Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Portugal
Portugal: Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in was 84.34 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Portugal, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Portugal stood at 84.34 %. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Portugal peaked at 84.34 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 31.32 %, in 2003.
Portugal ranks 8th of 68 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Portugal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.52 % | — |
| 2001 | 31.97 % | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 32.01 % | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 31.32 % | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 31.84 % | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 32.46 % | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 31.73 % | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 33.32 % | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 45.81 % | +37.5% |
| 2009 | 45.76 % | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 48.49 % | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 53.55 % | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 52.93 % | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 55.31 % | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 60.52 % | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 63.5 % | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 66.24 % | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 68.88 % | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 70.69 % | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 71.45 % | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 71.29 % | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 79.3 % | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 82.13 % | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 82.91 % | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 83.57 % | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 84.34 % | +0.9% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 84.34 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 80.64 %, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 84.34 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.56 %, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Portugal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +37.5% | 33.32 % | 45.81 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.77 % | 31.32 % | 45.81 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.16 % | 48.49 % | 71.45 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.59 % | 71.29 % | 84.34 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.64 % compare
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 90.37 % compare
- 6 South Africa 88.18 % compare
- 6 Timor-Leste 4 % compare
- 7 Barbados 87.04 % compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 3.75 % compare
- 8 Australia 84.34 % compare
- 10 Cyprus 82.83 % compare
- 11 Seychelles 82.82 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Portugal?
- Share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Portugal was 84.34 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 84.34 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.32 % in 2003.
- How does Portugal rank for share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in?
- Portugal ranks 8th out of 68 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.