About half of Portuguese workers are between 44 and 64 years old, making the country the fourth country in the European Union with the oldest workforce, according to data published Tuesday by Pordata.
The portrait, which Pordata prepared for May 1 (Workers’ Day), shows that the average Portuguese worker has aged compared to 20 years ago.
In 2023, a third of workers were between 44 and 64 years old, but in 2023 nearly half are in that age group.
At the same time, the share of young workers under 24 fell by more than 40%, and the age group of workers that grew the most was 55 to 64 years old, registering a 66% increase.
The data compiled by Pordata also shows that Portugal is the second country in the 27-member European Union (EU), after Spain, with fewer young people aged 25 to 34 among the total workforce, and the fourth country. Among the older workforce (for every 100 workers under the age of 35, there are 99 people over 54), only Bulgaria, Latvia and Italy surpass it.
On the other hand, Portugal has exceeded the European target of employing at least 78% of the population aged 20 to 64 by 2030, a rate of 78.2%, above the EU average of 75%.
The country has also achieved a target of keeping the percentage of young people aged 15 to 29 who are neither in school nor in the workforce below 9%. In 2023, it recorded a figure of 8.9%.
Portugal still ranks 13th among EU countries for the number of work-related accidents, having halved the number in 10 years and ranking with two work-related accidents per 100,000 workers.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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