Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2021, Portugal's employment decreased by 51.7% compared to 2020, reaching 74k.

Portugal accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 15,122k.

Portugal ranks 18th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 30.8% (from 106k in 2016).

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