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Investing.com -- Portugal’s unemployment rate decreased to 5.9% in the second quarter of 2025, down from 6.6% in the first quarter, according to data released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute.
The latest figure also shows improvement compared to the 6.1% unemployment rate recorded in the same period last year.
The drop in unemployment coincides with Portugal’s economy returning to quarterly growth after experiencing contraction in the first quarter of 2025.
Youth unemployment, which covers individuals aged 16 to 24, showed significant improvement, falling to 18.1% from 21.2% in the previous quarter. This represents a substantial decrease from the 22.0% rate registered in the second quarter of 2024.
The total number of unemployed people in Portugal decreased by 9.9% to 329,500 compared to the first quarter. Meanwhile, the country’s total workforce expanded by 0.6% to reach 5.58 million people.
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