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Portugal: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

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Country: Portugal Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) Year: 2025

Country overview

Portugal

Current reading for Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

Latest value

4.90 Percent of people aged 0 to 64

European ranking

23 / 30

Compared with Europe

-2.4 puntos

Portugal is 2.4 points below the European average.

EU: 7.30

Affected population

≈ 0.53 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 4.90 Percent of people aged 0 to 64 Europe benchmark: 7.05 Percent of people aged 0 to 64

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Região Autónoma da Madeira

    +42.90

    7.00

  2. 2

    Região Autónoma da Madeira

    +26.50

    6.20

  3. 3

    Região Autónoma dos Açores

    +12.20

    5.50

  4. 4

    Norte

    +2.00

    5.00

  5. 5

    Centro (PT)

    +2.00

    5.00

  6. 6

    Área Metropolitana de Lisboa

    -8.20

    4.50

  7. 7

    Alentejo

    -16.30

    4.10

  8. 8

    Região Autónoma dos Açores

    -18.40

    4.00

  9. 9

    Algarve

    -32.70

    3.30

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Portugal performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Portugal

In Portugal, Low work intensity is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.9% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 2.2 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Portugal, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.00% in 2020 to 4.90% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 4.80% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Portugal

In Portugal, Low work intensity shows noticeable regional variation. Across 9 comparable regions, Região Autónoma da Madeira records the highest value (7%) and Algarve the lowest (3.3%), a gap of 3.7 percentage points.