The figures were revealed on Wednesday by Portugal’s Professional Job and Training Institute (IEFP), in its monthly analysis on the job market.

Figures released by Eurostat on 31 August showed that Portugal’s unemployment rate in July was 6.8%, down from 8.9% a year earlier.

The unemployment rate in the euro zone in July, meanwhile, stood at 6.8% and in the European Union as a whole at 8.2%.