The weight of public employment increases: it has grown by 18.7% since 2019 compared to an increase of 8.2% in private employment. Total employment in the country has increased by 9.6% between February 2019 and February 2024.
Education is the sector that has received the greatest reinforcement in this period, with 245,704 new employees. Research and Development (R&D) and architectural and engineering technical services, technical testing and analysis, with 9,621 new workers. In Health there are 768,844 professionals, compared to 660,214 in 2019.