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Ledger row

Labour cost per unit of output (unit labour cost)

The name at the source «Nominal unit labour cost per hour worked»

What this number is

It is how much the cost of labour per unit produced rose over three years: what is paid for labour divided by what it produces.

17,9 three-year change, %

identifier custo-unitario-do-trabalho-2024

Published by Eurostat (tipslm10)

Series page

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tipslm10/default/table?lang=en

Proof

Field returned

Nominal unit labour cost per hour worked — Percentage change (t/t-3) — Portugal — 2024: 17.9

Excerpt composed from the source's response.

Request

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/tipslm10?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=PT&unit=PCH_3Y

What was checked

Published by the source on
02.10.2026
Read at the source on
05.10.2026
Re-read on
05.10.2026, matches the source · weekly comparison with the source
Re-read on
05.10.2026, the re-read found: 17,9 · weekly comparison with the source See the update to this value

Corrections and updates to this row

05.10.2026update17,717,9

Eurostat revised Portugal's value on 02.10.2026 (the dataset stamp moved from 28.09.2026 to 02.10.2026); the weekly check of 05.10.2026 caught the revision.

05.10.2026provenance revisionreading date: 15.09.202605.10.2026

The new value was read on 05.10.2026, the day of the check that caught the revision; the earlier reading, of 15.09.2026, is that of the value 17,7.

05.10.2026provenance revisionsource excerpt: Nominal unit labour cost per hour worked — Percentage change (t/t-3) — Portugal — 2024: 17.7 pNominal unit labour cost per hour worked — Percentage change (t/t-3) — Portugal — 2024: 17.9

The excerpt now transcribes the revised value the source prints for the same observation, read on 05.10.2026, and the source no longer marks it as provisional.

28.09.2026provenance revisionsource excerpt: Nominal unit labour cost per hour worked — Percentage change (t/t-3) — Portugal — 2024: 17.7Nominal unit labour cost per hour worked — Percentage change (t/t-3) — Portugal — 2024: 17.7 p

The excerpt now carries the status mark the source prints for the same observation, read on 28.09.2026; the value has not changed.

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