Agricultural sector's employment share in Brazil 2022

The employment in the agricultural sector as share of total employment in Brazil decreased by 0.8 percentage points (-8.42 percent) in 2022 in comparison to the previous year. As a result, the share in Brazil saw its lowest number in 2022 with 8.73 percent.
Employment in agriculture is the share of individuals working in agriculture, hunting, forestry, and fishing in order to produce a good or service for profit or pay from the total employed. The data covers people working in a certain period, or not working as a result of being temporarily absent from a job, or in a working-time arrangement.

Find more statistics on other topics about Brazil with key insights such as share of value added by the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector to the gross domestic product.

Employment in the agricultural sector in Brazil from 2012 to 2022, as share of total employment

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2022	8.73%
2021	9.5%
2020	9.31%
2019	8.88%
2018	9.06%
2017	9.19%
2016	9.8%
2015	9.33%
2014	9.31%
2013	10.03%
2012	9.85%

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Release date

March 2024

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Brazil

Survey time period

2012 to 2022

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The agricultural sector includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production.
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement.

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