INE's April Reading Eases Portugal's Unemployment Rate to 5.7% — Underutilisation Drops to 9.7% Against April 2025 as the Labour Market Carries Through the Q1 GDP Print
Portugal's provisional April unemployment rate fell to 5.7% from March's 5.8%, INE confirmed on Friday 29 May. Year-on-year, the headline is 0.5 percentage points lower; the broader underutilisation gauge dropped 0.8 points to 9.7%, extending the soft-landing pattern alongside the Q1 GDP print.
