Portugal vs Sweden: Employment by professional status
Employment by professional status over time
- Portugal
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 5,329 Persons against 5,275 Persons in Portugal, a difference of 54 Persons.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Sweden ahead.
Portugal ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 16th of 33 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,244 Persons | 3,709 Persons | 465.43 Persons | Sweden |
| 1970s | 3,596 Persons | 3,996 Persons | 399.7 Persons | Sweden |
| 1980s | 4,094 Persons | 4,286 Persons | 191.8 Persons | Sweden |
| 1990s | 4,561 Persons | 4,090 Persons | 470.56 Persons | Portugal |
| 2000s | 5,077 Persons | 4,380 Persons | 696.08 Persons | Portugal |
| 2010s | 4,679 Persons | 4,828 Persons | 148.74 Persons | Sweden |
| 2020s | 4,996 Persons | 5,232 Persons | 236.59 Persons | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employment by professional status, Portugal or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 5,329 Persons against 5,275 Persons in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employment by professional status between Portugal and Sweden?
- 54 Persons, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sweden?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2025.
- How do Portugal and Sweden rank globally for employment by professional status?
- Portugal ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 16th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.