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Portugal — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Portugal, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
58.16%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -2.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Portugal was 58.16% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 62.18% in 2007. The lowest was 56.83% in 2021 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.08% per year.
Portugal ranks 117 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Portugal sits below it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
58.16%
First (1990)
59.72%
Change
-2.6%
Highest
62.18%
in 2007
Lowest
56.83%
in 2021
Average
59.78%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.08%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.16% |
| 2024 | 58.44% |
| 2023 | 58.56% |
| 2022 | 57.79% |
| 2021 | 56.83% |
| 2020 | 57.59% |
| 2019 | 58.98% |
| 2018 | 58.95% |
| 2017 | 58.88% |
| 2016 | 58.41% |
| 2015 | 58.56% |
| 2014 | 58.78% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.