PT · 2021 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Portugal, 2021
Youth unemployment rate by sex
46.8
Portugal, 2021
▲ 4.5% vs 2020 (44.8)
Analysis
In 2021, Portugal's youth unemployment rate by sex increased by 4.5% compared to 2020, reaching 46.8.
Portugal accounts for 140.1% of the EU-27 total of 33.4.
Portugal ranks 5th 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 15.8% (from 55.6 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
140.1%
EU-27: 33.4
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140