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The number of employees in the construction industry in Portugal increased by 14,665 employees (+4.75 percent) in 2021 in comparison to the previous year. In total, the number of employees amounted to 323,608 employees in 2021.
According to Eurostat employed persons are all persons aged 15 and over who performed work, even for just one hour per week, for pay, profit or family gain during the reference week or were not at work but had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent because of, for instance, illness, holidays, industrial dispute, and education or training.

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Total number of employees in the construction industry in Portugal from 2010 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021b	323,608
2020	308,943
2019	300,786
2018	277,670
2017	264,653
2016	255,506
2015	251,396
2014	248,783
2013	259,106
2012	287,637
2011	343,857
2010	380,763

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March 2024

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Portugal

Survey time period

2010 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work
Data coverage corresponds to Section F of CE Rev. 2.

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