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PORTUGAL

Unemployment: total and by type of unemployment

Indicator

2019

339.5

Individuals - Tho...

1974

67.5

Individuals - Tho...

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Individual - Thousands

Years	Type of unemployment
Years	Total	Looking for 1st job	Looking for a new job
1974	67.5	33.5	34.0
1975	179.0	70.0	109.0
1976	261.5	109.0	152.5
1977	309.0	154.0	155.0
1978	334.0	188.5	145.5
1979	344.0	195.0	149.0
1980	331.5	174.5	157.0
1981	356.5	182.5	174.0
1982	316.0	146.5	169.5
1983	┴365.8	┴139.3	┴226.5
1984	393.9	138.7	255.2
1985	405.4	138.8	266.6
1986	393.6	132.1	261.5
1987	329.2	108.7	220.5
1988	272.9	81.2	191.7
1989	243.5	69.2	174.3
1990	231.1	60.5	170.6
1991	207.5	43.8	163.7
1992	┴194.1	┴42.4	┴151.7
1993	257.5	41.8	215.7
1994	323.8	55.4	268.4
1995	338.4	63.6	274.8
1996	344.0	71.6	272.4
1997	324.1	64.7	259.4
1998	┴251.8	┴44.5	┴207.2
1999	225.7	33.5	192.2
2000	206.0	27.2	178.7
2001	214.2	34.7	179.5
2002	270.5	41.0	229.4
2003	340.4	45.8	294.6
2004	359.1	48.3	310.8
2005	414.1	57.1	357.0
2006	420.6	57.2	363.4
2007	440.6	59.8	380.8
2008	418.0	56.2	361.8
2009	517.4	53.9	463.5
2010	591.2	61.6	529.7
2011	┴688.2	┴72.2	┴616.0
2012	835.7	89.3	746.4
2013	855.2	91.2	764.1
2014	726.0	88.0	638.1
2015	646.5	80.3	566.2
2016	573.0	65.9	507.2
2017	462.8	55.5	407.3
2018	365.9	45.5	320.4
2019	339.5	37.7	301.8

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2020-02-06

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