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.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Brazil remained unchanged at 62.30 percent in August. This dataset provides - Brazil Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

As of the second quarter of 2025, there are more than 3.6 million people in Brazil who have two or more jobs. Compared to the previous quarter, this figure represents an increase of more than 540,000 people.

Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Piauí: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry data was reported at 81.000 Person th in Mar 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 83.000 Person th for Dec 2018. Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Piauí: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry data is updated quarterly, averaging 90.000 Person th from Mar 2012 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 107.000 Person th in Mar 2013 and a record low of 76.000 Person th in Mar 2017. Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Piauí: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry 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.GBA011: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Working Age Population: Labour Force: Employed: by Economic Activity.

In 2023, over 25.8 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 were those between 25 and 34 years old. Moreover, that year, nearly 27 percent of the employed population of Brazil were self-employed workers.

Brazil Labour Force: Unemployed: Who Did Not Look for a Job: But Would Like to Work: Central West data was reported at 9,690,055.041 Person in 22 Aug 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 9,674,955.316 Person for 15 Aug 2020. Brazil Labour Force: Unemployed: Who Did Not Look for a Job: But Would Like to Work: Central West data is updated daily, averaging 9,690,055.041 Person from May 2020 (Median) to 22 Aug 2020, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,805,848.543 Person in 06 Jun 2020 and a record low of 9,593,645.792 Person in 23 May 2020. Brazil Labour Force: Unemployed: Who Did Not Look for a Job: But Would Like to Work: Central West 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.GBA001: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Weekly.

Brazil Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Number of Occupations: Labor Market: Unregistered: Industry data was reported at 2.876 Unit mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.964 Unit mn for 2015. Brazil Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Number of Occupations: Labor Market: Unregistered: Industry data is updated yearly, averaging 3.297 Unit mn from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2016, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.358 Unit mn in 2014 and a record low of 2.876 Unit mn in 2016. Brazil Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Number of Occupations: Labor Market: Unregistered: Industry 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 National Accounts – Table BR.AB012: SNA 2008: Gross Domestic Product: by Industry: Number of Occupations.

In 2023, 43.51 percent of the workforce in India were employed in agriculture, while the other half was almost evenly distributed among the two other sectors, industry and services. While the share of Indians working in agriculture is declining, it is still the main sector of employment. A BRIC powerhouseTogether with Brazil, Russia, and China, India makes up the four so-called BRIC countries. They are the four fastest-growing emerging countries dubbed BRIC, an acronym, by Jim O’Neill at Goldman Sachs. Being major economies themselves already, these four countries are said to be at a similar economic developmental stage -- on the verge of becoming industrialized countries -- and maybe even dominating the global economy. Together, they are already larger than the rest of the world when it comes to GDP and simple population figures. Among these four, India is ranked second across almost all key indicators, right behind China. Services on the riseWhile most of the Indian workforce is still employed in the agricultural sector, it is the services sector that generates most of the country’s GDP. In fact, when looking at GDP distribution across economic sectors, agriculture lags behind with a mere 15 percent contribution. Some of the leading services industries are telecommunications, software, textiles, and chemicals, and production only seems to increase – currently, the GDP in India is growing, as is employment.

Abstract

Objectives: To provide general information about people with disabilities that can be used in the development of appropriate policies.

Reference Period: Month

Periodicity of Data Collection: Every 10 years

Geographic coverage

Whole country

Analysis unit

Individuals

Universe

Population groups: All age groups

Total population covered: All

Economic activities: All economic activities

Sectors covered: All sectors

Labor force status: Employed persons, unemployed persons, persons outside labour force

Status in Employment: Employees, employers, own-account workers, contributing family workers, members of producers' cooperatives

Establishments: NR (census was not designed to collect data on all types of establishments)

Other limitations: According to census methodology, employment data is collected only for people with 10 years or more

Classifications: Sex, age, level of education, type of living arrangements, status in employment, occupation, economic activity, type of disability

Cross-classification: Disability variable can be cross-classified by all variables

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Frequency of data collection

