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Themes Summary Table Glossary 2030 Agenda

PORTUGAL

Active beneficiaries from Social Security

Indicator

2022

5,003,643

Individuals

1960

1,187,368

Individuals

Individual

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Years	Active beneficiaries
Years	Total	Dependent work - Individuals with declared remuneration	Independent work - individuals with paid contribution	Individuals with equivalent remuneration
1960	1,187,368	x	x	x
1970	2,386,724	x	x	x
1971	2,420,928	x	x	x
1972	2,554,849	x	x	x
1973	3,075,717	x	x	x
1974	3,321,723	x	x	x
1975	3,288,654	x	x	x
1976	3,385,500	x	x	x
1977	3,463,118	x	x	x
1978	3,578,616	x	x	x
1979	3,641,957	x	x	x
1980	3,733,131	x	x	x
1981	3,748,683	x	x	x
1982	3,826,810	x	x	x
1983	3,727,172	x	x	x
1984	3,778,111	x	x	x
1985	3,590,365	x	x	x
1986	3,699,083	x	x	x
1987	3,784,786	x	x	x
1988	4,057,445	x	x	x
1989	4,070,319	x	x	x
1990	4,113,154	x	x	x
1991	3,917,779	x	x	x
1992	3,970,482	x	x	x
1993	3,872,043	x	x	x
1994	4,025,383	x	x	x
1995	4,197,313	x	x	x
1996	4,153,959	x	x	x
1997	4,210,708	x	x	x
1998	4,009,633	x	x	x
1999	4,109,568	x	x	x
2000	4,150,975	3,415,805	749,521	1,069,294
2001	4,337,726	3,662,442	753,749	1,090,638
2002	4,340,394	3,706,269	707,550	1,123,167
2003	4,250,650	3,647,597	677,359	1,143,315
2004	4,219,435	3,628,554	644,478	1,153,116
2005	4,206,723	3,628,696	635,752	1,190,586
2006	4,192,652	3,642,292	598,475	1,172,373
2007	4,269,477	3,732,521	589,886	1,135,798
2008	4,330,723	3,811,633	586,840	1,151,692
2009	4,234,209	3,737,448	557,986	1,316,286
2010	4,188,836	3,713,487	533,588	1,329,749
2011	4,168,929	3,711,968	513,216	1,282,327
2012	3,939,391	3,519,856	464,943	1,318,911
2013	3,807,817	3,413,589	439,211	1,304,371
2014	3,853,710	3,475,712	421,780	1,268,485
2015	3,961,818	3,592,030	415,159	1,266,702
2016	4,057,963	3,699,786	407,235	1,249,256
2017	4,216,124	3,855,181	414,603	1,237,150
2018	4,362,391	4,027,441	390,482	1,273,381
2019	4,629,692	4,191,928	535,608	1,317,400
2020	4,605,404	4,160,564	531,640	1,990,534
2021	4,710,765	4,267,254	536,222	1,820,713
2022	5,003,643	4,567,226	529,955	2,340,359

Sources/Entities: IGFSS/MTSSS (until 1998) | II/MTSSS (as from 1999), PORDATA
Last updated: 2023-03-20
Data rectified by the relevant body between 2013 and 2021 (20/03/2023)

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