Portugal ranks fourth in the European Union for the share of professionals regularly working 49 hours or more per week in their main job.
The figure, which covers 9.1% of employees according to a Randstad Research analysis and based on data from the final quarter of 2025, sits well above the EU average of 6.5% and comfortably exceeds the standard working weeks of 35 hours in the public sector and 40 hours in the private sector.
