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 Inactive population seeking work but not immediately available (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Inactive population seeking work but not immediately available (No.); Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Monthly employment and unemployment estimates based on the Labour Force Survey
First available period February 2011
Last available period July 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
Concepts
  • INACTIVE SEEKING WORK BUT NOT AVAILABLE FOR WORK:  Inactive person aged 16 to 74 who, during the reference period, had actively searched for a job over a specified period (the reference period or the previous three weeks), but was not available for work.
  • 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).
  • INACTIVE:  Person aged below 16, above 89, 16 to 89 who, during the reference period, could not be considered active, i.e., was neither employed nor unemployed.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 29/08/2025


information presented in 7/9/2025