
Learn more about Eurofound's national-level research and connections with individual countries.
Eurofound provides research, data and analysis on a wide range of social and work-related topics. This information is largely comparative, but also offers country-specific information for each of the EU Member States. This page contains information, research and data for Portugal.
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Highlights from Eurofound's regularly repeated pan-European surveys that contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working conditions.
Life Satisfaction
Of the German population say they have the ability to choose or change methods of work.

Overtime Days off
Of the German population say they have the ability to choose or change methods of work.

Work Conditions Satisfaction
Of the German population say they have the ability to choose or change methods of work.

Work Conditions Satisfaction
Of the German population say they have the ability to choose or change methods of work.

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2023 was the second year of government by the Socialist Party (PS), which has an absolute majority in the parliament. While this majority and the country’s economic growth (by 2.3%) has given the government a very stable mandate, the persistence of inflation, the escalation of housing costs, and the critical situation in the education and health sectors generated increasing social instability.
This section looks into industrial action like strikes, walk-outs and other forms of labour disputes.
This section describes background and information for a country. It reviews the economic and labour market context, the legal context, and gives insights into the industrial relations context.
The central concern of employment relations is collective governance regarding work and employment. This section looks at collective bargaining in the Member States..
This section describes actors and institutions in the context of industrial relations.
Eurofound monitors developments in working life in all EU Member States and Norway. This information is complemented with specialised data collections via our surveys, on policy measures, on restructuring events, on initiatives relating to the platform economy, and country-specific publications.