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

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

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
70th
of 86 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 1985
All-time low
0.7%
in 2017
Years of data
37
1981–2021

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

00.20.40.60.81981200120211981: 0.792 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1982: 0.784 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1983: 0.784 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1984: 0.787 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1985: 0.799 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1986: 0.797 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1987: 0.786 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1988: 0.791 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1989: 0.785 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1990: 0.762 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1992: 0.726 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1993: 0.724 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.699 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1996: 0.7 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1997: 0.694 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.683 % of urban workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.681 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.697 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.677 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.677 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.703 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.69 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.701 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.704 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.712 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.701 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.719 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.712 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.71 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.71 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.686 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.669 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.655 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.66 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.658 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2020: 0.673 % of urban workers in the industrial sector2021: 0.662 % of urban workers in the industrial sector

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Brazil is 0.7%, measured in 2021.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Brazil peaked at 0.8% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2017.

Brazil ranks 70th of 86 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, urban in Brazil, year by year

Year % of urban workers in the industrial sector Change
1981 0.8% —
1982 0.8% -1.1%
1983 0.8% +0.0%
1984 0.8% +0.4%
1985 0.8% +1.4%
1986 0.8% -0.2%
1987 0.8% -1.4%
1988 0.8% +0.7%
1989 0.8% -0.8%
1990 0.8% -2.9%
1992 0.7% -4.6%
1993 0.7% -0.3%
1995 0.7% -3.5%
1996 0.7% +0.1%
1997 0.7% -0.9%
1998 0.7% -1.5%
1999 0.7% -0.4%
2001 0.7% +2.4%
2002 0.7% -2.8%
2003 0.7% -0.0%
2004 0.7% +3.7%
2005 0.7% -1.8%
2006 0.7% +1.6%
2007 0.7% +0.5%
2008 0.7% +1.1%
2009 0.7% -1.6%
2011 0.7% +2.5%
2012 0.7% -0.9%
2013 0.7% -0.3%
2014 0.7% -0.1%
2015 0.7% -3.4%
2016 0.7% -2.4%
2017 0.7% -2.0%
2018 0.7% +0.7%
2019 0.7% -0.2%
2020 0.7% +2.3%
2021 0.7% -1.7%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 86% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 0.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7%, 97% of the median. (20 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% 0.7% 0.7% 9
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 67 Guatemala 0.7% compare
  2. 68 Argentina 0.7% compare
  3. 69 Belize 0.7% compare
  4. 71 Ecuador 0.7% compare
  5. 72 Honduras 0.7% compare
  6. 73 Nepal 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Brazil?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban in Brazil was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1985.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2017.
How does Brazil rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban?
Brazil ranks 70th out of 86 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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, urban (% of urban 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, urban (% of urban workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of urban workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,159 data points, 1970–2021
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