Brazil Cuts Unemployment to 6.6%, Lowest Since 2012 on Formal Job Surge

Brazil Cuts Unemployment to 6.6%, Lowest Since 2012 on Formal Job Surge

Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to 6.6% in April 2025, marking the lowest level for any April-June quarter since record-keeping began in 2012, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). This milestone extends a 46-quarter streak of annual declines since July 2021, despite a slight seasonal uptick to 7% earlier in 2025. The […]

Unemployment in Brazil fell to 6.6% in the mobile quarter completed in April of this year, reported the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). According to the IBGE report, the data reported on unemployed people in the South American country is equivalent to about 7.3 million without occupation. Unemployment in Brazil remained stable compared to the previous mobile quarter (November 2024-January 2025), when the rate was 6.5%. In…

Unemployment in Brazil fell to 6.6% in the mobile quarter completed in April of this year, reported the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). According to the IBGE report, the data reported on unemployed people in the South American country is equivalent to about 7.3 million without occupation. Unemployment in Brazil remained stable compared to the previous mobile quarter (November 2024-January 2025), when the rate was 6.5%. In…

The unemployment rate, also known as unemployment rate, remained at 6.6% in the quarter ended in April of this year. The index did not present a statistical variation in relation to the previous quarter of this year (6.5%) but recovered in relation to the quarter ended in April 2024 (7.5%). The data are from the National Research for Home Affairs (Pnad), published on Thursday (29), published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics…

The unemployment rate in Brazil was 6.6% in the quarter closed in April 2025, according to data published on this Thursday (29) by IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). This is the lowest index for this year since the beginning of the historical series of Pnad Continue in 2012, and represents a decrease in the 7.5% registered in the same quarter of 2024. The result also surprised the financial market, being below the projection…

The informality rate was 37.9%, equivalent to 39.2 million workers; unemployment among young people is more than double the rate among adults The post Unemployment stood at 6.6% in the quarter ending in April appeared first on Monitor Mercantil.