SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 16-Nov-2021

November . 16 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 15/16 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt - 4.0% - 3.7% - 3.3% - 0.9% - 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.5% 0.7% 1.0% 1.1% 1.7% 2.2% 2.2% 2.5% 3.3% 3.6% 3.9% 4.6% 4.8% 5.0% 5.1% 6.3% 6.4% 6.7% 6.7% 7.9% 14.3% Italy Spain Portugal Luxembourg Austria Germany France EU 27 Belgium Slovakia Croa�a Greece Hungary Malta Finland Denmark Slovenia Czechia Netherlands Ireland Latvia Estonia Lithuania Sweden Bulgaria Romania Poland Cyprus Comparison with the European Union The year-on-year rate of change in the LCI for the European Union as a whole (27 countries) was 0.5% in the 2 nd quarter of 2021. This is the most recent information made available by Eurostat on the 15 th of September 2021 on the year-on-year rate of change in the LCI by Member State and for the EU. Portugal registered a year-on-year decrease of 3.3%. Labour Cost Index in EU countries Working days adjusted data – 2 nd quarter of 2021 (year-on-year rate of change) More information is available at: Labour cost index – 3 rd quarter of 2021 (12 November 2021)