Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 in Brazil

Brazil: Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 was 1.0% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
1.0%
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
44th
of 92 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2019
All-time low
0.8%
in 1992
Years of data
37
1981–2021

Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 in Brazil, 1981–2021

00.20.40.60.811981200120211981: 0.817 % of employed female population aged 15-241982: 0.815 % of employed female population aged 15-241983: 0.819 % of employed female population aged 15-241984: 0.814 % of employed female population aged 15-241985: 0.828 % of employed female population aged 15-241986: 0.861 % of employed female population aged 15-241987: 0.856 % of employed female population aged 15-241988: 0.866 % of employed female population aged 15-241989: 0.866 % of employed female population aged 15-241990: 0.877 % of employed female population aged 15-241992: 0.809 % of employed female population aged 15-241993: 0.814 % of employed female population aged 15-241995: 0.827 % of employed female population aged 15-241996: 0.854 % of employed female population aged 15-241997: 0.845 % of employed female population aged 15-241998: 0.855 % of employed female population aged 15-241999: 0.843 % of employed female population aged 15-242001: 0.881 % of employed female population aged 15-242002: 0.874 % of employed female population aged 15-242003: 0.877 % of employed female population aged 15-242004: 0.871 % of employed female population aged 15-242005: 0.88 % of employed female population aged 15-242006: 0.887 % of employed female population aged 15-242007: 0.896 % of employed female population aged 15-242008: 0.913 % of employed female population aged 15-242009: 0.915 % of employed female population aged 15-242011: 0.929 % of employed female population aged 15-242012: 0.955 % of employed female population aged 15-242013: 0.959 % of employed female population aged 15-242014: 0.961 % of employed female population aged 15-242015: 0.963 % of employed female population aged 15-242016: 0.959 % of employed female population aged 15-242017: 0.963 % of employed female population aged 15-242018: 0.964 % of employed female population aged 15-242019: 0.965 % of employed female population aged 15-242020: 0.958 % of employed female population aged 15-242021: 0.958 % of employed female population aged 15-24

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed female population aged 15-24.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 1.0% for female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 in 2021.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 in Brazil peaked at 1.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1992.

Brazil ranks 44th of 92 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.

Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed female population aged 15-24) in Brazil, 1981 to 2021.
Year % of employed female population aged 15-24 Change
1981 0.8%
1982 0.8% -0.1%
1983 0.8% +0.4%
1984 0.8% -0.5%
1985 0.8% +1.7%
1986 0.9% +4.0%
1987 0.9% -0.6%
1988 0.9% +1.2%
1989 0.9% -0.0%
1990 0.9% +1.3%
1992 0.8% -7.8%
1993 0.8% +0.7%
1995 0.8% +1.5%
1996 0.9% +3.3%
1997 0.8% -1.1%
1998 0.9% +1.1%
1999 0.8% -1.4%
2001 0.9% +4.5%
2002 0.9% -0.8%
2003 0.9% +0.4%
2004 0.9% -0.7%
2005 0.9% +1.0%
2006 0.9% +0.8%
2007 0.9% +1.1%
2008 0.9% +1.9%
2009 0.9% +0.2%
2011 0.9% +1.6%
2012 1.0% +2.7%
2013 1.0% +0.4%
2014 1.0% +0.3%
2015 1.0% +0.2%
2016 1.0% -0.5%
2017 1.0% +0.4%
2018 1.0% +0.1%
2019 1.0% +0.0%
2020 1.0% -0.7%
2021 1.0% -0.1%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 1.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9%, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 1.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 9
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 8
2000s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 9
2010s 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 9
2020s 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 2

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 41 Bulgaria 1.0% compare
  2. 42 Greece 1.0% compare
  3. 43 Mexico 1.0% compare
  4. 45 Hungary 1.0% compare
  5. 46 El Salvador 0.9% compare
  6. 47 Namibia 0.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 in Brazil?
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 in Brazil was 1.0% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2019.
What is the lowest female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1992.
How does Brazil rank for female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24?
Brazil ranks 44th out of 92 countries with data for 2021.
Is female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed female population aged 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed female population aged 15-24)
Unit
% of employed female population aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,282 data points, 1970–2021
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