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Informal employment as percentage of total employment in Brazil from 2011 to 2025

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2025	35.62%
2024	36.5%
2023	37.04%
2022	37.63%
2021	38.28%
2020	36.73%
2019	38.91%
2018	38.69%
2017	38.19%
2016	36.91%
2015	40.44%
2014	40.72%
2013	40.41%
2012	41.62%
2011	42.71%

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October 2025

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Brazil

Survey time period

2011 to 2025

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According to the source's definition: "Employment in the informal sector refers all persons who, during a given reference period, were employed in at least one informal sector enterprise, irrespective of their status in employment and whether it was their main or a secondary job.
An informal sector enterprise is (1) an unincorporated enterprise and (2) a market enterprise (i.e., it sells at least some of the goods or services it produces), and (3) meets at least one of the following criteria: (i) the enterprise is not registered, (ii) the employees of the enterprise are not registered, or (iii) the number of persons engaged on a continuous basis is below a threshold determined by the country."

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In 2026, the percentage of informal employment in Brazil stood at 35.62 percent of the total employed population. This means that more than one-third of workers in the country are considered informally employed. Neighboring Uruguay has one of the lowest rates of employment informality in Latin America.