Brazil
Labor force participation rate
Labor-force participation measures the share of people working or actively looking for work. It helps distinguish weak employment from people leaving the labor force.
Labor Force Participation Rate - Brazil
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The reading right now
As of January 2025, Labor force participation rate for Brazil stood at 63.1%. That is down 0.2 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 63.1%, ranging from a low of 62.5% in January 2021 to a high of 63.5% in January 2022. The current reading sits 0.27 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 63.4%.
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