Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) rose 1.97% to 58.4% in Brazil in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) in Brazil reached an all time high of 65.7% in 2005 and an all time low of 57.3% in 2020. When compared to Brazil's main peers, Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) in Bolivia amounted to 76.0%, 73.9% in Peru and 50.6% in Venezuela in 2021.
Brazil has been ranked 101st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+), 26 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bolivia | % | 67.1% | 67.4% | 68.6% | 71.8% | 70.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 62.2% | 62.1% | 62.4% | 62.3% | 62.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | % | 59.8% | 59.6% | 59.9% | 59.8% | 59.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | 69.5% | 69.1% | 68.9% | 68.4% | 67.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | % | 54.5% | 54.4% | 54.2% | 54.1% | 54.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | % | 67.9% | 70.0% | 70.2% | 71.9% | 72.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | % | 75.9% | 76.8% | 77.0% | 77.2% | 77.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | % | 60.0% | 59.3% | 59.2% | 59.1% | 59.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 62.3% | 61.2% | 59.5% | 57.4% | 52.8% |
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