Brazil Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Brazil increased to 61.90 percent in April from 61.70 percent in March of 2019. Labor Force Participation Rate in Brazil averaged 61.40 percent from 2012 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 61.90 percent in November of 2017 and a record low of 60.80 percent in January of 2015.

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Brazil Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	12.50	12.70	13.70	6.20	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	92.37	91.86	92.92	87.63	Million	[+]
Unemployed Persons	13.18	13.39	14.11	6.01	Million	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	61.90	61.70	61.90	60.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	117.40	113.52	181.87	39.60	Index Points	[+]
Wages	2295.00	2291.00	2295.00	2128.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	998.00	998.00	998.00	64.79	BRL/Month	[+]
Population	208.49	206.80	208.49	72.74	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	2360.00	2330.00	2370.00	2320.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1390.00	1400.00	1410.00	1360.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Productivity	117.40	113.52	181.87	39.60	Index Points	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	129.60	-43.20	309.44	-654.95	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	54.20	53.90	57.30	53.10	percent	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4730.00	4040.00	4730.00	3650.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	2303.00	2311.00	2311.00	2142.00	BRL/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1440.00	1160.00	1440.00	1140.00	BRL/Month	[+]

The labor force participation rate is the number of employed and unemployed but looking for a job as a percentage of the population aged 14 years and over. This page provides - Brazil Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Brazil Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	61.90	61.70	61.90	60.80	2012 - 2019	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.20	Mar/19	79.2	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Apr/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.00	May/19	65.8	66 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	May/19	65.9	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	Apr/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	64.00	May/19	63.6	64 : 48.5	%
United States	62.80	May/19	62.8	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.10	Apr/19	61.9	74 : 58.5	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Brazil	61.90	Apr/19	61.7	61.9 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.80	Dec/18	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	59.70	Apr/19	60	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	58.80	Mar/19	59.4	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.40	Dec/18	57.3	57.4 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.30	Mar/19	53.2	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	50.30	Dec/14	52.5	52.9 : 50.3	%
Argentina	46.50	Dec/18	46.7	46.9 : 44.5	%