Wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Portugal

Portugal: Wage workers, aged 15-64, female was 0.9% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
28th
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2013
All-time low
0.7%
in 1987
Years of data
16
1986–2016

Wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Portugal, 1986–2016

00.20.40.60.811986200120161986: 0.678 % of female employed population in working age1987: 0.668 % of female employed population in working age1991: 0.697 % of female employed population in working age2004: 0.811 % of female employed population in working age2005: 0.824 % of female employed population in working age2006: 0.826 % of female employed population in working age2007: 0.832 % of female employed population in working age2008: 0.852 % of female employed population in working age2009: 0.865 % of female employed population in working age2010: 0.873 % of female employed population in working age2011: 0.88 % of female employed population in working age2012: 0.909 % of female employed population in working age2013: 0.911 % of female employed population in working age2014: 0.904 % of female employed population in working age2015: 0.899 % of female employed population in working age2016: 0.898 % of female employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of female employed population in working age.

Analysis

Portugal recorded 0.9% for wage workers, aged 15-64, female in 2016.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Portugal peaked at 0.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1987.

Portugal ranks 28th of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Portugal, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) in Portugal, 1986 to 2016.
Year % of female employed population in working age Change
1986 0.7%
1987 0.7% -1.6%
1991 0.7% +4.4%
2004 0.8% +16.4%
2005 0.8% +1.6%
2006 0.8% +0.2%
2007 0.8% +0.7%
2008 0.9% +2.5%
2009 0.9% +1.5%
2010 0.9% +0.9%
2011 0.9% +0.8%
2012 0.9% +3.3%
2013 0.9% +0.2%
2014 0.9% -0.7%
2015 0.9% -0.5%
2016 0.9% -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 1
2000s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 6
2010s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 7

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 25 Lithuania 0.9% compare
  2. 26 Mauritius 0.9% compare
  3. 27 Finland 0.9% compare
  4. 29 Montenegro 0.9% compare
  5. 30 Slovakia 0.9% compare
  6. 31 Austria 0.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Portugal?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Portugal was 0.9% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, female recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2013.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, female recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1987.
How does Portugal rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, female?
Portugal ranks 28th out of 106 countries with data for 2016.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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