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In 2023, the percentage of informal employment in Brazil stood at 37 percent of the total employed population. This means that almost two fifths of workers in the country are considered informally employed. Neighboring Uruguay has one of the lowest rates of employment informality in Latin America.

Informal employment as percentage of total employment in Brazil from 2011 to 2023

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2023	37.03%
2022	37.63%
2021	38.28%
2020	36.73%
2019	38.91%
2018	38.69%
2017	38.19%
2016	36.91%
2015	45.04%
2014	44.84%
2013	44.14%
2012	45.1%
2011	46.1%

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October 2024

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Brazil

Survey time period

2011 to 2023

Supplementary notes

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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