PT · 2018 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Portugal, 2018
Unemployment rate by sex
14.4
Portugal, 2018
▼ 21.7% vs 2017 (18.4)
Analysis
In 2018, Portugal's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 21.7% compared to 2017, reaching 14.4.
Portugal accounts for 97.3% of the EU-27 total of 14.8.
Portugal ranks 9th 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 58.1% (from 34.4 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
97.3%
EU-27: 14.8
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120