Employment rate in Centro
The employment rate in Centro was 80.5% of people aged 20 to 64 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2019. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Centro, 2025
80.5%
Change from 2024
+2.0percentage points
Portugal, 2025
79.6%
Position in 2025
78th of 289
Employment rate in Centro over time
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% of people aged 20 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Centro | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.5% | 79.6% |
| 2024 | 78.5% | 78.5% |
| 2023 | 79.2% | 78.0% |
| 2022 | 78.6% | 77.1% |
| 2021 | 75.9%b (break in time series) | 75.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 74.2% | 74.4% |
| 2019 | 77.1% | 76.1% |
| 2018 | – | 75.4% |
| 2017 | – | 73.4% |
| 2016 | – | 70.6% |
| 2015 | – | 69.1% |
| 2014 | – | 67.6% |
| 2013 | – | 65.3% |
| 2012 | – | 66.3% |
| 2011 | – | 68.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | – | 70.3% |
| 2009 | – | 71.1% |
| 2008 | – | 73.1% |
| 2007 | – | 72.5% |
| 2006 | – | 72.6% |
| 2005 | – | 72.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | – | 72.6% |
| 2003 | – | 73.0% |
| 2002 | – | 74.1% |
| 2001 | – | 74.0% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 78.5% in 2024.
- Since 2019, when it was 77.1%, the figure has changed by +3.4 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 289 regions with data for 2025, Centro has the 78th highest value.
- The figure for Portugal in 2025 was 79.6%.