Brazil Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Brazil increased to 5.80 percent in April of 2013 from 5.70 percent in March of 2013. Historically, from 2001 until 2013, Brazil Unemployment Rate averaged 8.97 Percent reaching an all time high of 13.10 Percent in April of 2004 and a record low of 4.60 Percent in December of 2012. In Brazil, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page includes a chart with historical data for Brazil Unemployment Rate.

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Brazil´s Unemployment Rate Rises To 5.8% In April
IBGE | Duarte Ricardo | duarte.ricardo@tradingeconomics.com  |  5/23/2013 1:51:32 PM


In April 2013, the unemployment rate was estimated in 5.8% for the group of the six metropolitan areas surveyed. Statistically, there was stability both in relation to March (5.7%) and to April last year (6.0%).

The unemployed population in April 2013 (1.414 million persons in the set of the six areas surveyed) did not post significant change, both in the monthly and in the annual comparison.

Likewise, the unemployed population (22.906 million persons) also remained virtually unchanged in the comparisons. The number of workers with a formal contract in the private sector (11.452 million persons) was statistically stable (0.1%) in relation to March last year and grew 3.1% in relation to April 2012, which is equivalent to extra 342 thousand jobs with a formal contract.

In April 2013, the real income usually earned of workers (R$ 1.862.40) kept virtually unchanged (-0.2%) over March and grew 1.6% in the comparison to April 2012.

The volume of the real average income usually earned of the employed (R$ 43.0 billion in April 2013), held steady (0.0) over last March and grew 2.4% in relation to April 2012.

The volume of effective real income of the employed persons (R$ 42.8 billion in March 2013) remained statistically stable (-0.1%) against February and grew 2.7% in relation to March 2012.

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Brazil's Unemployment Rate Up To 5.7% In March The unemployment rate was estimated at 5.7%, the lowest rate for March since the beginning of the series (March 2002), and it did not change in relation to the results of February (5.6%). In comparison to March 2012 (6.2%), the rate contracted 0.5 percentage points. 2013-04-25
Brazil's Unemployment Rate Down to 5.3% in October Brazil's unemployment rate was estimated at 5.3%, the lowest in a month of October since the beginning of the series (March 2002). It was stable in comparison with the September result (5.4%). In comparison with October 2011 (5.8%), there was decline of 0.5 percentage points. 2012-12-11
Brazil´s Unemployment Rate Up To 5.6% In February In February 2013, the unemployment rate was estimated at 5.6% for the group of six metropolitan areas surveyed. The rate was considered statistically stable in relation to those of January (5.4%) and of February last year (5.7%). 2013-03-28
Brazil Unemployment Rate Declined to 7.5% Brazil's unemployment rate fell to the second-lowest level in seven years in October, national statistics agency said today. 2008-11-19
Brazil´s Unemployment Rate Up to 5.4 % in January After three months of continued decline, Brazil’s jobless rate rose to 5.4 percent in January of 2013. 2013-02-26
Brazil Jobless Rate Falls Brazil's unemployment rate fell to the second lowest level since 2001 in August amid a surge in formal employment in Latin America's biggest economy. 2008-09-25
Brazil Unemployment Rate Down to 4.6 Percent in December The unemployment rate was estimated at 4.6 percent, the lowest in a month of December since the beginning of the series. The rate declined 0.3 percentage points from 4.9 percent in the previous month and 0.1 percentage points from 4.7 percent in December 2011. 2013-01-31
Brazil's Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.1% in July The unemployment rate did change significantly compared to the previous month (7.8%), and decreased 1.4 percentage points compared to July 2007 (9.5%). 2008-08-25
Brazil Unemployment Down to 4.9% in November Then unemployment rate was estimated at 4.9%, the lowest in a month of November in the beginning of the series (March 2002). The rate declined 0.4 percentage points from 5.3% in the previous month and 0.3 percentage points from 5.2% in November 2011. 2012-12-21



Unemployment Rate | Notes

The unemployment rate can be defined as the number of people actively looking for a job divided by the labour force. Changes in unemployment depend mostly on inflows made up of non-employed people starting to look for jobs, of employed people who lose their jobs and look for new ones and of people who stop looking for employment.






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