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2030 AGENDA SDG

Themes Summary Table Glossary 2030 Agenda

PORTUGAL

Employment, according to the Census: total and by occupation

Indicator

2021

22,768

Individuals

2011

32,490

Individuals

Military professionals

Individual

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Years	Occupation
	Military professionals	Farmers and skilled workers in agriculture, fishing, and forestry	Representatives of the legislative power and executive agencies, leaders, directors, and executive managers						Specialists in intellectual and scientific activities									Technicians and intermediate-level professions					Administrative personnel				Workers in personal services, protection and security, and sales							Skilled workers in industry, construction, and crafts							Facilities and machine operators and assembly workers			Unskilled workers
	Military professionals		Total	General director and executive manager of companies	Sales directors, marketing directors, and business development directors	Directors of manufacturing, extractive, construction, transportation, and distribution industries	Directors and managers of retail and wholesale trade	Directors and managers of other services	Total	engineers	Architects, urban planners, surveyors, and designers	Medical doctors	Nursing professionals	Other healthcare professionals	Teachers	Specialists in legal affairs	Specialists in social and religious sciences	Total	Technicians in physical sciences and engineering	Intermediate-level technicians in finance and mathematic	Purchasing agents, sales agents, and commercial brokers	Administrative and specialized secretaries	Total	General office employees, secretaries, and data processing operators	Personnel providing direct customer suppor	Data, accounting, statistical, financial services, and related registration operators	Total	Cooks and waiters/waitresses and bartenders	Hairdressers, beauticians, and similar workers	Salespersons	Assistant educators and teacher aides	Personal care workers in healthcare services	Personnel in protection and security services	Total	Skilled workers in construction and related fields, electricity and electronics	Skilled workers in metallurgy, metalworking, and related fields	Skilled workers in printing, manufacturing of precision instruments, jewelers, craftsmen, and related fields	Skilled workers in food processing	Workers in wood and cork processing, carpenters, and related fields	Workers in clothing manufacturing, leather tanning, shoemakers, and related fields	Total	Fixed facilities and machine operators	Vehicle drivers and mobile equipment operators	Total	Housekeeping workers in private homes, hotels, and offices	Unskilled workers in extractive, construction, and manufacturing industries
2011	32,490	102,044	320,887	70,831	19,702	56,238	65,473	16,652	649,096	55,746	28,817	36,832	47,619	31,868	252,959	37,988	40,107	479,732	38,609	113,184	43,366	64,448	394,500	257,408	70,897	53,030	857,975	146,000	46,464	400,951	46,916	86,632	108,086	685,808	308,960	166,941	29,684	55,409	32,852	90,936	265,593	83,564	173,181	573,062	220,147	197,233
2021	22,768	97,453	268,144	88,129	34,173	37,291	23,555	11,845	806,691	74,561	44,472	43,749	66,666	52,439	224,324	43,635	51,325	469,787	36,805	96,087	35,491	53,944	425,704	280,380	68,173	69,073	815,650	137,250	56,886	364,603	31,741	101,600	97,440	604,029	273,104	170,126	19,503	48,904	19,856	71,592	232,985	65,309	164,087	683,250	181,173	248,033

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2023-04-05

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