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Labor Force Participation Rate for Brazil, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
63.14%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -2.4% since 1990
Labor participation for Brazil was 63.14% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 68.05% in 2005. The lowest was 60.48% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.07% per year.
Brazil ranks 83 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Brazil sits level with it. It peaked in 2005 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
63.14%
First (1990)
64.68%
Change
-2.4%
Highest
68.05%
in 2005
Lowest
60.48%
in 2020
Average
65.08%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.07%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.14% |
| 2024 | 63.34% |
| 2023 | 62.92% |
| 2022 | 63.53% |
| 2021 | 62.46% |
| 2020 | 60.48% |
| 2019 | 64.89% |
| 2018 | 64.5% |
| 2017 | 64.53% |
| 2016 | 64.29% |
| 2015 | 64.28% |
| 2014 | 64.04% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.