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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.

The three-year change is larger than the one measured in 2024. The change is larger than the European Union’s. For the European Commission, a rise above 9 % over three years is a sign of a possible imbalance: Portugal is above it.

21,3 three-year change, % (provisional data)

identifier custo-unitario-do-trabalho-2025

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 — 2025: 21.3 p

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

The comparisons

Previous period
17,9source · Eurostat · 2024
European Union
15,2source · Eurostat

What was checked

Read at the source on
12.08.2026
Re-read on
05.10.2026, matches the source · weekly comparison with the source
Re-read on
28.09.2026, matches the source · weekly comparison with the source

Corrections and updates to this row

28.09.2026provenance revisionsource excerpt: Nominal unit labour cost per hour worked — Percentage change (t/t-3) — Portugal — 2025: 21.3Nominal unit labour cost per hour worked — Percentage change (t/t-3) — Portugal — 2025: 21.3 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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