Eleven Years Added 3.3 Percent to What an Hour of Portuguese Work Produces, Against 8.8 Percent Across the EU, and 2025 Came In Below 2022
Eurostat's 8 September update puts Portugal fourth from the bottom of the EU27 on productivity growth per hour and fourth from the bottom on the level, at 66.7 percent of the European average. The measure that flatters Portugal is the one that ignores its 1,904-hour working year.