Brazil Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Brazil decreased to 53.90 percent in February from 54.20 percent in January of 2019. Employment Rate in Brazil averaged 55.54 percent from 2012 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 57.30 percent in November of 2013 and a record low of 53.10 percent in March of 2017.

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Brazil Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	12.40	12.00	13.70	6.20	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	92.13	92.55	93.19	88.04	Million	[+]
Unemployed Persons	13.10	12.67	14.18	6.05	Million	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	61.60	61.60	61.90	60.90	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	120.65	116.27	181.87	39.60	Index Points	[+]
Wages	2285.00	2270.00	2285.00	2128.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	998.00	998.00	998.00	64.79	BRL/Month	[+]
Population	208.49	206.80	208.49	72.74	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	2360.00	2330.00	2370.00	2320.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1390.00	1400.00	1410.00	1360.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Productivity	120.65	116.27	181.87	39.60	Index Points	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	173.14	34.31	309.44	-654.95	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	53.90	54.20	57.30	53.10	percent	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4730.00	4040.00	4730.00	3650.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	2297.00	2245.00	2297.00	2129.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1440.00	1160.00	1440.00	1140.00	BRL/Month	[+]

In Brazil, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Brazil Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Brazil Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	53.90	54.20	57.30	53.10	2012 - 2019	percent	Monthly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.70	Feb/19	96.43	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.50	Sep/18	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Sep/18	77	77.7 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Sep/18	75.4	76.3 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Jan/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Dec/18	65.9	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.00	Dec/18	64.01	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.30	Mar/19	62.3	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.90	Mar/19	62	63.7 : 56	%
United States	60.60	Mar/19	60.7	64.7 : 55	%
South Korea	60.10	Dec/18	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.00	Feb/19	59.7	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.10	Feb/19	58.8	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	58.60	Feb/19	58.7	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	53.90	Feb/19	54.2	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	45.90	Jan/19	46.3	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.34	Dec/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.20	Dec/18	42.5	43.4 : 36.3	%