PT · 2018 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Portugal, 2018
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
7.2%
Portugal, 2018
▼ 21.7% vs 2017 (9.2%)
Analysis
In 2018, Portugal's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 21.7% compared to 2017, reaching 7.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.4%.
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 17.2% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
97.3%
EU-27: 7.4%
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a