Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil

Brazil: Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural was 0.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.5%
Change on year
down 3.4%
World rank
58th
of 91 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2018
All-time low
0.4%
in 1992
Years of data
37
1981–2021

Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil, 1981–2021

00.20.40.61981200120211981: 0.434 % of rural employed population in working age1982: 0.415 % of rural employed population in working age1983: 0.478 % of rural employed population in working age1984: 0.427 % of rural employed population in working age1985: 0.427 % of rural employed population in working age1986: 0.45 % of rural employed population in working age1987: 0.47 % of rural employed population in working age1988: 0.47 % of rural employed population in working age1989: 0.462 % of rural employed population in working age1990: 0.472 % of rural employed population in working age1992: 0.36 % of rural employed population in working age1993: 0.375 % of rural employed population in working age1995: 0.362 % of rural employed population in working age1996: 0.384 % of rural employed population in working age1997: 0.375 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.396 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.385 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.375 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.373 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.369 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.377 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.389 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.392 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.403 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.42 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.438 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.41 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.494 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.501 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.506 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.499 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.511 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.513 % of rural employed population in working age2018: 0.526 % of rural employed population in working age2019: 0.522 % of rural employed population in working age2020: 0.512 % of rural employed population in working age2021: 0.494 % of rural employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural employed population in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil is 0.5%, measured in 2021.

That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil peaked at 0.5% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1992.

That places Brazil 58th out of 91 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Brazil, 1981 to 2021.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1981 0.4%
1982 0.4% -4.3%
1983 0.5% +15.1%
1984 0.4% -10.6%
1985 0.4% -0.2%
1986 0.4% +5.5%
1987 0.5% +4.4%
1988 0.5% +0.1%
1989 0.5% -1.8%
1990 0.5% +2.2%
1992 0.4% -23.8%
1993 0.4% +4.4%
1995 0.4% -3.6%
1996 0.4% +6.3%
1997 0.4% -2.3%
1998 0.4% +5.4%
1999 0.4% -2.7%
2001 0.4% -2.5%
2002 0.4% -0.7%
2003 0.4% -1.1%
2004 0.4% +2.1%
2005 0.4% +3.2%
2006 0.4% +1.0%
2007 0.4% +2.7%
2008 0.4% +4.2%
2009 0.4% +4.4%
2011 0.4% -6.4%
2012 0.5% +20.4%
2013 0.5% +1.4%
2014 0.5% +1.0%
2015 0.5% -1.4%
2016 0.5% +2.3%
2017 0.5% +0.5%
2018 0.5% +2.6%
2019 0.5% -0.8%
2020 0.5% -2.0%
2021 0.5% -3.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 9
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 8
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 9
2010s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 9
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 2

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5% compare
  2. 56 Jamaica 0.5% compare
  3. 57 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% compare
  4. 59 Greece 0.5% compare
  5. 60 Cambodia 0.5% compare
  6. 61 Nicaragua 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Brazil was 0.5% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2018.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1992.
How does Brazil rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, rural?
Brazil ranks 58th out of 91 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. 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 workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,284 data points, 1970–2021
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