Unemployment with advanced education, male in Brazil
Brazil: Unemployment with advanced education, male was 2.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Unemployment with advanced education, male in Brazil, 1990–2025
Source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male labor force with advanced education.
Analysis
In 2025, unemployment with advanced education, male in Brazil stood at 2.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.3% on the previous year and down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment with advanced education, male in Brazil peaked at 5.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2013.
That places Brazil 99th out of 127 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Unemployment with advanced education, male in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of male labor force with advanced education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.7% | — |
| 1992 | 2.8% | +68.4% |
| 1995 | 1.9% | -31.0% |
| 1996 | 2.3% | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 3.0% | +28.7% |
| 1998 | 2.9% | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 3.4% | +19.0% |
| 2001 | 2.7% | -20.1% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | +26.2% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | +15.1% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | -20.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -77.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +68.3% |
| 2015 | 3.9% | +302.3% |
| 2016 | 5.0% | +26.5% |
| 2017 | 5.2% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 4.9% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | +15.6% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | -35.8% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | -12.8% |
| 2024 | 2.9% | -10.6% |
| 2025 | 2.5% | -13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.6% | 1.7% | 3.4% | 7 |
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 0.6% | 5.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 2.5% | 5.8% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment with advanced education, male in Brazil?
- Unemployment with advanced education, male in Brazil was 2.5% in 2025, according to Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest unemployment with advanced education, male recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest unemployment with advanced education, male recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for unemployment with advanced education, male?
- Brazil ranks 99th out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment with advanced education, male rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Unemployment with advanced education, male (% of male labor force with advanced education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).