Employment in agriculture in Brazil
7.6% of employed people in Brazil worked in agriculture in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Brazil, 2025
7.6%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
25.8%
Median of G20 countries, 2025
5.1%
Position in 2025
116th of 182
Employment in agriculture in Brazil over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Brazil | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.6% | 25.8% |
| 2024 | 7.7% | 26.1% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | 26.6% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | 26.9% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | 26.9% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | 27.2% |
| 2019 | 8.9% | 26.3% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | 26.8% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | 27.5% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | 28.0% |
| 2015 | 9.3% | 28.5% |
| 2014 | 9.3% | 29.2% |
| 2013 | 10.0% | 30.1% |
| 2012 | 9.8% | 30.9% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | 31.7% |
| 2010 | 10.5% | 32.6% |
| 2009 | 11.3% | 33.2% |
| 2008 | 11.7% | 33.7% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | 34.3% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | 35.2% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | 36.3% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | 37.2% |
| 2003 | 14.4% | 38.2% |
| 2002 | 14.2% | 38.7% |
| 2001 | 14.1% | 39.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 7.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.3%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Brazil has the 116th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 25.8%.
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All statistics for Brazil
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20.2%
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Employment in services
72.2%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
6.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
14.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
63.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
53.4%
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