SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 18 May-2021

May . 18 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 10/23 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt The volume of hours effectively worked decreased by 6.4% compared with the previous quarter and declined by 7.9% vis-à-vis the same quarter of 2020. Labour underutilisation rate The inactive population aged 16 and over, estimated at 3,752.9 thousand people, recorded the following rates of change: • +1.4% (50.8 thousand) compared with the previous quarter; • +1.5% (56.0 thousand) compared to the same quarter of 2020. Labour market performance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic Comparing the COVID-19 pandemic year (from the 2 nd quarter of 2020 to the 1 st quarter of 2021) with the one preceding it: • The employed population decreased by 2.3% (109.7 thousand); • The employed population absent from work in the reference week increased by 59.4% (274.9 thousand); • The “reduction or absence fromwork for technical or economic reasons of the enterprise (includes the temporary suspension of contract or layoff )” has become the main reason for absence from work; • The volume of hours effectively worked decreased by 12.1% (as a result of the increase in the employed population absent from work). Labour underutilisation covered 746.4 thousand people, corresponding to: • Practically no change compared to the previous quarter; • +7.8% (54.3 thousand) compared to the same quarter of 2020. The labour underutilisation rate, estimated at 14.1%, increased by 0.1 p.p. both in comparison with the previous quarter and with the same quarter of 2020. 14.1% 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 1Q2012 1Q2013 1Q2014 1Q2015 1Q2016 1Q2017 1Q2018 1Q2019 1Q2020 1Q2021 More information available at: Employment statistics – 1 st quarter of 2021 (12 May 2021) COVID-19: a territorial view on demographic context and territorial expression of the pandemic • On 9 and 10 May, new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last seven days were the lowest since the beginning of 2021, corresponding to a daily average of 326 and 328 new cases, respectively; • After the highest value reached on 27 January – a daily average of 12,891 new cases – this indicator generally declined, although with occasional increases between 16 March and 24 April; • On 10 May 2021, the 14-day incidence rate of COVID-19 was 49 new cases per 100 thousand inhabitants;