SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 18 May-2021

May . 18 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 9/23 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Unemployment rate at 7.1% while the labour underutilisation rate stood at 14.1% In the 1 st quarter of 2021: The unemployed population, estimated at 360.1 thousand people: • Decreased by 3.5% (13.1 thousand) compared with the previous quarter; • Increased by 3.5% (12.0 thousand) compared with the 1 st quarter of 2020. The unemployment rate was 7.1% and stood for: • -0.2 percentage points (p.p.) vis-à-vis the previous quarter; • +0.3 p.p. than the same quarter of 2020. Unemployment rate The unemployment rate stood above the national average in three regions of the country: Algarve (10.2%), Região Autónoma da Madeira (9.6%), and Norte (7.4%). Unemployment rates by NUTS II region, 1 st quarter of 2021 The employed population (4,681.6 thousand people) registered the following rates of change: • -1.0% (49.0 thousand) compared with the previous quarter; • -1.3% (62.6 thousand) vis-à-vis the same quarter of 2020. The unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 p.p. compared with the previous quarter, at 53.9%. The employed population absent from work in the reference week increased by 49.8% (211.3 thousand) compared with the previous quarter and 40.5% (183.2 thousand) compared with the 1 st quarter of 2020. “Reduction or absence fromwork for technical or economic reasons of the enterprise (includes temporary contract suspension or layoff )” was the main reason for absence from work. Employment rate 7.1% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0% 18.0% 20.0% 1Q2012 1Q2013 1Q2014 1Q2015 1Q2016 1Q2017 1Q2018 1Q2019 1Q2020 1Q2021 7.1% 10.2% 9.6% 7.4% 7.1% 6.9% 6.8% 6.2% Portugal Algarve Região Autónoma da Madeira Norte Alentejo Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Região Autónoma dos Açores Centro 53.9% 44.0% 46.0% 48.0% 50.0% 52.0% 54.0% 56.0% 58.0% 1Q2012 1Q2013 1Q2014 1Q2015 1Q2016 1Q2017 1Q2018 1Q2019 1Q2020 1Q2021 A fifth of the employed population (20.7%; 967.7 thousand people) always or almost always worked from home, using information and communication technologies (remote work).