Portugal Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

Units In

5.9

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Nov 28, 2025

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
18.5 Mar 2013	3.7 Jun 2000	7.61 %	1983-2025	Statistics Portugal

In Portugal, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Latest Updates

Portugal’s unemployment rate decreased to 5.9% in October 2025 from 6% in the previous month. The labor force participation rate fell to 69.6% from 69.9% and the employment rate fell to 65.5% from 65.7%. The total number of unemployed fell by 7.3 thousand to 329.1 thousand, while employment decreased by 12.6 thousand to 5.279 million. Meanwhile, the labour underutilisation rate was estimated at 10.1%, down from 10.2% in September. A year earlier, the jobless rate was higher at 6.6%.