In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Metropolitan Area of Lisboa concentrated almost half of the employed population working remotely - Data until April 21

• In the period from April to December 2020, 15.6% of the employed population worked remotely. Among the seven NUTS 2 regions, the Metropolitan Area of Lisboa (AML) recorded the highest proportion (27.9%), concentrating 48% of the employed population in telework in the country. In the other regions, the proportion employed population working remotely was lower than the national average and was below 9% in the autonomous regions.
• The different territorial expression of telework is associated with differences in regional productive structures. Taking as a reference the nomenclature of branches of economic activity (aggregation A10), the proportion of teleworking employment was more than double the national average in three branches: Information and Communication Activities (66.9%), Financial and insurance activities (47.6%) Consultancy, scientific, technical and similar activities; administrative and support service activities (32.5%).
• The importance of the employed population working remotely in the Metropolitan Area of Lisboa, associated with the high commuting levels in this region and the asymmetrical structure of the commuting patterns, suggest differentiated impacts on the local economies that benefit from the territorial proximity to the usual workplaces. In this context, it should be noted that, according to the results of the last Survey on Mobility in Metropolitan Areas, more than 50% of the inter-municipal work trips of the population living in this region was to the municipality of Lisbon. In Lisbon, for every 100 inhabitants aged 15 or over, there were 53 work trips from other municipalities in the Metropolitan Area of Lisboa. Thus, in addition to the effect of the decrease in tourism decrease on the local economy, there may have been the effect of the reduction in trips due to the significant expression of telework as a result of the pandemic.