Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil

Brazil: Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural was 0.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.3%
Change on year
down 6.6%
World rank
20th
of 80 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 1992
All-time low
0.3%
in 2020
Years of data
36
1981–2020

Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil, 1981–2020

00.20.40.61981200020201981: 0.556 % of rural employed population in working age1982: 0.543 % of rural employed population in working age1983: 0.583 % of rural employed population in working age1984: 0.549 % of rural employed population in working age1985: 0.541 % of rural employed population in working age1986: 0.515 % of rural employed population in working age1987: 0.526 % of rural employed population in working age1988: 0.51 % of rural employed population in working age1989: 0.492 % of rural employed population in working age1990: 0.5 % of rural employed population in working age1992: 0.589 % of rural employed population in working age1993: 0.58 % of rural employed population in working age1995: 0.583 % of rural employed population in working age1996: 0.567 % of rural employed population in working age1997: 0.573 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.578 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.583 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.557 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.575 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.579 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.564 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.562 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.556 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.563 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.545 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.556 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.525 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.371 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.367 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.359 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.328 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.298 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.297 % of rural employed population in working age2018: 0.276 % of rural employed population in working age2019: 0.277 % of rural employed population in working age2020: 0.258 % of rural employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural employed population in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil is 0.3%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.

The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 53.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil peaked at 0.6% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2020.

That places Brazil 20th out of 80 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.

Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Brazil, 1981 to 2020.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1981 0.6%
1982 0.5% -2.4%
1983 0.6% +7.3%
1984 0.5% -5.9%
1985 0.5% -1.5%
1986 0.5% -4.8%
1987 0.5% +2.3%
1988 0.5% -3.1%
1989 0.5% -3.7%
1990 0.5% +1.8%
1992 0.6% +17.8%
1993 0.6% -1.6%
1995 0.6% +0.4%
1996 0.6% -2.7%
1997 0.6% +1.0%
1998 0.6% +0.9%
1999 0.6% +0.8%
2001 0.6% -4.4%
2002 0.6% +3.2%
2003 0.6% +0.7%
2004 0.6% -2.7%
2005 0.6% -0.3%
2006 0.6% -1.2%
2007 0.6% +1.3%
2008 0.5% -3.2%
2009 0.6% +2.0%
2011 0.5% -5.5%
2012 0.4% -29.3%
2013 0.4% -1.3%
2014 0.4% -2.1%
2015 0.3% -8.5%
2016 0.3% -9.2%
2017 0.3% -0.5%
2018 0.3% -6.9%
2019 0.3% +0.2%
2020 0.3% -6.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 9
1990s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 8
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 9
2010s 0.3% 0.3% 0.5% 9
2020s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 17 Mexico 0.3% compare
  2. 18 Ethiopia 0.3% compare
  3. 19 Nigeria 0.3% compare
  4. 21 Republic of Moldova 0.3% compare
  5. 22 Uruguay 0.2% compare
  6. 23 India 0.2% compare

See the full ranking of 80 places →

More reference data data for Brazil

All data for Brazil →

Frequently asked questions

What is employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil?
Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil was 0.3% in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 1992.
What is the lowest employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
How does Brazil rank for employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural?
Brazil ranks 20th out of 80 countries with data for 2020.
Is employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 53.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil. Statizoid. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-in-the-elementary-occupation-group-aged-15-64-rural-percent-of-rural-employed/brazil/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-in-the-elementary-occupation-group-aged-15-64-rural-percent-of-rural-employed/brazil/">Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
80 places, 1,017 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed