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The unemployment rate in Brazil was 11.6% for the quarter ended last December, reaching 12.2 million Brazilians, according to data released Thursday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE ). 31).
The rate represents a stability compared to the mobile quarter ended in November and a decrease of 0.3 percentage points compared to the third quarter (11.9%).
In 2018, the average unemployment rate was 12.3%, compared to 12.7% in 2017. However, the country closed last year with only 116 000 fewer unemployed, compared to 4 [19659004] According to IBGE, the country's economically active population grew by 1% (894,000 more people).
Evolution of the unemployment rate
in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2017, bringing together 93 million Brazilians, the highest number ever recorded in the survey series.
Informal Unemployment Leads to Lower Unemployment
IBGE figures show that last year's drop in unemployment was caused by the growth of informal work or self-employment.
The number of workers without a formal contract rose by 3.8% (427,000) in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the previous year. The number of self-employed workers increased by 2.8% (more than 650,000 people) in one year. In addition, the number of workers with a formal contract decreased by 1% (324,000 fewer people) in the annual comparison.
See condition of occupation of Brazilian workers in December 2018:
- 67.14% were employed
- 35.47% had a formal contract
- 12.41% had no formal contract
- 25, 64% were self-employed
- 6.74% were domestic workers
- 4.87% were employers
- 2.33% were auxiliary family workers
] Evolution of the number of unemployed
unemployed in the mobile district
Source: IBGE
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