Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health in Brazil

Brazil: Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health was 3,527 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
3,527
Change on year
up 3.1%
World rank
1st
of 30 countries
All-time high
3,527
in 2015
All-time low
2,311
in 2003
Years of data
12
2002–2015

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

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k2002200820152002: 2.4k2003: 2.3k2004: 2.4k2005: 2.5k2006: 2.6k2007: 2.7k2008: 2.9k2009: 2.8k2011: 3.0k2012: 3.1k2014: 3.4k2015: 3.5k

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 3,527 for number of public 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 3.1% on the previous year and up 41.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of public paid employees, by industry: health in Brazil peaked at 3,527 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,311, in 2003.

Brazil ranks 1st of 30 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health in Brazil, 2002 to 2015.
Year Value Change
2002 2,376
2003 2,311 -2.7%
2004 2,404 +4.0%
2005 2,497 +3.9%
2006 2,621 +5.0%
2007 2,702 +3.1%
2008 2,875 +6.4%
2009 2,844 -1.1%
2011 2,991 +5.2%
2012 3,146 +5.2%
2014 3,420 +8.7%
2015 3,527 +3.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,579 2,311 2,875 8
2010s 3,271 2,991 3,527 4

Countries ranked near Brazil

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  2. 3 Ecuador 1,442 compare
  3. 4 Jordan 1,269 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of public paid employees, by industry: health in Brazil?
Number of public paid employees, by industry: health in Brazil was 3,527 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of public paid employees, by industry: health recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 3,527 in 2015.
What is the lowest number of public paid employees, by industry: health recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 2,311 in 2003.
How does Brazil rank for number of public paid employees, by industry: health?
Brazil ranks 1st out of 30 countries with data for 2015.
Is number of public paid employees, by industry: health rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.2%. 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 public paid employees, by industry: Health. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 330 data points, 2000–2021
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