Portugal presented in the second quarter the third largest annual increase (2.2%) in the employment rate among the Member States of the European Union (EU), according to data released today by Eurostat.
© Lusa
07/09/2026
by
Lusa
Dand according to the statistical service of the EU, compared to the previous quarter, Portugal was the country where the indicator most increased (1.0%) between April and June.
In the euro area, the employment rate rose by 0.5% from the same quarter of 2025 and by 0.1% from the first three months of the year.
In the EU, the indicator increased by 0.4% in annual and 0.1% in chain variation.
Among the Member States, Malta (4.4%), Spain (2.3%) and Portugal (2.2%) recorded the highest annual increases in employment, with Romania (-1,3), Finland (-0.9%) and Bulgaria (-0.4 %) presenting the most important losses.
In comparison with the first three months of the year, in the second quarter the highest increases in the indicator were observed in Portugal (1,0%), Malta and the Czech Republic (0.9% each) and Luxembourg (0.6%), and the main falls in Finland (-0.8%), Greece (-0.4 %), Bulgaria, Poland and Romania (0,2%).