Building construction employees Portugal 2021

The number of employees in the construction of buildings industry in Portugal increased by 8,503 employees (+5.6 percent) in 2021. In total, the number of employees amounted to 160,440 employees in 2021.
The relationship of employer to employee exists when there is an agreement, which may be formal or informal, between an enterprise and a person, normally entered into voluntarily by both parties, whereby the person works for the enterprise in return for remuneration in cash or in kind.

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Total number of employees in the building construction industry in Portugal from 2010 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021b	160,440
2020	151,937
2019	146,251
2018	133,304
2017	125,299
2016	119,673
2015	115,795
2014	113,847
2013	116,693
2012	131,941
2011	163,453
2010	183,669

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Release date

March 2024

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Portugal

Survey time period

2010 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Data coverage corresponds to Section F41 of CE Rev. 2.

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