Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, Portugal's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 9.7% compared to 2024, reaching 19.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.2%.

Portugal ranks 8th 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 12.9% (from 22.4% in 2020).

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