Unemployment rate,Percent in Brazil
Brazil: Unemployment rate,Percent was 5.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
5.9%
Change on year
down 14.2%
World rank
32nd
of 71 countries
All-time high
13.5%
in 2020
All-time low
5.9%
in 2025
Years of data
13
2013–2025
Unemployment rate,Percent in Brazil, 2013–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unemployment rate,percent in Brazil is 5.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.2% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Brazil peaked at 13.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2025.
Brazil ranks 32nd of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.2% | 6.9% | 12.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 9.6% | 5.9% | 13.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 29 Portugal 6.0% compare
- 30 India 6.0% compare
- 31 Luxembourg 6.0% compare
- 33 Philippines 5.7% compare
- 34 Poland 5.4% compare
- 35 New Zealand 5.3% compare
More reference data data for Brazil
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 13.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 72.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 139.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 9.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 139.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 46.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 18.99 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 405.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 699.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 49.04 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rate,percent in Brazil?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Brazil was 5.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2025.
- How does Brazil rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Brazil ranks 32nd out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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