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Portugal unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Sep 2024
Next release
Forecast
Highest
18.30% on Jan 31, 2013
Lowest
5.00% on Nov 30, 2000

About Portugal unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
In Portugal, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Portugal unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Portugal unemployment rate is 5.00%.
The highest figure Portugal unemployment rate has ever reached is 18.30%.
Last month Portugal unemployment rate was 6.40%, and the month before that it amounted to 6.40%.