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)
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