Portugal topped the chart of all the European Union nations for increased numbers of people employed in the April to June period of this year.
While the EU average rise was 0.2% - with a slightly better 0.3% in eurozone countries – Portugal managed to increase the number of people in employment by 1.3%, according to national accounts estimates published by Eurostat.
The figures are in comparison to the first quarter of 2015.
When compared the figures from the second quarter of this year to the same period last year, Portugal’s improvement was even greater, coming in at 1.9% against an EU average of 0.9%.
Greece also reported a healthy increase of 1.2% in the second quarter, followed by Ireland and Spain both with 0.9%.
Eurostat estimates that nearly 229 million people in EU countries were in employment in the second quarter, of which 151 million lived in the euro region.
The upward trend in employment began from its very low point in early 2013 and has been rising steadily since then.
In the greater EU areas, more people found employment in information and communication; finance and insurance activities; and professional and support service activities. The construction sector and estate agencies shed jobs.
In the euro area, more people were working in sectors across the board: in agriculture, forestry and fishing; manufacturing; construction; transport, accommodation and food; information and communication; estate agents; finance and insurance; arts and entertainment; and support services.
The figures for portugal ahve long been exposed as a sham.
In an article in The Resident this week, the real situation for Portugal’s unemployed is revealed with 70% of long-term unemployed without any state support at all and the figures massaged, as in many other countries, to show figures that belie the truth.
http://portugalresident.com/70-of-portugal%E2%80%99s-unemployed-do-not-receive-benefit
Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas said that "The numbers that Eurostat published today about job creation in Portugal is a story with real impact," adding that it was important to note that the economy has been creating jobs since early 2013.
