Correios Brasileiros' number of employees by ethnicity

As the overall workforce of Brazilian postal services provider Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) has decreased in number, the decline between July 2018 and August 2019 has affected employees of all ethnicities. Nevertheless, the number of workers at Correios with unspecified ethnicity has almost quadrupled in the period, totalling 380 employees as of August 2019.

Number of employees of Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) as of July 2018 and August 2019, by ethnicity

Characteristic	July 2018	August 2019
White	57,304	54,553
Brown*	40,489	38,931
Black	10,543	10,027
Asian descent	690	653
Indigenous	147	144
Not specified	98	380

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Release date

August 2019

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

July 2018 and August 2019

Supplementary notes

* This category includes people with various shades of brown skin. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), brown-skinned people ("pardos") are Brazilians with mixed ethnic ancestry. The most common mixture is of white Brazilian, Afro-Brazilian and Native Brazilian.

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