Brazil registers 14.1 million unemployed from August to October
Brazil registers 14.1 million unemployed from August to October
29 de diciembre de 2020, 10:17Brasilia, Dec 29 (Prensa Latina) The unemployment rate in Brazil was 14.3 percent in the August-October quarter, which is equivalent to 14.1 million people without work, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics reported today (IBGE). The data, part of the IBGE National Household Samples Survey, indicate that compared to the previous quarter (May to July), there was an increase of 0.5 percentage points (13.8 percent).
Compared to the same stage of 2019, it is 2.7 units higher (11.6 percent).
In addition to the increase in the number of job seekers, there was a 2.8 percent rise in the employed population, which reached 84.3 million people.