Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2024, Portugal's employment increased by 35.5% compared to 2023, reaching 35k.

Portugal accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 7,099k.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.9% (from 31k in 2019).

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