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Persons employed in mining and quarrying in Portugal

Persons employed in mining and quarrying in Portugal was 9,800 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.5% from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 26 EU countries in 2024.

2024, persons9,800
Change on 2023+1.5%
Rank9th of 26EU countries ranked
Series high13,4262008
Series low9,1332016

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Persons employed in mining and quarrying in Portugal, 2008 to 2024

9,00010K11K12K13K14K2008201120142017202020242008: 13,426 persons2009: 12,670 persons2010: 11,804 persons2011: 11,352 persons2012: 10,297 persons2013: 9,628 persons2014: 9,355 persons2015: 9,221 persons2016: 9,133 persons2017: 9,459 persons2018: 9,497 persons2019: 9,535 persons2020: 9,639 persons2021: 9,595 persons2022: 9,830 persons2023: 9,656 persons2024: 9,800 persons8,00010K12K14K2008201420242008: 13,426 persons2009: 12,670 persons2010: 11,804 persons2011: 11,352 persons2012: 10,297 persons2013: 9,628 persons2014: 9,355 persons2015: 9,221 persons2016: 9,133 persons2017: 9,459 persons2018: 9,497 persons2019: 9,535 persons2020: 9,639 persons2021: 9,595 persons2022: 9,830 persons2023: 9,656 persons2024: 9,800 persons
persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 17 values
Periodpersons
20249,800
20239,656
20229,830
20219,595 Series break
20209,639
20199,535
20189,497
20179,459
20169,133
20159,221
20149,355
20139,628
201210,297
201111,352
201011,804
200912,670
200813,426

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Portugal9,800
European Union (27)370,000

Portugal compared with nearby places

Austria: 7,524 personsBelgium: 2,180 personsBulgaria: 18,580 personsCyprus: 595 personsCzechia: 18,014 personsGermany: 37,576 personsDenmark: 3,899 personsEstonia: 2,236 personsSpain: 18,193 personsFinland: 6,542 personsFrance: 13,861 personsGreece: 6,380 personsCroatia: 2,051 personsHungary: 4,100 personsItaly: 17,595 personsLithuania: 2,489 personsLuxembourg: 254 personsLatvia: 3,431 personsMalta: 188 personsNetherlands: 8,432 personsPoland: 145,570 personsPortugal: 9,800 personsRomania: 26,154 personsSweden: 7,633 personsSlovenia: 2,223 personsSlovakia: 3,953 persons
  • Under 2,000
  • 2,000 to 4,000
  • 4,000 to 8,000
  • 8,000 to 18K
  • 18K and over
  • No data
Persons employed in mining and quarrying, 2024, persons. Portugal is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Number of persons who work in enterprises of mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B): employees plus working proprietors, partners working regularly in the enterprise and unpaid family workers. A head count, not full-time equivalents. Eurostat structural business statistics.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Persons employed in mining and quarrying, Portugal, 2008 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in mining and quarrying, Portugal, 2008 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-mining/portugal. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Persons employed in mining and quarrying, Portugal, 2008 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-mining/portugal.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in mining and quarrying, Portugal, 2008 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-mining/portugal (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the persons employed in mining and quarrying in Portugal?

Persons employed in mining and quarrying in Portugal was 9,800 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.5% from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 26 EU countries in 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest persons employed in mining and quarrying in Portugal?

13,426 in 2008, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

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