Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2025, Portugal's employment increased by 26.1% compared to 2024, reaching 376k.

Portugal accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 19,955k.

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 146.8% (from 152k in 2020).

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