Portugal: manufacture of textiles number of employees 2021

The number of employees in the textile manufacturing industry in Portugal saw no significant changes in 2021 in comparison to the previous year 2020 and remained at around 43850 employees.
Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.

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Total number of employees in the textile manufacturing sector in Portugal from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Total number of employees
2021b	43,850
2020	43,778
2019	45,126
2018	45,946
2017	44,707
2016	43,073
2015	40,925
2014	39,966
2013	38,940
2012	38,495

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Release date

March 2024

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Portugal

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds further explanation: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Data coverage corresponds to Section C13 of CE Rev. 2.

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