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Portugal's Regions Outpace EU Employment Targets, Others Lag
10/14/2025
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- Recent Eurostat data show most regions in Portugal, including Centro, Greater Lisbon, and Algarve, have surpassed the EU's 78% employment target for 2030.
- The North and West and Tagus Valley remained below the target.
- In 2024, the EU's overall employment rate reached 75.8%.
- Forty-six point five percent of EU regions exceeded the target.
- Italy's Calabria and Campania reported rates as low as 48.5%.
