Employees in Brazil
Brazil: Employees was 71,140 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employees in Brazil, 2012–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, employees in Brazil stood at 71,140. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employees in Brazil peaked at 71,140 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 58,635, in 2020.
That places Brazil 3rd out of 73 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Employees in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 63,166 | — |
| 2013 | 64,021 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 64,971 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 63,887 | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 62,339 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 61,984 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 62,706 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 63,804 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 58,635 | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 60,624 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 66,460 | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 68,278 | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 70,960 | +3.9% |
| 2025 | 71,140 | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 63,360 | 61,984 | 64,971 | 8 |
| 2020s | 66,016 | 58,635 | 71,140 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More work & labour data for Brazil
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7328 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7065 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7581 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.74 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1001 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 215,063 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 17,625 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 82,304 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 81,060 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 163,364 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employees in Brazil?
- Employees in Brazil was 71,140 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest employees recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 71,140 in 2025.
- What is the lowest employees recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,635 in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for employees?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 73 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employees rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employees (15+). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.