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Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Brazil

Brazil: Wage workers, aged 15-64, total was 0.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
64th
of 107 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2012
All-time low
0.6%
in 1995
Years of data
37
1981–2021

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

00.20.40.60.81981200120211981: 0.662 % of total employed population in working age1982: 0.653 % of total employed population in working age1983: 0.669 % of total employed population in working age1984: 0.658 % of total employed population in working age1985: 0.664 % of total employed population in working age1986: 0.674 % of total employed population in working age1987: 0.675 % of total employed population in working age1988: 0.677 % of total employed population in working age1989: 0.673 % of total employed population in working age1990: 0.661 % of total employed population in working age1992: 0.62 % of total employed population in working age1993: 0.623 % of total employed population in working age1995: 0.615 % of total employed population in working age1996: 0.63 % of total employed population in working age1997: 0.624 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.625 % of total employed population in working age1999: 0.617 % of total employed population in working age2001: 0.645 % of total employed population in working age2002: 0.644 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.645 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.651 % of total employed population in working age2005: 0.651 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.66 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.67 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.681 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.686 % of total employed population in working age2011: 0.7 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.716 % of total employed population in working age2013: 0.715 % of total employed population in working age2014: 0.714 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.704 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.698 % of total employed population in working age2017: 0.692 % of total employed population in working age2018: 0.692 % of total employed population in working age2019: 0.69 % of total employed population in working age2020: 0.687 % of total employed population in working age2021: 0.677 % of total employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Brazil recorded 0.7% for wage workers, aged 15-64, total in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Brazil peaked at 0.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1995.

Brazil ranks 64th of 107 countries on this measure, 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, total in Brazil, year by year

Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1981 0.7% —
1982 0.7% -1.3%
1983 0.7% +2.5%
1984 0.7% -1.7%
1985 0.7% +1.0%
1986 0.7% +1.5%
1987 0.7% +0.1%
1988 0.7% +0.3%
1989 0.7% -0.5%
1990 0.7% -1.8%
1992 0.6% -6.2%
1993 0.6% +0.4%
1995 0.6% -1.3%
1996 0.6% +2.6%
1997 0.6% -1.1%
1998 0.6% +0.1%
1999 0.6% -1.3%
2001 0.6% +4.7%
2002 0.6% -0.2%
2003 0.6% +0.1%
2004 0.7% +1.0%
2005 0.7% +0.0%
2006 0.7% +1.4%
2007 0.7% +1.5%
2008 0.7% +1.6%
2009 0.7% +0.8%
2011 0.7% +2.1%
2012 0.7% +2.2%
2013 0.7% -0.1%
2014 0.7% -0.1%
2015 0.7% -1.4%
2016 0.7% -0.8%
2017 0.7% -0.9%
2018 0.7% +0.0%
2019 0.7% -0.2%
2020 0.7% -0.4%
2021 0.7% -1.5%

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 61 Sri Lanka 0.7% compare
  2. 62 Greece 0.7% compare
  3. 63 Mongolia 0.7% compare
  4. 65 Belize 0.7% compare
  5. 66 Guatemala 0.7% compare
  6. 67 Philippines 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Brazil?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, total in Brazil was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2012.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1995.
How does Brazil rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, total?
Brazil ranks 64th out of 107 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. 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, total (% of total employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,597 data points, 1970–2021
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