More than half of the unemployed in the second quarter remained unemployed in the following three months, according to data from the NSA.
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11/11/2026
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Lusa
Mhalf of the unemployed in the second quarter of this year remained unemployed in the following three months, while about a quarter found work, according to data released today by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
According to the “Statistics of flows between labour market states” for the third quarter of this year, of the total number of people who were unemployed in the second quarter of 2026, 54.1% (162.8 thousand) remained in that state in the third quarter of 2026, 25.3% (76.2 thousand) moved to employment and 20.5% (61.8 thousand) moved to inactivity.
In the same period, 23.0% (32.2 thousand) of unemployed men and 27.4% (44.1 thousand) of unemployed women moved to employment.
Of the total number of people employed in the second quarter, 96.5% (5 209.6 thousand) remained in this state between July and September, while 1.3% (72.5 thousand) moved on to unemployment and 2.2% (117.6 thousand) went into inactivity.