Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Coimbra

Coimbra: Labour market - FUAs — Employment was 130,484 Persons in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
130,484 Persons
Change on year
up 2.0%
Rank
509th
of 577 regions
All-time high
153,272 Persons
in 2002
All-time low
123,439 Persons
in 2021
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Coimbra, 2000–2023

050.0k100.0k150.0k2000201120232000: 149.7k Persons2001: 150.6k Persons2002: 153.3k Persons2003: 152.5k Persons2004: 149.7k Persons2005: 148.4k Persons2006: 149.3k Persons2007: 150.1k Persons2008: 149.5k Persons2009: 144.7k Persons2010: 143.1k Persons2011: 130.4k Persons2012: 126.6k Persons2013: 126.0k Persons2014: 124.4k Persons2015: 125.4k Persons2016: 125.0k Persons2017: 127.6k Persons2018: 130.0k Persons2019: 130.0k Persons2020: 124.9k Persons2021: 123.4k Persons2022: 127.9k Persons2023: 130.5k Persons

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.

Analysis

Coimbra recorded 130,484 Persons for labour market - fuas — employment in 2023.

That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — employment in Coimbra peaked at 153,272 Persons in 2002 and was at its lowest, 123,439 Persons, in 2021.

Coimbra ranks 509th of 577 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 149,782 Persons 144,728 Persons 153,272 Persons 10
2010s 128,838 Persons 124,367 Persons 143,050 Persons 10
2020s 126,688 Persons 123,439 Persons 130,484 Persons 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is labour market - fuas — employment in Coimbra?
Labour market - fuas — employment in Coimbra was 130,484 Persons in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Coimbra?
The highest recorded value was 153,272 Persons in 2002.
What is the lowest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Coimbra?
The lowest recorded value was 123,439 Persons in 2021.
How does Coimbra rank for labour market - fuas — employment?
Coimbra ranks 509th out of 577 regions with data for 2023.
Is labour market - fuas — employment rising or falling in Coimbra?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Coimbra data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Labour market - FUAs — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Labour market - FUAs — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
580 places, 11,884 data points, 2000–2024
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<p align="justify">This dataset provides labour market indicators for FUAs of more than 250 000 inhabitants, including labour force, participation rate, employment, employment to population ratio, unemployment and unemployment rate.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> When labour statistics are unavailable at a more granular level than FUAs (e.g. municipal level), the indicators are estimated by adjusting the regional (OECD TL2 and TL3 regions) values to the FUA boundaries, based on the population distribution in each region. Regional values (labour force, employment and unemployment) in TL3 regions are used as data inputs and combined with gridded population data <a href=https://doi.org/10.2760/098587>(European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023)</a>. FUA boundaries are intersected with TL3 borders to compute the share of the regional population that lives within FUAs in each region. This share is then applied to the variable of interest (e.g. employment) and allocated to the FUA. In case several regions intersect the FUA, the adjusted values of intersecting regions are summed. For countries where TL3-level data is not available, data for TL2 regions is used. This approach assumes that the variable of interest has the same spatial distribution as population. Therefore, the modelled indicators should be interpreted with caution.<br /><br /> When a more granular level is available, data is aggregated for each FUA. For example in the United States, labour market data is available at the county-level (<a href=https://www.bls.gov/lau/#cntyaa>US Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>), and then aggregated by FUA. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1dx">Labour market - FUAs</a>), <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>