Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2024, Portugal's employment rates of recent graduates decreased by 3.4% compared to 2023, reaching 79.7.

Portugal accounts for 96.8% of the EU-27 total of 82.3.

Portugal ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.0% (from 80.5 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00053, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.