Trends in Working Age Population Percentage in Portugal from 1990 to 2022

In Portugal, the working-age population percentage rose gradually from 65.9% in 1990, peaking at 67.4% in the early 2000s. However, from 2003 onward, this percentage began a steady decline, reaching 63.9% by 2022. This shift reflects Portugal's aging population and declining birth rates. The ongoing reduction in the working-age population poses challenges for the country’s labor force sustainability, particularly in light of an increasingly aging demographic structure.