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

Brazil: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male was 0.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.6%
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
47th
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2014
All-time low
0.5%
in 1984
Years of data
37
1981–2021

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

00.20.40.61981200120211981: 0.524 % of male employed population in working age1982: 0.514 % of male employed population in working age1983: 0.541 % of male employed population in working age1984: 0.505 % of male employed population in working age1985: 0.521 % of male employed population in working age1986: 0.534 % of male employed population in working age1987: 0.542 % of male employed population in working age1988: 0.551 % of male employed population in working age1989: 0.551 % of male employed population in working age1990: 0.539 % of male employed population in working age1992: 0.51 % of male employed population in working age1993: 0.516 % of male employed population in working age1995: 0.51 % of male employed population in working age1996: 0.52 % of male employed population in working age1997: 0.516 % of male employed population in working age1998: 0.518 % of male employed population in working age1999: 0.508 % of male employed population in working age2001: 0.539 % of male employed population in working age2002: 0.541 % of male employed population in working age2003: 0.538 % of male employed population in working age2004: 0.543 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.548 % of male employed population in working age2006: 0.56 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.571 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.585 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0.585 % of male employed population in working age2011: 0.602 % of male employed population in working age2012: 0.617 % of male employed population in working age2013: 0.615 % of male employed population in working age2014: 0.619 % of male employed population in working age2015: 0.607 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.599 % of male employed population in working age2017: 0.593 % of male employed population in working age2018: 0.592 % of male employed population in working age2019: 0.593 % of male employed population in working age2020: 0.592 % of male employed population in working age2021: 0.579 % of male employed population in working age

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

Analysis

In 2021, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Brazil stood at 0.6%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Brazil peaked at 0.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1984.

That places Brazil 47th out of 106 countries with data for 2021, putting it 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, male in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) in Brazil, 1981 to 2021.
Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1981 0.5%
1982 0.5% -1.9%
1983 0.5% +5.3%
1984 0.5% -6.6%
1985 0.5% +3.2%
1986 0.5% +2.4%
1987 0.5% +1.5%
1988 0.6% +1.6%
1989 0.6% +0.1%
1990 0.5% -2.1%
1992 0.5% -5.3%
1993 0.5% +1.2%
1995 0.5% -1.2%
1996 0.5% +1.9%
1997 0.5% -0.6%
1998 0.5% +0.3%
1999 0.5% -2.0%
2001 0.5% +6.1%
2002 0.5% +0.4%
2003 0.5% -0.6%
2004 0.5% +1.1%
2005 0.5% +0.8%
2006 0.6% +2.1%
2007 0.6% +2.0%
2008 0.6% +2.5%
2009 0.6% +0.0%
2011 0.6% +2.9%
2012 0.6% +2.4%
2013 0.6% -0.3%
2014 0.6% +0.7%
2015 0.6% -1.9%
2016 0.6% -1.4%
2017 0.6% -1.0%
2018 0.6% -0.0%
2019 0.6% +0.0%
2020 0.6% -0.1%
2021 0.6% -2.2%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 0.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4%, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 0.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5%, 1.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 9
1990s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 8
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 9
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 9
2020s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 44 Egypt 0.6% compare
  2. 45 Mexico 0.6% compare
  3. 46 Uruguay 0.6% compare
  4. 48 Sri Lanka 0.6% compare
  5. 49 Philippines 0.6% compare
  6. 50 Armenia 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Brazil?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Brazil was 0.6% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2014.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1984.
How does Brazil rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male?
Brazil ranks 47th out of 106 countries with data for 2021.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. 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 Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male (% of male 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, 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
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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