Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Brazil · % of total labor force · published annual by World Bank Open Data

Aggregates

descriptive statistics over the recorded series
Latest
5.97
2025-01-01
Change vs previous period
−12.22%
Lowest on record
5.97
Highest on record
13.70
Median
9.23
Standard deviation
2.16
Observations
35
Consecutive moves
5 down

Series

% of total labor force · annual
RANGE
VIEWSCALEDRAW
5.979.8313.70% of total labor force1991-01-012008-01-012025-01-011991-01-01: 6.89 % of total labor force1992-01-01: 7.09 % of total labor force1993-01-01: 6.03 % of total labor force1994-01-01: 6.58 % of total labor force1995-01-01: 7.09 % of total labor force1996-01-01: 8.04 % of total labor force1997-01-01: 9.00 % of total labor force1998-01-01: 10.15 % of total labor force1999-01-01: 11.13 % of total labor force2000-01-01: 10.89 % of total labor force2001-01-01: 10.65 % of total labor force2002-01-01: 10.64 % of total labor force2003-01-01: 11.17 % of total labor force2004-01-01: 10.07 % of total labor force2005-01-01: 10.55 % of total labor force2006-01-01: 9.69 % of total labor force2007-01-01: 9.28 % of total labor force2008-01-01: 8.27 % of total labor force2009-01-01: 9.42 % of total labor force2010-01-01: 8.42 % of total labor force2011-01-01: 7.58 % of total labor force2012-01-01: 7.25 % of total labor force2013-01-01: 7.07 % of total labor force2014-01-01: 6.76 % of total labor force2015-01-01: 8.54 % of total labor force2016-01-01: 11.58 % of total labor force2017-01-01: 12.79 % of total labor force2018-01-01: 12.33 % of total labor force2019-01-01: 11.94 % of total labor force2020-01-01: 13.70 % of total labor force2021-01-01: 13.16 % of total labor force2022-01-01: 9.23 % of total labor force2023-01-01: 7.95 % of total labor force2024-01-01: 6.80 % of total labor force2025-01-01: 5.97 % of total labor force
35 periods · % of total labor force · line view · hover for crosshair · wheel to zoom · drag to pan in bounded ranges · source annotations · local drawing tools
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.

Observations

35 of 35 observations, most recent first
PeriodValueRevisionPublishedReceived (UTC)
2025-01-015.9702026-07-13Unavailable
2024-01-016.8002026-07-13Unavailable
2023-01-017.9502026-07-13Unavailable
2022-01-019.2302026-07-13Unavailable
2021-01-0113.1602026-07-13Unavailable
2020-01-0113.7002026-07-13Unavailable
2019-01-0111.9402026-07-13Unavailable
2018-01-0112.3302026-07-13Unavailable
2017-01-0112.7902026-07-13Unavailable
2016-01-0111.5802026-07-13Unavailable
2015-01-018.5402026-07-13Unavailable
2014-01-016.7602026-07-13Unavailable
2013-01-017.0702026-07-13Unavailable
2012-01-017.2502026-07-13Unavailable
2011-01-017.5802026-07-13Unavailable
2010-01-018.4202026-07-13Unavailable
2009-01-019.4202026-07-13Unavailable
2008-01-018.2702026-07-13Unavailable
2007-01-019.2802026-07-13Unavailable
2006-01-019.6902026-07-13Unavailable
2005-01-0110.5502026-07-13Unavailable
2004-01-0110.0702026-07-13Unavailable
2003-01-0111.1702026-07-13Unavailable
2002-01-0110.6402026-07-13Unavailable
2001-01-0110.6502026-07-13Unavailable
2000-01-0110.8902026-07-13Unavailable
1999-01-0111.1302026-07-13Unavailable
1998-01-0110.1502026-07-13Unavailable
1997-01-019.0002026-07-13Unavailable
1996-01-018.0402026-07-13Unavailable
1995-01-017.0902026-07-13Unavailable
1994-01-016.5802026-07-13Unavailable
1993-01-016.0302026-07-13Unavailable
1992-01-017.0902026-07-13Unavailable
1991-01-016.8902026-07-13Unavailable

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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13