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Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in Brazil

Brazil: Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male was 0.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.3%
Change on year
down 5.4%
World rank
30th
of 38 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2001
All-time low
0.3%
in 2015
Years of data
36
1981–2020

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in Brazil, 1981–2020

00.20.40.61981200020201981: 0.437 % of male employed population in working age1982: 0.453 % of male employed population in working age1983: 0.459 % of male employed population in working age1984: 0.471 % of male employed population in working age1985: 0.461 % of male employed population in working age1986: 0.445 % of male employed population in working age1987: 0.443 % of male employed population in working age1988: 0.433 % of male employed population in working age1989: 0.443 % of male employed population in working age1990: 0.449 % of male employed population in working age1992: 0.479 % of male employed population in working age1993: 0.486 % of male employed population in working age1995: 0.492 % of male employed population in working age1996: 0.49 % of male employed population in working age1997: 0.498 % of male employed population in working age1998: 0.511 % of male employed population in working age1999: 0.518 % of male employed population in working age2001: 0.528 % of male employed population in working age2002: 0.513 % of male employed population in working age2003: 0.504 % of male employed population in working age2004: 0.501 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.49 % of male employed population in working age2006: 0.475 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.457 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.444 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0.43 % of male employed population in working age2011: 0.394 % of male employed population in working age2012: 0.366 % of male employed population in working age2013: 0.359 % of male employed population in working age2014: 0.347 % of male employed population in working age2015: 0.345 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.35 % of male employed population in working age2017: 0.365 % of male employed population in working age2018: 0.368 % of male employed population in working age2019: 0.369 % of male employed population in working age2020: 0.349 % of male employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Brazil recorded 0.3% for informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in 2020.

That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in Brazil peaked at 0.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2015.

That places Brazil 30th out of 38 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in Brazil, year by year

Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1981 0.4% —
1982 0.5% +3.6%
1983 0.5% +1.4%
1984 0.5% +2.4%
1985 0.5% -2.0%
1986 0.4% -3.5%
1987 0.4% -0.4%
1988 0.4% -2.3%
1989 0.4% +2.3%
1990 0.4% +1.3%
1992 0.5% +6.5%
1993 0.5% +1.6%
1995 0.5% +1.1%
1996 0.5% -0.3%
1997 0.5% +1.7%
1998 0.5% +2.6%
1999 0.5% +1.4%
2001 0.5% +1.9%
2002 0.5% -2.8%
2003 0.5% -1.8%
2004 0.5% -0.7%
2005 0.5% -2.1%
2006 0.5% -3.1%
2007 0.5% -3.8%
2008 0.4% -3.0%
2009 0.4% -3.0%
2011 0.4% -8.5%
2012 0.4% -6.9%
2013 0.4% -2.1%
2014 0.3% -3.2%
2015 0.3% -0.5%
2016 0.4% +1.4%
2017 0.4% +4.3%
2018 0.4% +0.8%
2019 0.4% +0.3%
2020 0.3% -5.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 9
1990s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 8
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 9
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 9
2020s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 27 Albania 0.5% compare
  2. 28 Costa Rica 0.5% compare
  3. 29 Tunisia 0.4% compare
  4. 31 Republic of Moldova 0.3% compare
  5. 32 South Africa 0.3% compare
  6. 33 Türkiye 0.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in Brazil?
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in Brazil was 0.3% in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest informal job workers, aged 15-64, male recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2001.
What is the lowest informal job workers, aged 15-64, male recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2015.
How does Brazil rank for informal job workers, aged 15-64, male?
Brazil ranks 30th out of 38 countries with data for 2020.
Is informal job workers, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. 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 Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
38 places, 450 data points, 1981–2021
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