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Portugal: Unemployment rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Portugal

Latest value

· 2025

6.00% of labour force

EU 6.25 · -0.2 pp vs Europe

European ranking

18 / 34

Down 4 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

10.7M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

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· 2025 · 9 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Península de Setúbal

    +33.33

    8.00

  2. 2

    Grande Lisboa

    +6.67

    6.40

  3. 3

    Norte

    +5.00

    6.30

  4. 4

    Algarve

    -5.00

    5.70

  5. 5

    Alentejo

    -8.33

    5.50

  6. 6

    Região Autónoma da Madeira

    -10.00

    5.40

  7. 7

    Oeste e Vale do Tejo

    -13.33

    5.20

  8. 8

    Centro (PT)

    -16.67

    5.00

  9. 9

    Região Autónoma dos Açores

    -18.33

    4.90

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Portugal performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Portugal

In Portugal, Unemployment rate is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 6.0% versus 6.3% in 2025, a gap of 0.3 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Portugal, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 7.10% in 2020 to 6.00% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 6.50% in 2024 to 6.00% in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Portugal

In Portugal, Unemployment rate shows noticeable regional variation. Across 9 comparable regions, Península de Setúbal records the highest value (8%) and Região Autónoma dos Açores the lowest (4.9%), a gap of 3.1 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Portugal, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.