Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Brazil
Brazil: Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment was 46.74 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Brazil, 2002–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 46.74 % for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Brazil peaked at 84.37 % in 2005 and was at its lowest, 46.74 %, in 2025.
Brazil ranks 39th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 83.1 % | — |
| 2003 | 84.25 % | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 82.82 % | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 84.37 % | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 83.07 % | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 81.69 % | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 79.57 % | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 79.52 % | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 77.41 % | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 51.72 % | -33.2% |
| 2013 | 52.17 % | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 50.47 % | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 51.44 % | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 52.42 % | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 54.29 % | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 55.33 % | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 54.59 % | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 56.78 % | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 57.79 % | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 53.02 % | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 50.63 % | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 47.46 % | -6.3% |
| 2025 | 46.74 % | -1.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 46.74 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 59.54 %, 79% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 46.74 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47.66 %, 98% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -33.2% | 77.41 % | 51.72 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.3 % | 79.52 % | 84.37 % | 8 |
| 2010s | 55.54 % | 50.47 % | 77.41 % | 9 |
| 2020s | 52.07 % | 46.74 % | 57.79 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 36 Vanuatu 49.29 % compare
- 37 Greece 47.87 % compare
- 38 Dominican Republic 47.66 % compare
- 40 Costa Rica 46.43 % compare
- 41 North Macedonia 45.77 % compare
- 42 Mexico 45.13 % 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 self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Brazil?
- Share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Brazil was 46.74 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 84.37 % in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.74 % in 2025.
- How does Brazil rank for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment?
- Brazil ranks 39th out of 67 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. 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 Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — 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.