Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Brazil

Brazil: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.1%
Change on year
down 13.3%
World rank
65th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 1982
All-time low
0.1%
in 2020
Years of data
36
1981–2020

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Brazil, 1981–2020

0.10.150.20.250.31981200020201981: 0.289 % of total employed population in working age1982: 0.299 % of total employed population in working age1983: 0.287 % of total employed population in working age1984: 0.292 % of total employed population in working age1985: 0.28 % of total employed population in working age1986: 0.268 % of total employed population in working age1987: 0.262 % of total employed population in working age1988: 0.256 % of total employed population in working age1989: 0.229 % of total employed population in working age1990: 0.23 % of total employed population in working age1992: 0.232 % of total employed population in working age1993: 0.219 % of total employed population in working age1995: 0.216 % of total employed population in working age1996: 0.234 % of total employed population in working age1997: 0.223 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.23 % of total employed population in working age1999: 0.212 % of total employed population in working age2001: 0.219 % of total employed population in working age2002: 0.212 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.205 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.192 % of total employed population in working age2005: 0.186 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.183 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.176 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.167 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.157 % of total employed population in working age2011: 0.141 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.148 % of total employed population in working age2013: 0.132 % of total employed population in working age2014: 0.119 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.11 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.098 % of total employed population in working age2017: 0.102 % of total employed population in working age2018: 0.107 % of total employed population in working age2019: 0.112 % of total employed population in working age2020: 0.097 % of total employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Brazil recorded 0.1% for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.

The figure is down 13.3% on the previous year and down 38.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Brazil peaked at 0.3% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2020.

Brazil ranks 65th of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) in Brazil, 1981 to 2020.
Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1981 0.3%
1982 0.3% +3.3%
1983 0.3% -3.9%
1984 0.3% +1.7%
1985 0.3% -4.0%
1986 0.3% -4.3%
1987 0.3% -2.5%
1988 0.3% -2.0%
1989 0.2% -10.6%
1990 0.2% +0.3%
1992 0.2% +1.1%
1993 0.2% -5.5%
1995 0.2% -1.7%
1996 0.2% +8.4%
1997 0.2% -4.5%
1998 0.2% +3.1%
1999 0.2% -7.9%
2001 0.2% +3.6%
2002 0.2% -3.2%
2003 0.2% -3.4%
2004 0.2% -6.5%
2005 0.2% -2.9%
2006 0.2% -1.9%
2007 0.2% -3.5%
2008 0.2% -5.2%
2009 0.2% -6.1%
2011 0.1% -10.5%
2012 0.1% +5.3%
2013 0.1% -11.1%
2014 0.1% -9.4%
2015 0.1% -8.0%
2016 0.1% -10.9%
2017 0.1% +4.4%
2018 0.1% +4.4%
2019 0.1% +4.8%
2020 0.1% -13.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 9
1990s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 8
2000s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 9
2010s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 9
2020s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 1

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 62 Italy 0.1% compare
  2. 63 Uruguay 0.1% compare
  3. 64 Slovenia 0.1% compare
  4. 66 Ireland 0.1% compare
  5. 67 Sweden 0.1% compare
  6. 68 Norway 0.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Brazil?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Brazil was 0.1% in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 1982.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2020.
How does Brazil rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
Brazil ranks 65th out of 84 countries with data for 2020.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 38.3%. 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 Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,253 data points, 1970–2021
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