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Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities in Portugal

Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities in Portugal was 358,250 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 5.1% from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, persons358,250
Change on 2023+5.1%
Rank9th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high358,2502024
Series low215,1112012

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Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities in Portugal, 2008 to 2024

200K250K300K350K400K2008201120142017202020242008: 234,090 persons2009: 233,576 persons2010: 230,906 persons2011: 224,948 persons2012: 215,111 persons2013: 215,466 persons2014: 224,668 persons2015: 232,393 persons2016: 240,536 persons2017: 254,009 persons2018: 267,213 persons2019: 285,055 persons2020: 285,841 persons2021: 298,268 persons2022: 321,951 persons2023: 340,714 persons2024: 358,250 persons200K250K300K350K400K2008201420242008: 234,090 persons2009: 233,576 persons2010: 230,906 persons2011: 224,948 persons2012: 215,111 persons2013: 215,466 persons2014: 224,668 persons2015: 232,393 persons2016: 240,536 persons2017: 254,009 persons2018: 267,213 persons2019: 285,055 persons2020: 285,841 persons2021: 298,268 persons2022: 321,951 persons2023: 340,714 persons2024: 358,250 persons
persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 17 values
Periodpersons
2024358,250
2023340,714
2022321,951
2021298,268 Series break
2020285,841
2019285,055
2018267,213
2017254,009
2016240,536
2015232,393
2014224,668
2013215,466
2012215,111
2011224,948
2010230,906
2009233,576
2008234,090

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Portugal358,250
European Union (27)12,688,045

Portugal compared with nearby places

Austria: 294,974 personsBelgium: 393,271 personsBulgaria: 129,052 personsCyprus: 43,515 personsCzechia: 316,287 personsGermany: 2,724,207 personsDenmark: 204,757 personsEstonia: 45,949 personsSpain: 1,169,535 personsFinland: 139,370 personsFrance: 1,588,126 personsGreece: 308,937 personsCroatia: 101,502 personsHungary: 310,078 personsIreland: 227,829 personsItaly: 1,539,663 personsLithuania: 88,619 personsLuxembourg: 53,251 personsLatvia: 46,592 personsMalta: 26,628 personsNetherlands: 842,398 personsPoland: 811,357 personsPortugal: 358,250 personsRomania: 279,661 personsSweden: 399,773 personsSlovenia: 71,913 personsSlovakia: 172,551 persons
  • Under 80K
  • 80K to 190K
  • 190K to 310K
  • 310K to 730K
  • 730K and over
Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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 professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M): 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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), 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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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-professional-scientific/portugal. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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-professional-scientific/portugal.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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-professional-scientific/portugal (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities in Portugal?

Persons employed in professional, scientific and technical activities in Portugal was 358,250 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 5.1% from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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358,250 in 2024, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

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