Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2023, Portugal's employment increased by 6.7% compared to 2022, reaching 26k.

Portugal accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 7,011k.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.5% (from 30k in 2018).

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