Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Brazil

Brazil: Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 was 0.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.6%
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
73rd
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 1983
All-time low
0.6%
in 2017
Years of data
37
1981–2021

Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Brazil, 1981–2021

00.20.40.60.81981200120211981: 0.739 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1982: 0.716 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1983: 0.745 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1984: 0.727 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1985: 0.737 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1986: 0.73 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1987: 0.723 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1988: 0.731 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1989: 0.718 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1990: 0.7 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1992: 0.677 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1993: 0.676 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1995: 0.643 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1996: 0.648 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1997: 0.639 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1998: 0.636 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector1999: 0.634 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2001: 0.64 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2002: 0.624 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2003: 0.622 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2004: 0.649 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2005: 0.629 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2006: 0.643 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2007: 0.653 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2008: 0.662 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2009: 0.653 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2011: 0.675 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2012: 0.672 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2013: 0.671 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2014: 0.673 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2015: 0.648 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2016: 0.64 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2017: 0.622 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2018: 0.623 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2019: 0.626 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2020: 0.645 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector2021: 0.633 % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector.

Analysis

In 2021, wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Brazil stood at 0.6%.

That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Brazil peaked at 0.7% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2017.

That places Brazil 73rd out of 90 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 (% of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector) in Brazil, 1981 to 2021.
Year % of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector Change
1981 0.7%
1982 0.7% -3.0%
1983 0.7% +4.0%
1984 0.7% -2.5%
1985 0.7% +1.5%
1986 0.7% -0.9%
1987 0.7% -1.0%
1988 0.7% +1.1%
1989 0.7% -1.8%
1990 0.7% -2.4%
1992 0.7% -3.4%
1993 0.7% -0.1%
1995 0.6% -5.0%
1996 0.6% +0.9%
1997 0.6% -1.5%
1998 0.6% -0.4%
1999 0.6% -0.4%
2001 0.6% +0.9%
2002 0.6% -2.4%
2003 0.6% -0.3%
2004 0.6% +4.3%
2005 0.6% -3.0%
2006 0.6% +2.2%
2007 0.7% +1.4%
2008 0.7% +1.4%
2009 0.7% -1.3%
2011 0.7% +3.4%
2012 0.7% -0.4%
2013 0.7% -0.1%
2014 0.7% +0.3%
2015 0.6% -3.7%
2016 0.6% -1.2%
2017 0.6% -2.9%
2018 0.6% +0.2%
2019 0.6% +0.6%
2020 0.6% +3.0%
2021 0.6% -1.8%

Averages by decade

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

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Brazil?
Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 in Brazil was 0.6% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1983.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
How does Brazil rank for wage employment in industry, aged 25-64?
Brazil ranks 73rd out of 90 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. 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 25-64 (% of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 25-64 (% of workers aged 25-64 in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of workers aged 25-64 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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