Periodicity of Data collection: Every 10 years

Brazil Formal Employment: São Paulo: Year to Date: Admitted: Manufacturing: Food Products and Beverage data was reported at 76,450.000 Unit in Apr 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 50,504.000 Unit for Mar 2019. Brazil Formal Employment: São Paulo: Year to Date: Admitted: Manufacturing: Food Products and Beverage data is updated monthly, averaging 136,852.000 Unit from May 2003 (Median) to Apr 2019, with 192 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 300,777.000 Unit in Dec 2010 and a record low of 12,543.000 Unit in Jan 2017. Brazil Formal Employment: São Paulo: Year to Date: Admitted: Manufacturing: Food Products and Beverage 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.GBC074: Formal Employment: by Industry: São Paulo: Year-to-Date. Notes: The data included adjustments of the data deliver after the legal deadline. The concepts used in CAGED refer to changes in employment regulated by CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws), occurred in the establishment, informs the movement of wage employment Hired Under Employment Laws. Therefore describes a portion of all working people. It is considered as an admission every entry of worker in a company in the current month. And as layoffs, every output from person whose employment relationship ceased during the month for any reason (resignation, retirement, death), either by the employer or the employee. Balance (Absolute Change), indicates the difference between Admitted and Laid Off.

ABSTRACT In this study, we analyze the relationship between the development of occupational structure and income inequality in Brazil and the U.S. While both Brazil and the U.S. face high levels of inequality, low socioeconomic development in Brazil notably reduces the proportion of total income that accrues in the bottom two quintiles of the income distribution. In the U.S., inequality is mostly due to unobserved differences within occupations and has grown in large part because of higher earnings among high-skilled workers. Our results highlight that the effects of occupational structure are generally more pronounced at lower levels of economic development. At the higher level of economic development found in the U.S., inequality appears to increase largely due to rising inequality among high-skilled employees, which may be a function of unobserved organizational variables such as firm productivity and market advantage.

ABSTRACT In the 90’s, the Brazilian society knew a very important process of economic and social changes. After a long period of the development centered in the internal market and local industrial base, a new economic policy was adopted aiming increase to the competitiveness of the industrial structure. The new economic dynamic induced the growth of the importation and reduced the importance of local productive base for internal market level. This dynamic has imposed systematic reductions of the formal employment level. The government argues that the employment problems are explained by the reduced level of the qualification of national workers. This paper shows that this dynamic is based in the unskilled labor force. It reinforced the low skill of the Brazilian labor market and doesn’t improve the competitiveness of national productive base. We don’t find indicators able to confirm the arguments of the actual economic policy.

In 2022, the southeast of the country was home to 53.4 percent of Husky users working for companies outside Brazil. The South was the second largest region with nearly 24 percent, while the North had less than 3 percent of the workforce.

Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Acre: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry data was reported at 30.000 Person th in Mar 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 34.000 Person th for Dec 2018. Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Acre: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry data is updated quarterly, averaging 26.000 Person th from Mar 2012 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36.000 Person th in Mar 2018 and a record low of 16.000 Person th in Mar 2013. Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Acre: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry 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.GBA011: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Working Age Population: Labour Force: Employed: by Economic Activity.

Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Central West: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry data was reported at 777.000 Person th in Mar 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 808.000 Person th for Dec 2018. Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Central West: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry data is updated quarterly, averaging 816.000 Person th from Mar 2012 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 872.000 Person th in Dec 2012 and a record low of 728.000 Person th in Mar 2016. Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: Central West: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry 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.GBA011: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Working Age Population: Labour Force: Employed: by Economic Activity.

In 2023, the employment in the agricultural sector as share of total employment in Brazil was 8.2 percent. Between 1991 and 2023, the figure dropped by 10.15 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

In 2023, 68 percent of the more than 29 million business owners in Brazil reported earning at most the equivalent of two minimum wages. While 24 percent reported earning between two and five minimum wages. In 2023, the minimum wage in Brazil was 1,302 Brazilian reals.

Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: South: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry data was reported at 2,585.000 Person th in Mar 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,600.000 Person th for Dec 2018. Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: South: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry data is updated quarterly, averaging 2,740.000 Person th from Mar 2012 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,841.000 Person th in Jun 2012 and a record low of 2,520.000 Person th in Mar 2018. Brazil Working Age Population: Labour Force: South: Employed: by Economic Activity: General Industry 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.GBA011: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: Working Age Population: Labour Force: Employed: by Economic Activity.

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 number of people underemployed due to insufficient hours worked increased significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the third quarter of 2021, approximately 7.8 million people were underemployed. By the second quarter of 2024, this number had fallen to less than 5.1 million.