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 Unemployed population aged between 16 and 74 years old (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Unemployed population aged between 16 and 74 years old (No.) by Sex; Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Monthly employment and unemployment estimates based on the Labour Force Survey
First available period February 1998
Last available period September 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • UNEMPLOYED:  Person aged between 16 and 74 who during the reference period met simultaneously the following conditions: 1) neither had a job nor was at work; 2) had actively sought work, i.e. had actively searched for a paid or unpaid job during the specified period (reference period or the three previous weeks); 3) was available for a paid or unpaid job.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 29/10/2025


information presented in 31/10/2025