Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Brazil
Brazil: Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems was 55.51 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Brazil, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Brazil stood at 55.51 %. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Brazil peaked at 87.4 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 55.51 %, in 2024.
Brazil ranks 31st of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 77.45 % | — |
| 2013 | 80.48 % | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 87.4 % | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 75.76 % | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 57.63 % | -23.9% |
| 2017 | 60.02 % | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 61.33 % | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 61.47 % | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 60.66 % | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 61.87 % | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 58.98 % | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 56.91 % | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 55.51 % | -2.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 55.51 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.23 %, 78% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 55.51 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 78.53 %, 71% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 70.19 % | 57.63 % | 87.4 % | 8 |
| 2020s | 58.79 % | 55.51 % | 61.87 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.92 % compare
- 29 Costa Rica 59.37 % compare
- 30 Brunei Darussalam 55.73 % compare
- 32 Serbia 55.03 % compare
- 33 Grenada 51.62 % compare
- 34 Mongolia 50.78 % 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 informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Brazil?
- Share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems in Brazil was 55.51 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 87.4 % in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.51 % in 2024.
- How does Brazil rank for share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems?
- Brazil ranks 31st out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of informal employment by industry and sex: agrifood systems rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems. 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.