Portugal Employment Change

Employment in Portugal decreased by 0.3 percent from the previous period in the second quarter of 2018. It was the first decline in employment since the third quarter of 2015. Employment Change in Portugal averaged 0.09 percent from 1995 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1.20 percent in the third quarter of 1997 and a record low of -3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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Portugal Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.70	6.70	17.50	3.70	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	4821.90	4826.40	5007.40	4215.20	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	340.10	345.40	927.70	174.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	505.00	507.30	678.90	505.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	4397.70	4366.80	4516.50	3725.70	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	55.40	55.10	59.20	48.80	percent	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	59.40	59.00	62.50	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.10	3.70	9.40	1.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.60	19.50	41.30	11.10	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	103.20	95.50	112.50	63.20	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	12064.00	10411.00	17645.00	1083.00		[+]
Wages	1148.29	1144.61	1148.29	809.34	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	3.40	6.00	7.80	-10.10	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	103.36	119.98	140.15	85.38	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	676.67	676.67	676.67	356.72	EUR/Month	[+]
Population	10.29	10.31	10.57	8.62	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.33	66.25	66.33	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.33	66.25	66.33	65.00		[+]
Unemployment Change	7560.00	-1808.00	35638.00	-31613.00		[+]
Wages Low Skilled	659.00	626.00	687.00	626.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	1430.00	1340.00	1430.00	1340.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Productivity	101.80	98.80	111.50	78.00	Index points	[+]
Living Wage Family	990.00	960.00	990.00	800.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	670.00	650.00	670.00	505.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Employment Change	-0.30	1.00	1.20	-3.00	percent	[+]

In Portugal, employment change refers to the quarterly change in the number of persons who work for pay or profit, or perform unpaid family work. Estimates include both full-time and part-time employment. This page provides - Portugal Employment Change- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Portugal Employment Change - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-0.30	1.00	1.20	-3.00	1995 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	32800.00	Oct/18	7800	99100	-75000	Persons	Monthly
Canada	11.20	Oct/18	63.3	94	-125	Thousand	Monthly
Euro Area	0.20	Sep/18	0.4	0.8	-0.7	%	Quarterly
France	0.10	Jun/18	0.2	0.7	-0.5	%	Quarterly
Germany	0.20	Jun/18	0.5	1	-0.8	%	Quarterly
Italy	0.50	Jun/18	0.2	1.1	-0.9	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	0.50	Jun/18	0.7	1.2	-0.9	%	Quarterly
Singapore	17.70	Sep/18	7	73.2	-26	Thousands Person	Quarterly
Spain	0.70	Jun/18	0.4	1.8	-2.3	%	Quarterly
Switzerland	0.30	Jun/18	0.3	1.2	-0.6	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	23.00	Aug/18	-5	307	-279	Thousand	Monthly