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South America > Brazil > Labor

BRAZILIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 19% [15th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 26% [20th of 78]
Child employment in agriculture > % of economically active children ages 7-14 59.65 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 49.75 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 64.29 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Child employment in manufacturing > % of economically active children ages 7-14 7.36 % Time series [4th of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 9.12 % Time series [4th of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 6.54 % Time series [5th of 10]
Child employment in services > % of economically active children ages 7-14 31.28 % Time series [4th of 11]
Child employment in services, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 40.94 % Time series [4th of 11]
Child employment in services, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 26.76 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 13.11 % Time series [48th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 31405000000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 14.43 [50th of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 55.8 [35th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 71.19 [98th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 73.65 [132nd of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 75.78 [130th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 73.62 [138th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 71.42 [141st of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 69.6 [130th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 59.12 [153rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 51.4 [133rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 42.53 [98th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 15.9 [103rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 18.13 [52nd of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 66.14 [18th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 90.74 [14th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 96.06 [55th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 97.16 [90th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 96.68 [128th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 95.31 [139th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 92.77 [153rd of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 83.6 [156th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 74.97 [140th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 64.64 [94th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 30.06 [91st of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 10.61 [55th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 45.18 [46th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 51.64 [123rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 51.66 [130th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 54.94 [123rd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 51.38 [132nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 48.71 [130th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 47.87 [120th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 36.59 [133rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 30.29 [112nd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 23.4 [92nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 4.95 [112nd of 167]
Economically active children, female 4.61 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, male 9.5 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 94.24 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, female 94.96 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, male 93.9 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, total 7.1 % Time series [6th of 34]
Economically active children, work only 5.76 % Time series [5th of 34]
Economically active children, work only, female 5.04 % Time series [6th of 33]
Economically active children, work only, male 6.1 % Time series [5th of 34]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 16 % Time series [18th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 24.5 % Time series [20th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 12.9 % Time series [41st of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 26.8 % Time series [47th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 71 % Time series [45th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 48.3 % Time series [45th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 21 % Time series [18th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 21 % Time series [54th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 57.9 % Time series [46th of 94]
Female economic activity 43.8% [112nd of 156]
Female economic activity growth -2% [141st of 156]
Female professionals 62% [8th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 36.8 weeks of wages Time series [85th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 61.04 % Time series [74th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 83.62 % Time series [72nd of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 72.12 % Time series [66th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 16.9 % Time series [26th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 18.6 % Time series [26th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 6.9 % Time series [32nd of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 42.88 % Time series [83rd of 184]
force, total 91,313,050 Time series [5th of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.49 per capita Time series [44th of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 10% [71st of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 27% [57th of 79]
Labor force 99,230,000 Time series [5th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 522,233.894 per million people Time series [32nd of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 20%, industry 14%, services 66%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 20% Time series [12th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 14% Time series [17th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 66% Time series [5th of 29]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date June 28, 2001
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 16 [18th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 120 days
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
5 days (Article 10, Paragraph 1, of Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act of Brazilian Constitution)
Regulation 78 [4th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 89 [21st of 123]
Regulation > Firing 68 [10th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 78 [9th of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 56.73 % Time series [1st of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date November 18, 1952
Rigidity of employment index 42 Time series [69th of 166]
Service workers > Female 71% [48th of 79]
Service workers > Male 47% [52nd of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 46.7 % Time series [49th of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 39.61 % Time series [1st of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 331.9 per million people Time series [21st of 49]
Unemployment rate 9.3% Time series [16th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 24 % Time series [60th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 16.2 % Time series [57th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 2.5 % Time series [72nd of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 2.9 % Time series [65th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 2 % Time series [66th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 12.3 % Time series [32nd of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 7.8 % Time series [46th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 9.7 % Time series [41st of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 23.3 % Time series [22nd of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 14.2 % Time series [41st of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 18.1 % Time series [35th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
30 consecutive days, of which 10 can be sold back to the employer
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 498,000,000 $ Time series [39th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 0.626 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [123rd of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 2.672 $ per 1,000 people Time series [111st of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 3,540,000,000 $ Time series [19th of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 4.447 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [114th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 18.991 $ per capita Time series [109th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 2,479,867,000 BoP $ Time series [17th of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 3.115 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [63rd of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 13.304 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [63rd of 143]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; Wikipedia: Vacation

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republica Federativa do Brasil, Brasil

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