Unemployment rate: Brazil
5.97% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.97 |
| 2024 | 6.801 |
| 2023 | 7.947 |
| 2022 | 9.231 |
| 2021 | 13.158 |
| 2020 | 13.697 |
| 2019 | 11.936 |
| 2018 | 12.329 |
| 2017 | 12.792 |
| 2016 | 11.58 |
| 2015 | 8.538 |
| 2014 | 6.755 |
| 2013 | 7.071 |
| 2012 | 7.251 |
| 2011 | 7.578 |
| 2010 | 8.42 |
| 2009 | 9.419 |
| 2008 | 8.268 |
| 2007 | 9.28 |
| 2006 | 9.692 |
| 2005 | 10.551 |
| 2004 | 10.072 |
| 2003 | 11.168 |
| 2002 | 10.641 |
| 2001 | 10.649 |
| 2000 | 10.889 |
| 1999 | 11.125 |
| 1998 | 10.15 |
| 1997 | 9.003 |
| 1996 | 8.035 |
| 1995 | 7.092 |
| 1994 | 6.579 |
| 1993 | 6.03 |
| 1992 | 7.086 |
| 1991 | 6.887 |