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BANCO DE PORTUGAL • Boletim Estatístico
Labour market
A.3
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Eurostat and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Portugal
Nov-15
Dec-15
(1)
Euro Area(2)
Jan-16
Feb-16
Mar-16
Nov-15
Dec-15
Jan-16
Feb-16
Mar-16
(year-on-year rate of change - y.r. - in percentage)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
Unemployment ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
-9.3
-10.7
-12.5
-10.3
-9.4
-8.9
-7.6
-7.4
-7.0
-8.2
2
Unemployment rate …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12.3
12.2
12.1
12.2
12.1
10.5
10.5
10.4
10.4
10.2
(in percentage)
Portugal(3)
2015 Q1
2015 Q2
Euro Area(2)
2015 Q3
2015 Q4
2016 Q1
2015 Q1
2015 Q2
2015 Q3
2015 Q4
2016 Q1
(year-on-year rate of change - y.r. - in percentage)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
3
Employment …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
1.1
1.5
0.2
1.6
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.2
.
4
Labour force ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………
-0.5
-0.8
-1.1
0.1
-0.7
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.2
.
(in percentage)
5
(4)
73.2
73.3
73.5
73.6
73.4
72.2
72.4
72.5
72.6
.
Participation rate ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Labour market - Portugal
4 800
950
4 700
900
4 600
850
4 500
800
4 400
750
Employment - y.r.
3
2
4 300
700
4 200
650
4 100
Mar/11
Mar/12
Mar/13
Employment
Mar/14
Mar/15
600
Mar/16
in percentage
0
103 persons
103 persons
1
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
Unemployment (right hand scale)
Q1
2013
Q1
2014
Portugal
Unemployment rate
20
Q1
2012
Q1
2015
Q1
2016
Euro Area
Participation rate
74
18
16
in percentage
in percentage
14
12
10
72
8
6
4
70
Q1
2012
Q1
2013
Portugal
Q1
2014
Q1
2015
Euro Area
Q1
2016
Q1
2012
Q1
2013
Portugal
Q1
2014
Q1
2015
Q1
2016
Euro Area
(1) Seasonally adjusted values based on the Labour Force Survey for population aged between 15 and 74 years old. Monthly figures refer to estimates for centered moving quarters, where the reference month is the mid-one of each quarter.
(2) Fixed composition 19 countries.
(3) INE introduced a new methodology in the employment survey in the 1st quarter of 2011. Consequently, data for Portugal in the table and in the charts, starting on this period, are not comparable with the ones obtained with the previous
methodology.
(4) Participation rate for the group aged between 15 and 64 years.