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Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Brazil

Brazil: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female was 0.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 4.6%
World rank
62nd
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2014
All-time low
0.6%
in 1995
Years of data
37
1981–2021

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Brazil, 1981–2021

00.20.40.60.81981200120211981: 0.632 % of female workers in the industrial sector1982: 0.614 % of female workers in the industrial sector1983: 0.649 % of female workers in the industrial sector1984: 0.624 % of female workers in the industrial sector1985: 0.643 % of female workers in the industrial sector1986: 0.671 % of female workers in the industrial sector1987: 0.655 % of female workers in the industrial sector1988: 0.661 % of female workers in the industrial sector1989: 0.655 % of female workers in the industrial sector1990: 0.631 % of female workers in the industrial sector1992: 0.609 % of female workers in the industrial sector1993: 0.621 % of female workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.576 % of female workers in the industrial sector1996: 0.604 % of female workers in the industrial sector1997: 0.603 % of female workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.6 % of female workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.617 % of female workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.613 % of female workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.605 % of female workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.607 % of female workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.624 % of female workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.596 % of female workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.613 % of female workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.629 % of female workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.634 % of female workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.633 % of female workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.703 % of female workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.698 % of female workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.709 % of female workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.727 % of female workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.698 % of female workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.685 % of female workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.66 % of female workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.662 % of female workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.655 % of female workers in the industrial sector2020: 0.686 % of female workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.655 % of female workers in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of female workers in the industrial sector.

Analysis

In 2021, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Brazil stood at 0.7%.

That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Brazil peaked at 0.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1995.

Brazil ranks 62nd of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Brazil, year by year

Year % of female workers in the industrial sector Change
1981 0.6% —
1982 0.6% -2.9%
1983 0.6% +5.8%
1984 0.6% -3.9%
1985 0.6% +3.0%
1986 0.7% +4.4%
1987 0.7% -2.3%
1988 0.7% +0.9%
1989 0.7% -0.9%
1990 0.6% -3.7%
1992 0.6% -3.4%
1993 0.6% +1.8%
1995 0.6% -7.3%
1996 0.6% +4.9%
1997 0.6% -0.2%
1998 0.6% -0.4%
1999 0.6% +2.8%
2001 0.6% -0.7%
2002 0.6% -1.3%
2003 0.6% +0.3%
2004 0.6% +2.8%
2005 0.6% -4.4%
2006 0.6% +2.7%
2007 0.6% +2.7%
2008 0.6% +0.7%
2009 0.6% -0.1%
2011 0.7% +10.9%
2012 0.7% -0.6%
2013 0.7% +1.6%
2014 0.7% +2.4%
2015 0.7% -3.9%
2016 0.7% -1.8%
2017 0.7% -3.6%
2018 0.7% +0.2%
2019 0.7% -1.1%
2020 0.7% +4.9%
2021 0.7% -4.6%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 84% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 0.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 9
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 8
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 9
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 59 Mexico 0.7% compare
  2. 60 Cambodia 0.7% compare
  3. 61 Chile 0.7% compare
  4. 63 Uruguay 0.6% compare
  5. 64 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% compare
  6. 65 El Salvador 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Brazil?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Brazil was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2014.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1995.
How does Brazil rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female?
Brazil ranks 62nd out of 90 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. 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 Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of female workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,259 data points, 1970–2021
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