PT · 2021 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Portugal, 2021
Unemployment rate by sex
13.4
Portugal, 2021
▼ 5.6% vs 2020 (14.2)
Analysis
In 2021, Portugal's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 5.6% compared to 2020, reaching 13.4.
Portugal accounts for 94.4% of the EU-27 total of 14.2.
Portugal ranks 12th 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 41.7% (from 23.0 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
94.4%
EU-27: 14.2
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120