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

Brazil: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male was 0.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
77th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 1983
All-time low
0.6%
in 2017
Years of data
37
1981–2021

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

00.20.40.60.81981200120211981: 0.826 % of male workers in the industrial sector1982: 0.812 % of male workers in the industrial sector1983: 0.827 % of male workers in the industrial sector1984: 0.811 % of male workers in the industrial sector1985: 0.822 % of male workers in the industrial sector1986: 0.813 % of male workers in the industrial sector1987: 0.807 % of male workers in the industrial sector1988: 0.815 % of male workers in the industrial sector1989: 0.805 % of male workers in the industrial sector1990: 0.791 % of male workers in the industrial sector1992: 0.75 % of male workers in the industrial sector1993: 0.751 % of male workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.728 % of male workers in the industrial sector1996: 0.726 % of male workers in the industrial sector1997: 0.714 % of male workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.709 % of male workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.701 % of male workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.716 % of male workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.694 % of male workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.691 % of male workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.721 % of male workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.701 % of male workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.712 % of male workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.717 % of male workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.725 % of male workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.716 % of male workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.714 % of male workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.709 % of male workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.703 % of male workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.696 % of male workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.672 % of male workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.658 % of male workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.645 % of male workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.65 % of male workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.651 % of male workers in the industrial sector2020: 0.664 % of male workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.656 % of male workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

Brazil recorded 0.7% for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male in Brazil peaked at 0.8% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2017.

Brazil ranks 77th of 90 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Year % of male workers in the industrial sector Change
1981 0.8% —
1982 0.8% -1.7%
1983 0.8% +1.8%
1984 0.8% -1.9%
1985 0.8% +1.4%
1986 0.8% -1.1%
1987 0.8% -0.7%
1988 0.8% +1.0%
1989 0.8% -1.1%
1990 0.8% -1.7%
1992 0.7% -5.3%
1993 0.8% +0.2%
1995 0.7% -3.1%
1996 0.7% -0.2%
1997 0.7% -1.6%
1998 0.7% -0.7%
1999 0.7% -1.2%
2001 0.7% +2.2%
2002 0.7% -3.1%
2003 0.7% -0.4%
2004 0.7% +4.2%
2005 0.7% -2.8%
2006 0.7% +1.7%
2007 0.7% +0.6%
2008 0.7% +1.1%
2009 0.7% -1.1%
2011 0.7% -0.3%
2012 0.7% -0.7%
2013 0.7% -0.9%
2014 0.7% -1.0%
2015 0.7% -3.4%
2016 0.7% -2.1%
2017 0.6% -2.0%
2018 0.7% +0.8%
2019 0.7% +0.1%
2020 0.7% +2.0%
2021 0.7% -1.2%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 85% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 0.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7%, 88% of the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 9
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 8
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 9
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 74 Argentina 0.7% compare
  2. 75 Uganda 0.7% compare
  3. 76 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% compare
  4. 78 Republic of Moldova 0.6% compare
  5. 79 Panama 0.6% compare
  6. 80 Colombia 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male in Brazil?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male in Brazil was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1983.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
How does Brazil rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male?
Brazil ranks 77th out of 90 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, male (% of male 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, male (% of male workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of male 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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