After being overtaken by Poland in 2024 and therefore leaving the European top ten, it has now been overtaken by Lithuania, according to Eurostat data.
By agreement between the government, business confederations and the UGT, the Portuguese minimum wage rose, at the beginning of 2025, from the 820 euros previously practiced to 870 euros. At stake is a reinforcement of 50 euros, corresponding to around 6%.
Even so — and despite the fact that the last ten years have seen consecutive increases — the guaranteed minimum wage in Portugal continues to fail to improve in comparison with other countries in the EU bloc, according to a report by ECO.
This year, Lithuania (with a minimum wage of 1,038 euros gross in 12 payments) managed to surpass Portugal (here, the minimum wage in 12 payments is 1,015 euros gross).
Even so, the Portuguese minimum wage managed to remain in 11th place, as Cyprus did not make any increase (it remained at around one thousand euros per month, in 12 payments) and, therefore, fell in this table.
According to data released by Eurostat, among the various member states of the European Union, Luxembourg has, unsurprisingly, the most attractive minimum wage: 2,637.79 euros gross per month (12 payments).
Ireland (2,281.50 euros per month in 12 payments) maintains the second place achieved in 2024 and the Netherlands (2,193.36 euros per month in 12 payments) the third.
Completing the top six are the countries that already occupied these positions last year: Germany, Belgium and France.
On the other side of the table, Bulgaria remains the European country with the lowest minimum wage. At stake is a guaranteed minimum remuneration of around 550.67 euros gross per month (in 12 payments), which, even so, increased by more than 15% compared to 2024.
The other two countries occupying the three worst places are, according to Eurostat, Hungary (which drops one place compared to 2024) and Latvia (which also drops one place in the ranking).
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Publish date : 2025-02-03 02:02:00
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