Portugal Employment Change

Employment in Portugal increased 0.4 percent on quarter in the first quarter of 2019. Employment Change in Portugal averaged 0.10 percent from 1995 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 1.30 percent in the third quarter of 2014 and a record low of -3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Employment Change in Portugal is expected to be 0.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Change in Portugal to stand at 0.40 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Portugal Employment Change is projected to trend around 0.30 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Portugal Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.80	6.70	17.50	3.70	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	4850.80	4821.80	5007.40	4215.20	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	328.20	347.20	927.70	174.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	523.60	516.10	678.90	505.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	4356.60	4367.00	4516.50	3725.70	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	55.10	55.10	59.20	48.80	percent	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	59.10	59.10	62.50	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	2.70	2.70	9.40	1.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.70	17.20	41.40	11.10	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	96.70	112.00	112.50	63.20	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	13561.00	12089.00	17645.00	1083.00		[+]
Wages	1166.86	1150.62	1166.86	809.34	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	110.96	110.97	146.58	85.38	Index Points	[+]
Wage Growth	4.90	4.70	8.50	-10.10	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	700.00	676.67	700.00	356.72	EUR/Month	[+]
Population	10.29	10.31	10.57	8.62	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.42	66.33	66.42	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.42	66.33	66.42	65.00		[+]
Unemployment Change	-8926.00	-8070.00	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	99.60	100.40	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	0.40	0.50	1.30	-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 July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	0.40	0.50	1.30	-3.00	1995 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	471.00	Jun/19	45283	99144 : -74897	Persons
Canada	-2.20	Jun/19	27.7	106 : -125	Thousand
Euro Area	0.30	Mar/19	0.3	0.8 : -0.7	%
France	0.20	Mar/19	0.2	0.7 : -0.5	%
Germany	0.30	Mar/19	0.3	1 : -0.8	%
Italy	0.10	Mar/19	-0.2	1.1 : -0.9	%
Netherlands	0.60	Mar/19	0.7	1.2 : -0.9	%
Singapore	14.70	Mar/19	16.9	73.2 : -26	Thousands Person
Spain	0.70	Mar/19	0.7	1.8 : -2.3	%
Switzerland	0.20	Mar/19	-0.1	1.2 : -0.6	%
United Kingdom	28.00	Apr/19	32	311 : -279	Thousand