Number of paid employees, by industry: Health in Brazil

Brazil: Number of paid employees, by industry: Health was 6,938 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
6,938
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
2nd
of 30 countries
All-time high
6,938
in 2015
All-time low
5,103
in 2002
Years of data
12
2002–2015

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

02.0k4.0k6.0k2002200820152002: 5.1k2003: 5.1k2004: 5.2k2005: 5.4k2006: 5.8k2007: 5.9k2008: 6.0k2009: 6.1k2011: 5.8k2012: 6.3k2014: 6.8k2015: 6.9k

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 6,938 for number of paid employees, by industry: health in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of paid employees, by industry: health in Brazil peaked at 6,938 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5,103, in 2002.

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 paid employees, by industry: Health in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Number of paid employees, by industry: Health in Brazil, 2002 to 2015.
Year Value Change
2002 5,103
2003 5,122 +0.4%
2004 5,216 +1.8%
2005 5,416 +3.8%
2006 5,757 +6.3%
2007 5,868 +1.9%
2008 6,037 +2.9%
2009 6,072 +0.6%
2011 5,787 -4.7%
2012 6,253 +8.1%
2014 6,841 +9.4%
2015 6,938 +1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 5,574 5,103 6,072 8
2010s 6,455 5,787 6,938 4

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 1 Colombia 13,183 compare
  2. 3 Chile 3,964 compare
  3. 4 Uruguay 2,391 compare
  4. 5 Jordan 1,771 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of paid employees, by industry: health in Brazil?
Number of paid employees, by industry: health in Brazil was 6,938 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of paid employees, by industry: health recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 6,938 in 2015.
What is the lowest number of paid employees, by industry: health recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 5,103 in 2002.
How does Brazil rank for number of paid employees, by industry: health?
Brazil ranks 2nd out of 30 countries with data for 2015.
Is number of paid employees, by industry: health rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. 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 paid employees, by industry: Health. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of paid employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 331 data points, 2000–2021
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