PT · 2017 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Portugal, 2017
Unemployment rate by sex
18.4
Portugal, 2017
▼ 20.0% vs 2016 (23.0)
Analysis
In 2017, Portugal's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 20.0% compared to 2016, reaching 18.4.
Portugal accounts for 110.8% of the EU-27 total of 16.6.
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 fallen by 44.6% (from 33.2 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#7 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
110.8%
EU-27: 16.6
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120