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Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Brazil

Brazil: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education was 0.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
57th
of 89 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 1981
All-time low
0.7%
in 2021
Years of data
37
1981–2021

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Brazil, 1981–2021

00.20.40.60.81981200120211981: 0.853 % of workers with high education in the service sector1982: 0.85 % of workers with high education in the service sector1983: 0.839 % of workers with high education in the service sector1984: 0.838 % of workers with high education in the service sector1985: 0.835 % of workers with high education in the service sector1986: 0.826 % of workers with high education in the service sector1987: 0.823 % of workers with high education in the service sector1988: 0.812 % of workers with high education in the service sector1989: 0.806 % of workers with high education in the service sector1990: 0.798 % of workers with high education in the service sector1992: 0.771 % of workers with high education in the service sector1993: 0.767 % of workers with high education in the service sector1995: 0.748 % of workers with high education in the service sector1996: 0.751 % of workers with high education in the service sector1997: 0.747 % of workers with high education in the service sector1998: 0.745 % of workers with high education in the service sector1999: 0.748 % of workers with high education in the service sector2001: 0.763 % of workers with high education in the service sector2002: 0.769 % of workers with high education in the service sector2003: 0.772 % of workers with high education in the service sector2004: 0.779 % of workers with high education in the service sector2005: 0.784 % of workers with high education in the service sector2006: 0.783 % of workers with high education in the service sector2007: 0.791 % of workers with high education in the service sector2008: 0.794 % of workers with high education in the service sector2009: 0.798 % of workers with high education in the service sector2011: 0.807 % of workers with high education in the service sector2012: 0.801 % of workers with high education in the service sector2013: 0.796 % of workers with high education in the service sector2014: 0.794 % of workers with high education in the service sector2015: 0.78 % of workers with high education in the service sector2016: 0.769 % of workers with high education in the service sector2017: 0.759 % of workers with high education in the service sector2018: 0.752 % of workers with high education in the service sector2019: 0.753 % of workers with high education in the service sector2020: 0.747 % of workers with high education in the service sector2021: 0.733 % of workers with high education in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers with high education in the service sector.

Analysis

In 2021, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Brazil stood at 0.7%. That is the lowest value across all 37 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Brazil peaked at 0.9% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2021.

That places Brazil 57th out of 89 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Brazil, year by year

Year % of workers with high education in the service sector Change
1981 0.9% —
1982 0.8% -0.4%
1983 0.8% -1.2%
1984 0.8% -0.1%
1985 0.8% -0.4%
1986 0.8% -1.0%
1987 0.8% -0.4%
1988 0.8% -1.3%
1989 0.8% -0.8%
1990 0.8% -1.0%
1992 0.8% -3.4%
1993 0.8% -0.5%
1995 0.7% -2.5%
1996 0.8% +0.4%
1997 0.7% -0.5%
1998 0.7% -0.4%
1999 0.7% +0.4%
2001 0.8% +2.0%
2002 0.8% +0.8%
2003 0.8% +0.3%
2004 0.8% +0.9%
2005 0.8% +0.6%
2006 0.8% -0.1%
2007 0.8% +1.1%
2008 0.8% +0.4%
2009 0.8% +0.5%
2011 0.8% +1.1%
2012 0.8% -0.7%
2013 0.8% -0.6%
2014 0.8% -0.2%
2015 0.8% -1.8%
2016 0.8% -1.4%
2017 0.8% -1.3%
2018 0.8% -1.0%
2019 0.8% +0.1%
2020 0.7% -0.8%
2021 0.7% -1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 9
1990s 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 8
2000s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 9
2010s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 9
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Brazil?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education in Brazil was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1981.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2021.
How does Brazil rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education?
Brazil ranks 57th out of 89 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. 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 services, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of workers with high education in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of workers with high education in the service sector)
Unit
% of workers with high education in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
89 places, 1,195 data points, 1970–2021
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