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)
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