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 Index of employment in construction - non adjusted (Month-on-month growth rate - Base 2015 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name Index of employment in construction - non adjusted (Month-on-month growth rate - Base 2015 - %); Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Turnover and employment index (Base 2015)
First available period February 2005
Last available period April 2023
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
Concepts
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • 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).
  • CONSTRUCTION:  A type of work (buildings, roads, bridges, dams,etc.) connected to the ground and made of construction materials. Ground workfor agricultural purposes (e.g. ploughing) does not fall under the heading of construction.
  • EMPLOYMENT INDEX:  Relative number that aims to measure variations in the volume of employment at short and regular intervals, in relation to a period taken as reference. The volume of employment is measured by the number of people employed.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 07/06/2023


information presented in 24/10/2025