Unemployment rate: Portugal
6.164% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.164 |
| 2024 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 6.498 |
| 2022 | 6.138 |
| 2021 | 6.712 |
| 2020 | 6.85 |
| 2019 | 6.422 |
| 2018 | 6.966 |
| 2017 | 8.878 |
| 2016 | 11.058 |
| 2015 | 12.405 |
| 2014 | 13.88 |
| 2013 | 16.237 |
| 2012 | 15.509 |
| 2011 | 12.715 |
| 2010 | 10.771 |
| 2009 | 9.432 |
| 2008 | 7.553 |
| 2007 | 7.965 |
| 2006 | 7.649 |
| 2005 | 7.582 |
| 2004 | 6.319 |
| 2003 | 6.132 |
| 2002 | 4.497 |
| 2001 | 3.829 |
| 2000 | 3.806 |
| 1999 | 4.579 |
| 1998 | 4.64 |
| 1997 | 6.571 |
| 1996 | 7.298 |
| 1995 | 7.064 |
| 1994 | 6.709 |
| 1993 | 5.301 |
| 1992 | 3.985 |
| 1991 | 3.919 |