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Portugal Unemployment Rate
Last Release
Sep 30, 2024
Actual
6.4
Units In
%
Previous
6.4
Frequency
Quarterly
Next Release
Nov 29, 2024
Time to Release
28 Days 12 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
18.5 Mar 2013 | 3.7 Jun 2000 | 7.7 % | 1983-2024 | Statistics Portugal |
In Portugal, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Latest Updates
The unemployment rate in Portugal remained unchanged at 6.4% in September 2024, the same as in August, but slightly below 6.6% a year earlier. There were 351.9K unemployed persons, 1.7% higher than in August and the number of employed persons increased 1.6% to 5.107 million. Meanwhile, those considered inactive were down 0.3% to 2.477 million.
Portugal Unemployment Rate History
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