Employment Rate in Brazil decreased to 58.70 percent in September from 58.80 percent in August of 2025. This dataset provides - Brazil Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Brazil Employment Rate data was reported at 53.900 % in Feb 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 54.200 % for Jan 2019. Brazil Employment Rate data is updated monthly, averaging 56.050 % from Mar 2012 (Median) to Feb 2019, with 84 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.300 % in Dec 2013 and a record low of 53.100 % in Mar 2017. Brazil Employment Rate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.GBA001: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Monthly.

Unemployment Rate in Brazil decreased to 5.40 percent in October from 5.60 percent in September of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Brazil Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The employment rate in Brazil amounted to approximately 56.85 percent in 2023. Between 2011 and 2023, the rate rose by around 0.85 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

The statistic shows the distribution of employment in Brazil by economic sector from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, 8.2 percent of the employees in Brazil were active in the agricultural sector, 20.17 percent in industry and 71.63 percent in the service sector.

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As of the third quarter of 2024, the Northeast region of Brazil recorded the largest unemployment rate in the country, with 8.7 percent. By contrast, the lowest unemployment rate in the country could be observed in the South, with four percent.

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Brazil Labour Force Participation Rate: Rio de Janeiro data was reported at 60.900 % in Mar 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 60.500 % for Dec 2018. Brazil Labour Force Participation Rate: Rio de Janeiro data is updated quarterly, averaging 59.000 % from Mar 2012 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.900 % in Mar 2019 and a record low of 56.700 % in Mar 2015. Brazil Labour Force Participation Rate: Rio de Janeiro data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table BR.GBA037: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Labour Force Participation Rate: by Sex.

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In 2023, the percentage of informal employment in Brazil stood at 37 percent of the total employed population. This means that almost two fifths of workers in the country are considered informally employed. Neighboring Uruguay has one of the lowest rates of employment informality in Latin America.

In 2024, over 26.3 million people aged between 35 and 44 were employed in Brazil, the most numerous employed age group in that period. The second most numerous age group among the labor force in the country was those between 25 and 34 years old. Moreover, that year, around 25 percent of the employed population of Brazil were self-employed workers.

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Labor Force Participation Rate in Brazil decreased to 62.10 percent in October from 62.20 percent in September of 2025. This dataset provides - Brazil Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Brazil Formal Employment: Turnover Rate: Metropolitan: Curitiba data was reported at 5.030 % in Apr 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.310 % for Mar 2019. Brazil Formal Employment: Turnover Rate: Metropolitan: Curitiba data is updated monthly, averaging 4.530 % from Feb 2003 (Median) to Apr 2019, with 195 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.760 % in Mar 2012 and a record low of 2.290 % in Dec 2015. Brazil Formal Employment: Turnover Rate: Metropolitan: Curitiba data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Labor and Social Security. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table BR.GBB093: Formal Employment: Turnover Rate: by Region and State.

Brazil Employment: Private Sector: Registered data was reported at 31,039.000 Person th in Aug 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 30,631.000 Person th for Jul 2021. Brazil Employment: Private Sector: Registered data is updated monthly, averaging 33,731.000 Person th from Mar 2012 (Median) to Aug 2021, with 114 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36,716.000 Person th in Jun 2014 and a record low of 29,067.000 Person th in Aug 2020. Brazil Employment: Private Sector: Registered data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.GBA001: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Monthly.

Regardless of the employment status, the percentage of the population of Brazil whose average per capita income was below the poverty line experienced a downward trend between 2001 and 2014. In the case of the unemployed population, the share fell from 51.6 to 31.6 percent. However, the percentage of people in unemployment living under the poverty line has been oscillating since that year, and in 2023 the share stood at 38 percent. Furthermore, less than six percent of employees in Brazil were living under the poverty line that year.

The youth unemployment rate in Brazil stood at 17.95 percent in 2024. Between 1991 and 2024, the youth unemployment rate rose by 5.19 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Brazil Employment: Public Sector data was reported at 11,589.000 Person th in Aug 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 11,790.000 Person th for Jul 2021. Brazil Employment: Public Sector data is updated monthly, averaging 11,375.000 Person th from Mar 2012 (Median) to Aug 2021, with 114 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12,360.000 Person th in Jun 2020 and a record low of 10,768.000 Person th in Feb 2013. Brazil Employment: Public Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.GBA001: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Monthly.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Employment Rate Total: From 15 to 24 Years for Brazil (LREM24TTBRQ156N) from Q2 2002 to Q3 2015 about employment-population ratio, Brazil, 15 to 24 years, population, employment, and rate.