FEBRUARY 2022 19 Labour underutilisation rate Employment rate • The employed population (4,879.0 thousand people) remained virtually unchanged from the previous quarter, and increased by 3.1% (148.4 thousand) compared with the same period of 2020; • Around 9.3%of the employedpopulation (455.5 thousand people) always or almost always worked fromhome, using information and communication technologies (remote working), which corresponded to the lowest percentage concerning this indicator since it began to be monitored, in the 2nd quarter of 2020; More information is available at: Employment statistics – 4th quarter of 2021 9 February 2022 11.7% 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 4Q2012 4Q2013 4Q2014 4Q2015 4Q2016 4Q2017 4Q2018 4Q2019 4Q2020 4Q2022 56.0% 44.0% 46.0% 48.0% 50.0% 52.0% 54.0% 56.0% 58.0% 4Q2012 4Q2013 4Q2014 4Q2015 4Q2016 4Q2017 4Q2018 4Q2019 4Q2020 4Q2022 • The inactive population aged 16 and over (3,612.1 thousand people): » It remained virtually unchanged from the previous quarter; » It decreased by 2.4% (90.0 thousand) when compared to the same quarter of 2020. In 2021 as a whole, the following was registered: • Unemployment rate: 6.6% (0.4 p.p. less than in 2020); • Labour underutilisation rate: 12.5% (1.6 p.p. less compared to 2020); • Youth unemployment rate (16 to 24 years old) 23.4% (0.9 p.p. more than the previous year); • Percentage of long-term unemployed: 43.4% (10.1 p.p. more than in 2020); • Average annual employed population: 4,812.3 thousand people, 2.7% (128.6 thousand) more than the previous year; • Unemployed population: 338.8 thousand people, 3.4% (12.0 thousand) less when compared with 2020. • Labour underutilisation was comprised of 630.1 thousand people, i.e.: » -1.9% (12.3 thousand) vis-à-vis the previous quarter; » -15.7% (116.9 thousand) compared with the same period of 2020; • The labour underutilisation rate, estimated at 11.7%, decreased 0.2 p.p. from the previous quarter and 2.3 p.p. when compared with the same quarter of 2020;
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