On Labour Day, Statistics Portugal compares Portugal with other European Union countries in an analysis focusing on supplementary indicators to unemployment, which allow to identify situations where the labour force is underutilised. The unemployment rate is a key labour market indicator, but it does not reflect the full picture. These indicators highlight the scale of the potential labour force that is not being utilised due to mismatches between labour supply and demand or other barriers to accessing the labour market. This situation particularly affects young people and women, groups in which involuntary part-time work and marginal links to the labour market remain more common.
On Labour Day, this comparative analysis with the European Union reinforces the importance of policies focused not only on job creation, but also on ensuring that jobs match the characteristics of the potential workforce.
