Portugal — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1953–2030 · 78 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
In Portugal, the unemployment rate reading was 6% in 2025, compared with 6.47% in 2024. The period change was −0.47 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 7.34%.
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- Annual data, 1953–2030
- Quarterly data, 1960–2026
- Monthly data, 1983–2026
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Latest observations
2015–2030
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2030 | 6.19 % |
| 2029 | 6.19 % |
| 2028 | 6.19 % |
| 2027 | 5.8 % |
| 2026 | 6.23 % |
11 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2025 | 6 % |
| 2024 | 6.47 % |
| 2023 | 6.58 % |
| 2022 | 6.19 % |
| 2021 | 6.72 % |
| 2020 | 7.1 % |
| 2019 | 6.63 % |
| 2018 | 7.18 % |
| 2017 | 9.24 % |
| 2016 | 11.3 % |
| 2015 | 12.9 % |