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Brazil Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
What is Brazil's unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ilo estimate)? As of 2023, it's 6.6% of male labor force, up from 5.6% of male labor force in 2014.
Author: Wantstats Research TeamSource: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
| Label | Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 5.616% of male labor force |
| 2015 | 7.233% of male labor force |
| 2016 | 10.079% of male labor force |
| 2017 | 11.209% of male labor force |
| 2018 | 10.737% of male labor force |
| 2019 | 10.07% of male labor force |
| 2020 | 11.804% of male labor force |
| 2021 | 10.678% of male labor force |
| 2022 | 7.478% of male labor force |
| 2023 | 6.609% of male labor force |
Data Source: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
Brazil Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate): Key Points
- Two numbers frame this chart: 5.62 % of male labor force for Brazil's unemployment, male (% of male labor force) in 2014, 6.61 % of male labor force in 2023. That gap works out to a 18% rise.
- 2015: rises to 7.23 % of male labor force (+29%).
- 2016: shoots up to 10.08 % of male labor force (+39%).
- 2020: up to 11.80 % of male labor force (+17%).
- 2021-2023: caves in to 6.61 % of male labor force (-44%).
- 2023: Ends the series at 6.61 % of male labor force — 17.7% above the 2014 baseline.
What Drove The 2020 Unemployment Spike
Don't anchor on the most recent year. With this much back-and-forth, the latest reading is one data point among several similarly-weighted ones, not the start of a new trend.
Unemployment jumps like this are rare outside of a global shock — and 2020 was exactly that: lockdowns froze hiring and cut jobs almost everywhere at once.
The pace of this recovery fits the broader picture: reopening let hiring resume quickly almost everywhere, producing a similar rebound in most countries' labor markets.
2022's 30% move is the chart's headline event, whether or not the underlying cause is obvious. Worth pinning down what actually happened that year before repeating the figure.
Read this as one data point in a bigger comparison, not a verdict on its own. Brazil's unemployment, male (% of male labor force) figure only tells a real story once it's set next to comparable countries or regions tracking the same thing.
As with almost all cross-national statistical series, this one blends real survey years with modeled estimates for the gaps — the year-to-year precision is lower than the chart's smooth line suggests.
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