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

November . 16 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 8/16 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Labour underutilisation rate • Each employed person who worked at least one hour in the reference week worked, on average, 39 hours per week; • Labour underutilisation comprised 642.4 thousand people, corresponding to: » -1.8% (11.8 thousand) compared with the previous quarter; » -20.1% (-162.0 thousand) vis-à-vis the same period of 2020; • The labour underutilisation rate, estimated at 11.9%, decreased from the previous quarter (0.4 p.p.) and by comparison with the same quarter of 2020 (3.2 p.p.); • The inactive population aged 16 and over (3,612.2 thousand people) originated the following rates of change: » -0.9% (32.9 thousand) compared with the previous quarter; » -3.0% (111.8 thousand) vis-à-vis the same quarter of 2020. More information is available at: Employment statistics – 3 rd quarter of 2021 (10 November 2021) 11.9% 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 3Q2012 3Q2013 3Q2014 3Q2015 3Q2016 3Q2017 3Q2018 3Q2019 3Q2020 3Q2021 Employment rate 56.1% 0.0% 46.0% 48.0% 50.0% 52.0% 54.0% 56.0% 58.0% 3Q2012 3Q2013 Q2014 3Q2015 3Q2016 3Q2017 3Q2018 3Q2019 3Q2020 3Q2021 • The employed population (4,878.1 thousand people) registered increases of: » 1.4% (67.6 thousand) in comparison with the previous quarter; » 4.7% (219.7 thousand) compared to the same period in 2020 (similar to that observed in each third quarter since 2013); » 1.5% (71.5 thousand) compared to the 3 rd quarter of 2019 (pre-pandemic COVID-19 period); • The employment rate stood at 56.1%, which represents an increase of 0.8 p.p. in comparison with the previous quarter; • The employed population absent from work in the reference week (877.0 thousand) increased by 120.8% (479.9 thousand) compared with the previous quarter, 7.6% (62.1 thousand) compared with the 3 rd quarter of 2020, and 14.6% (111.5 thousand) compared with the same quarter of 2019; • The main reason for absence from work was Holidays or public holidays , as is usually the case in each third quarter of each year; • The volume of hours effectively worked registered a quarterly decrease of 9.3%, but a year-on-year increase of 2.3%; • Around13%of the employedpopulation (617.6 thousand people) always or almost always worked from home, using information and communication technologies (teleworking);