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Unemployment rate

The name at the source «Unemployment rate - annual data»

What this number is

It is the share of people aged 15 to 74 who are out of work, among those who work or are looking for work.

Down from 2024. Level with the European Union average. For the European Commission, a rate above 10 % is a sign of a possible imbalance: Portugal is at or below it.

6,0 % of the labour force

identifier taxa-de-desemprego-mip-2025

Published by Eurostat (tipsun20)

Series page

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tipsun20/default/table?lang=en

Proof

Field returned

Unemployment rate - annual data — Age class: From 15 to 74 years — Percentage of population in the labour force — Portugal — 2025: 6.0

Excerpt composed from the source's response.

Request

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/tipsun20?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=PT&age=Y15-74

The comparisons

Previous period
6,5source · Eurostat · 2024
European Union
6,0source · Eurostat
EU countries
All the countries

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, confirmed the previous value: 6 · weekly comparison with the source

Corrections and updates to this row

30.09.2026correction66,0

The source writes «6.0». The presentation now preserves the decimal place in the Portuguese number format, without changing the quantity or claiming a source revision.

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