- Trade topics
- Trade and jobs
- EU exporter
- Portugal
Portuguese companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €33 billion in 2019. And this keeps 801,000 Portuguese workers busy.
- Portuguese extra-EU exports support 701,000 jobs in Portugal.
- Another 100,000 Portuguese workers are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
- This means 16% of jobs in Portugal depend on extra-EU exports.
- Portuguese extra-EU exports also support over 74,000 jobs in EU countries.
- In Portugal, most people in export-related jobs are low-skilled workers.
- 57% of export-related jobs in Portugal are in services.
EU exports support 38 million jobs, up two thirds from 2000. More than 14 million of these workers are women. One in five jobs in the EU depends on exports.
EU exports support a significant share of jobs in all countries across the EU.
