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Unemployment rate in Brazil 2017

Brazil: Unemployment rate from 2007 to 2017

The data displays the unemployment rate in Brazil from 2007 to 2017. In 2017, the unemployment rate among Brazil's population ranged at approx. 12.88%.

Employment and economic upswing in Brazil Recent growth in the Brazilian economy was the cause of the considerable improvement of the country’s unemployment rate. In a decade, the country’s unemployment rate was halved and is expected to continue to annually decrease. Brazil is also a member of the so-called BRIC countries, a group consisting of the fastest economically growing emerging countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China.

2007 8.09
2008 9.46
2009 8.28
2010 8.36
2011 6.69
2012 7.19
2013 6.99
2014 6.67
2015 8.44
2016 11.61
2017 12.88