According to the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD), this places them among mothers who work the most and whose children spend the most time in the care of third parties.
The average percentage of working mothers among member states is just over 50 percent for mothers with two-year olds, while the number in Portugal is 70 percent.
This figure rises to 75 percent for Portuguese mothers with children aged up to 14, with the average elsewhere being 66 percent.