Portugal Employment Rate
The share of people aged 15-64 who are actually in work, regardless of whether others are looking.
74.9%
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Q1 2009 to Q2 2026
Source: FRED series LREM64TTPTQ156S · OECD, ages 15-64, seasonally adjusted, quarterly.
Portugal Employment Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Portugal, the employment rate rose by 1.3pp over the year to Q2 2026, from 73.6% in Q2 2025.
That is the highest reading in a record that starts in Q1 2009.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 69.7% in Q2 2021 to 74.9% in Q2 2026.
Its average since Q1 2009 is 66.6%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- OECD via FRED
- Series
- LREM64TTPTQ156S
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Q2 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
The OECD series has a break in 2009 (both rates step down together that quarter), so it is shown from 2009.
Data refreshed 2026-10-07. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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