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Themes Summary Table Glossary 2030 Agenda

PORTUGAL

Personnel employed in enterprises: total and by sector of economic activity

Indicator

2021

4,331,044

Individuals

1990

2,441,717

Individuals

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Years	Sectors of economic activity
Years	Total	Agriculture, farming of animals, hunting, forestry and fishing	Mining and quarrying	Manufacturing	Electricity, gas and water	Construction	Wholesale and retail trade (...)	Transportation and storage	Accommodation and food service activities	Financial and insurance activities	Real estate activities	Education	Human health and social work activities	Other sectors
1990	2,441,717	x	18,294	1,016,606	25,816	210,133	559,626	174,111	162,502	2,560	74,994	20,137	14,979	161,959
1991	2,514,261	x	19,045	1,047,093	24,634	222,363	563,585	176,366	163,913	3,616	78,576	21,944	15,200	177,926
1992	2,453,790	x	18,246	985,930	22,886	222,349	559,447	173,495	166,385	3,538	79,965	22,751	16,650	182,148
1993	2,474,934	x	17,608	977,028	21,816	232,785	560,860	163,637	168,208	4,680	99,327	24,998	19,517	184,470
1994	2,494,612	x	15,651	970,672	20,120	244,774	551,722	155,217	169,053	4,871	109,241	25,199	20,433	207,659
1995	2,433,465	x	15,147	948,781	19,763	232,473	556,599	149,851	162,160	5,149	116,678	24,102	21,377	181,385
1996	┴3,116,544	┴119,029	┴15,928	┴1,035,323	┴17,242	┴306,407	┴768,962	┴168,826	┴239,469	┴x	┴229,408	┴26,974	┴26,373	┴162,603
1997	3,162,822	124,356	15,833	1,018,331	19,353	323,561	789,650	169,733	234,475	x	243,991	30,364	27,206	165,969
1998	3,193,570	115,320	15,849	986,659	18,763	353,575	822,614	176,280	220,869	x	260,881	29,788	35,589	157,383
1999	3,194,976	120,321	15,760	997,382	28,623	360,347	727,281	178,478	261,113	x	264,847	33,607	40,226	166,991
2000	3,068,419	96,750	14,500	937,544	27,669	345,779	754,634	174,701	215,696	x	282,402	33,301	39,715	145,728
2001	3,116,351	86,753	14,953	909,917	26,829	382,023	749,845	177,686	239,141	x	312,691	34,048	44,451	138,014
2002	3,196,016	87,197	14,797	911,637	25,749	433,918	761,028	182,573	229,933	x	320,961	37,316	48,577	142,330
2003	3,233,258	90,076	14,244	886,253	25,223	435,563	772,377	187,161	228,941	x	319,634	36,311	88,463	149,012
2004	┴3,782,612	┴100,783	┴14,351	┴838,869	┴33,710	┴480,531	┴817,301	┴164,350	┴263,542	┴112,465	┴47,288	┴80,366	┴151,666	┴677,390
2005	3,845,990	103,061	14,356	821,514	33,542	484,020	827,048	163,857	270,934	110,869	48,920	85,494	159,051	723,324
2006	3,932,480	107,991	14,029	794,684	35,767	497,171	828,688	166,602	277,498	112,540	49,715	93,423	177,482	776,890
2007	4,088,863	108,593	13,637	793,757	37,315	519,600	846,918	170,016	290,112	115,405	53,320	99,337	200,973	839,880
2008	┴4,074,417	┴110,174	┴13,426	┴771,438	┴38,534	┴525,468	┴844,024	┴162,435	┴300,952	┴112,871	┴60,438	┴102,799	┴136,872	┴894,986
2009	3,946,237	106,705	12,670	718,360	39,420	487,348	824,383	160,858	296,074	111,693	56,448	107,549	144,101	880,628
2010	3,844,036	104,453	11,804	690,976	39,449	444,669	812,944	160,685	293,071	111,524	54,081	105,998	148,033	866,349
2011	3,741,633	108,249	11,352	679,182	40,288	403,575	794,138	157,972	290,128	109,886	51,190	101,920	150,617	843,136
2012	3,511,719	106,015	10,297	647,947	39,747	340,913	747,594	150,267	272,957	106,450	46,985	94,941	149,303	798,303
2013	3,480,731	160,959	9,628	637,427	38,858	307,907	723,488	147,757	265,694	103,133	45,299	91,749	150,020	798,812
2014	3,548,584	185,038	9,355	650,628	38,599	294,458	719,005	150,874	273,338	99,156	46,701	92,068	154,415	834,949
2015	3,676,464	192,467	9,221	670,116	39,470	297,344	735,834	154,438	293,478	97,551	50,973	92,423	162,178	880,971
2016	3,800,110	194,121	9,133	686,651	44,125	301,862	749,170	159,888	317,808	95,370	56,778	92,490	170,461	922,253
2017	3,985,479	198,767	9,459	711,684	45,120	312,914	768,712	166,449	346,486	93,261	64,118	94,575	180,291	993,643
2018	4,154,185	200,337	9,497	735,109	46,984	328,053	791,887	175,559	375,067	93,734	71,776	97,385	190,739	1,038,058
2019	4,320,492	208,493	9,535	745,512	47,842	353,398	808,514	188,123	399,241	94,954	78,191	98,689	200,714	1,087,286
2020	4,233,990	207,522	9,639	718,176	50,148	362,320	798,826	186,628	365,895	93,854	79,048	98,983	201,813	1,061,138
2021	4,331,044	207,247	9,749	727,114	50,767	379,599	798,772	188,973	358,989	94,822	86,031	100,900	211,124	1,116,957

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2023-02-28

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