As of 2019, there were approximately 16.8 thousand people employed in the postal services sector in Portugal. This was an increase of more than two thousand people, and the highest value in this sector since 2012.
Number of employees in the postal and courier activities industry in Portugal from 2008 to 2019
(in 1,000s)
* Break in time series.
Employment as defined by the International Labour Organization comprises "all persons of working age who during a specified brief period, such as one week or one day, were in the following categories: a) paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work); or b) self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work)."
Data coverage corresponds to code H53 of the NACE_R2 of economic activities, which is postal and courier activities.
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Eurostat. (September 1, 2020). Number of employees in the postal and courier activities industry in Portugal from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062953/portugal-postal-services-employment/
Eurostat. "Number of employees in the postal and courier activities industry in Portugal from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Chart. September 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062953/portugal-postal-services-employment/
Eurostat. (2020). Number of employees in the postal and courier activities industry in Portugal from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062953/portugal-postal-services-employment/
Eurostat. "Number of Employees in The Postal and Courier Activities Industry in Portugal from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062953/portugal-postal-services-employment/
Eurostat, Number of employees in the postal and courier activities industry in Portugal from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062953/portugal-postal-services-employment/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of employees in the postal and courier activities industry in Portugal from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Eurostat, September 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062953/portugal-postal-services-employment/
