Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value in Brazil
Brazil: Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value was 22.77 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value in Brazil, 2016–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of formal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value in Brazil stood at 22.77 %. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of formal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value in Brazil peaked at 22.77 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.63 %, in 2017.
That places Brazil 10th out of 39 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 15.49 % | — |
| 2017 | 14.63 % | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 14.98 % | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 16.68 % | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 18.33 % | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 17.16 % | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 18.51 % | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 21.19 % | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 22.77 % | +7.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 22.77 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12.26 %, 1.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 22.77 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10.06 %, 2.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.45 % | 14.63 % | 16.68 % | 4 |
| 2020s | 19.59 % | 17.16 % | 22.77 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 7 North Macedonia 36.61 % compare
- 8 Costa Rica 31.83 % compare
- 9 Serbia 30.72 %
- 11 Mexico 17.82 % compare
- 12 Colombia 17.27 % compare
- 13 Kyrgyzstan 15.67 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of formal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value in Brazil?
- Share of formal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value in Brazil was 22.77 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of formal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 22.77 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of formal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.63 % in 2017.
- How does Brazil rank for share of formal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value?
- Brazil ranks 10th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of formal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.