Informal employment, female in Brazil
Brazil: Informal employment, female was 79.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Informal employment, female in Brazil, 2014–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female agricultural employment.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 79.1% for informal employment, female in 2025.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment, female in Brazil peaked at 93.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 77.2%, in 2024.
Brazil ranks 14th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Informal employment, female in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of total female agricultural employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 93.9% | — |
| 2015 | 93.7% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 84.5% | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 85.4% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 85.0% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 83.3% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 81.7% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 82.8% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 81.5% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 78.8% | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 77.2% | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 79.1% | +2.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 79.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.0%, 83% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 79.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 70.4%, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.6% | 83.3% | 93.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 80.2% | 77.2% | 82.8% | 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 informal employment, female in Brazil?
- Informal employment, female in Brazil was 79.1% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest informal employment, female recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 93.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest informal employment, female recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.2% in 2024.
- How does Brazil rank for informal employment, female?
- Brazil ranks 14th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is informal employment, female rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Informal employment, female (% of total female agricultural employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers, informality is determined by enterprise characteristics (unincorporated, market-based, and unregistered); for contributing family workers, it is determined by the absence of written contracts and lack of coverage under labor legislation; and for employees, it is determined by whether the employment relationship is not subject to national labor legislation, income taxation, or social protection. The data are based on the statistical standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).