Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2023, Portugal's employment increased by 115.8% compared to 2022, reaching 247k.

Portugal accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 11,151k.

Portugal ranks 8th 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 163.4% (from 94k in 2018).

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