Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2024, Portugal's employment increased by 9.3% compared to 2023, reaching 298k.

Portugal accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 19,221k.

Portugal ranks 11th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 86.1% (from 160k in 2019).

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