Work & Labour in Brazil

1,097 indicators covering work & labour for Brazil.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment rate of men vs. women 4.9% 2025 down 31.9% 93rd
Female unemployment rate 7.3% 2025 down 28.9% 68th
Share of male vs. female employment in industry 27.5% 2025 down 10.3% 75th
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 10.9% 2025 down 13.9% 118th
Share of male vs. female employment in services 61.6% 2025 up 8.7% 54th
Employment rate, men vs. women 69.8% 2025 down 0.7% 61st
Employment rate 59.4% 2025 up 1.0% 80th
Youth unemployment rate 14.0% 2025 down 28.3% 85th
Population by labor force status 41.26 million people 2025 down 8.7% 10th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 6.6% 2023 down 28.5% 151st
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 16,257 2025 down 7.7% 2nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 5,403 Persons 2022 up 37.6% 6th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 5,189 Persons 2022 down 13.3% 5th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.8% 2020 up 3.0% 93rd
Female labor force by age 1.24 million people 2024 up 88.4% 9th
Labor force participation rate by age 54.7% 2024 down 0.8% 31st
Female labor force participation rate by age 48.4% 2024 up 3.0% 40th
Jobs gap 15,019 2025 down 4.2% 1st
Jobs gap rate 12.8 2025 down 12.3% 25th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 8,674 2025 up 22.1% 1st
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 7.4 2025 up 12.1% 18th
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 15.7% 2024 up 1.1% 74th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0008 units per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% 145th
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0006 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.2% 120th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.443 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% 144th
Employment by status 69.5% 2024 down 1.6% 88th
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 69.5% 2024 down 1.6% 88th
Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.0002 units per square kilometre 2023 up 92.0% 167th
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.0002 units per square kilometre 2023 up 92.0% 167th
Employment 102,454 2025 up 11.4% 5th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 0.3459 % change on previous year 2025 down 72.1% 61st
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 0.3459 % change on previous year 2025 down 72.1% 61st
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 0.3459 % change on previous year 2025 down 72.1% 61st
Cases of fatal occupational injury 2,938 2011 up 17.4% 3rd
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.1% 2025 up 132.6% 123rd
Unemployment with basic education 7.0% 2025 down 21.5% 59th
Unemployment with basic education, male 5.7% 2025 down 26.8% 69th
Unemployment with intermediate education 6.7% 2025 down 7.7% 54th
Unemployment with basic education, female 9.4% 2025 down 12.5% 49th
Unemployment with advanced education 3.2% 2025 down 32.0% 89th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 8.4% 2025 down 1.3% 50th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 3.25 2024 up 65.0% 52nd
Level of national compliance with labor rights 3.25 score 2024 up 65.0% 52nd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 18.7% 2025 down 15.4% 48th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 5.3% 2025 down 11.3% 63rd
Labor force with basic education, female 35.9% 2025 down 30.1% 64th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 22.9% 2025 down 19.8% 46th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 14.6% 2025 down 7.0% 46th
Labor force with basic education, male 63.8% 2025 down 20.1% 56th
Labor force with basic education 50.2% 2025 down 24.0% 60th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 63.9% 2025 down 12.4% 27th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 83.9% 2025 down 4.2% 13th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 73.5% 2025 down 7.6% 21st
Unemployment with advanced education, male 2.5% 2025 down 36.1% 99th
Labor force with advanced education, male 87.9% 2025 down 0.5% 24th
Labor force with advanced education 82.3% 2025 down 1.1% 28th
Labor force with advanced education, female 78.2% 2025 down 1.6% 46th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 49.8% 2025 up 4.7% 93rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.9% 2025 up 0.1% 67th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 3.8% 2025 down 29.4% 77th