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Unemployment rate in Portugal

How hard is it to have a job there?

Portugal's unemployment rate is 6.16 % — #77 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

6.16%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Portugal over time

16.24 %10.02 %3.81 %16.24 % · 20133.81 % · 20002000: 3.81 %2001: 3.83 %2002: 4.50 %2003: 6.13 %2004: 6.32 %2005: 7.58 %2006: 7.65 %2007: 7.96 %2008: 7.55 %2009: 9.43 %2010: 10.77 %2011: 12.71 %2012: 15.51 %2013: 16.24 %2014: 13.88 %2015: 12.40 %2016: 11.06 %2017: 8.88 %2018: 6.97 %2019: 6.42 %2020: 6.85 %2021: 6.71 %2022: 6.14 %2023: 6.50 %2024: 6.50 %2025: 6.16 %2000201220256.16 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#77 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
38 %
47 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.34 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
10.07 pp
peak 16.24 % in 2013
Full series
▲ 2.36 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #23 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +0.91 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Portugal: ahead of 38 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentPortugal 6.16 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Portugal is ahead of 38 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Portugal
75 Puerto Rico5.99 %−0.17 pp
76 Romania5.99 %−0.17 pp
77 Portugal6.16 %—
78 Luxembourg6.34 %+0.18 pp
79 Italy6.39 %+0.23 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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