Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Brazil

Brazil: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female was 0.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
42nd
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2014
All-time low
0.6%
in 1992
Years of data
37
1981–2021

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Brazil, 1981–2021

00.20.40.60.81981200120211981: 0.629 % of female employed population in working age1982: 0.616 % of female employed population in working age1983: 0.626 % of female employed population in working age1984: 0.626 % of female employed population in working age1985: 0.632 % of female employed population in working age1986: 0.653 % of female employed population in working age1987: 0.645 % of female employed population in working age1988: 0.653 % of female employed population in working age1989: 0.654 % of female employed population in working age1990: 0.644 % of female employed population in working age1992: 0.59 % of female employed population in working age1993: 0.596 % of female employed population in working age1995: 0.597 % of female employed population in working age1996: 0.629 % of female employed population in working age1997: 0.621 % of female employed population in working age1998: 0.628 % of female employed population in working age1999: 0.618 % of female employed population in working age2001: 0.654 % of female employed population in working age2002: 0.65 % of female employed population in working age2003: 0.654 % of female employed population in working age2004: 0.657 % of female employed population in working age2005: 0.654 % of female employed population in working age2006: 0.665 % of female employed population in working age2007: 0.676 % of female employed population in working age2008: 0.685 % of female employed population in working age2009: 0.696 % of female employed population in working age2011: 0.726 % of female employed population in working age2012: 0.749 % of female employed population in working age2013: 0.754 % of female employed population in working age2014: 0.754 % of female employed population in working age2015: 0.75 % of female employed population in working age2016: 0.742 % of female employed population in working age2017: 0.733 % of female employed population in working age2018: 0.731 % of female employed population in working age2019: 0.728 % of female employed population in working age2020: 0.73 % of female employed population in working age2021: 0.721 % of female employed population in working age

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Brazil is 0.7%, measured in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Brazil peaked at 0.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1992.

Brazil ranks 42nd of 106 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.

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) in Brazil, 1981 to 2021.
Year % of female employed population in working age Change
1981 0.6%
1982 0.6% -2.1%
1983 0.6% +1.6%
1984 0.6% -0.0%
1985 0.6% +1.0%
1986 0.7% +3.3%
1987 0.6% -1.2%
1988 0.7% +1.2%
1989 0.7% +0.2%
1990 0.6% -1.6%
1992 0.6% -8.4%
1993 0.6% +1.2%
1995 0.6% +0.0%
1996 0.6% +5.3%
1997 0.6% -1.1%
1998 0.6% +1.0%
1999 0.6% -1.5%
2001 0.7% +5.9%
2002 0.7% -0.6%
2003 0.7% +0.6%
2004 0.7% +0.5%
2005 0.7% -0.6%
2006 0.7% +1.8%
2007 0.7% +1.6%
2008 0.7% +1.3%
2009 0.7% +1.5%
2011 0.7% +4.3%
2012 0.7% +3.3%
2013 0.8% +0.6%
2014 0.8% +0.1%
2015 0.8% -0.5%
2016 0.7% -1.1%
2017 0.7% -1.2%
2018 0.7% -0.2%
2019 0.7% -0.5%
2020 0.7% +0.2%
2021 0.7% -1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 9
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 8
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 9
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 39 Chile 0.7% compare
  2. 40 Greece 0.7% compare
  3. 41 Tunisia 0.7% compare
  4. 43 Uruguay 0.7% compare
  5. 44 Albania 0.7% compare
  6. 45 Dominican Republic 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Brazil?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Brazil was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2014.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1992.
How does Brazil rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female?
Brazil ranks 42nd out of 106 countries with data for 2021.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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