Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Portugal's employment increased by 29.7% compared to 2024, reaching 342k.

Portugal accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

Portugal ranks 7th 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 176.5% (from 124k in 2020).

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