7% compared to 2020, reaching 58.8.
Portugal accounts for 93.6% of the EU-27 total of 62.8.
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 grown by 1.9% (from 57.7 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
93.6%
EU-27: 62.8
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem070