The number of Portuguese people in the same situation is smaller, around 27%.
Around 39% of immigrants with higher education who are in Portugal have a job below their qualifications. The number of Portuguese people in the same situation is smaller, around 27%.
The study concluded that, despite the difference, Portugal is one of the countries in Europe with the least discrepancy between Portuguese and foreigners.
In Italy, Spain and Greece, the number of immigrants in a sub-skilled job is almost double the population of those countries.
In Portugal, more than 50 thousand higher education students are foreigners, a number that corresponds to 10% of the total number of students.