Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Brazil

Brazil: Number of employed employees, by industry: Health was 7,909 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
7,909
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
2nd
of 30 countries
All-time high
7,909
in 2015
All-time low
6,045
in 2003
Years of data
12
2002–2015

Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Brazil, 2002–2015

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k2002200820152002: 6.1k2003: 6.0k2004: 6.1k2005: 6.4k2006: 6.8k2007: 6.9k2008: 7.0k2009: 7.1k2011: 6.5k2012: 7.1k2014: 7.8k2015: 7.9k

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 7,909 for number of employed employees, by industry: health in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of employed employees, by industry: health in Brazil peaked at 7,909 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6,045, in 2003.

That places Brazil 2nd out of 30 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Brazil, 2002 to 2015.
Year Value Change
2002 6,110
2003 6,045 -1.1%
2004 6,146 +1.7%
2005 6,367 +3.6%
2006 6,792 +6.7%
2007 6,880 +1.3%
2008 7,034 +2.2%
2009 7,081 +0.7%
2011 6,527 -7.8%
2012 7,126 +9.2%
2014 7,760 +8.9%
2015 7,909 +1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 6,557 6,045 7,081 8
2010s 7,330 6,527 7,909 4

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 1 Colombia 18,642 compare
  2. 3 Chile 4,342 compare
  3. 4 Uruguay 2,778 compare
  4. 5 Ecuador 2,502 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of employed employees, by industry: health in Brazil?
Number of employed employees, by industry: health in Brazil was 7,909 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of employed employees, by industry: health recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 7,909 in 2015.
What is the lowest number of employed employees, by industry: health recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 6,045 in 2003.
How does Brazil rank for number of employed employees, by industry: health?
Brazil ranks 2nd out of 30 countries with data for 2015.
Is number of employed employees, by industry: health rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. 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 Number of employed employees, by industry: Health. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of employed employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 327 data points, 2000–2021
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