Long-term unemployment rate in Grande Lisboa

Long-term unemployment rate in Grande Lisboa was 2.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.3 pts from 2024.

20252.1%

Change on 2024-0.3 pts

Series high3.22022

Series low2.12025

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Long-term unemployment rate in Grande Lisboa, 2019 to 2025

%. Source: Eurostat, Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-09-10.

All 7 values

Period	%
2025	2.1
2024	2.4
2023	2.6
2022	3.2
2021	3 Series break
2020	2.4
2019	2.7

Compared with Portugal and European Union (27)

Place	2025
Grande Lisboa	2.1
Portugal	2.2
European Union (27)	1.9

Rankings

EU countries by long-term unemployment rate 27 places
Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by long-term unemployment rate 9 places

Definition

People aged 15 to 74 who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74. Unemployment follows the ILO definition: without work, available to start within two weeks and actively seeking work.

A share of the labour force, not of the unemployed. From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.

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Eurostat. Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu) (Long-term unemployment rate, Grande Lisboa, 2019 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table

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Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu), Long-term unemployment rate, Grande Lisboa, 2019 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/long-term-unemployment-rate/grande-lisboa-pt1a. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu). Long-term unemployment rate, Grande Lisboa, 2019 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/long-term-unemployment-rate/grande-lisboa-pt1a.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu), Long-term unemployment rate, Grande Lisboa, 2019 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/long-term-unemployment-rate/grande-lisboa-pt1a (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/long-term-unemployment-rate/grande-lisboa-pt1a. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst\_r\_lfu2ltu). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst\_r\_lfu2ltu/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
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Questions

What is the long-term unemployment rate in Grande Lisboa?

Long-term unemployment rate in Grande Lisboa was 2.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.3 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest long-term unemployment rate in Grande Lisboa?

3.2% in 2022, the highest value since 2019 in this series.

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