Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2025, Portugal's employment rates of recent graduates increased by 3.1% compared to 2024, reaching 82.2.

Portugal accounts for 99.0% of the EU-27 total of 83.0.

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 grown by 8.2% (from 76.0 in 2020).

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