Informal employment grows in Brazil, says Ipea

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to a study released by Ipea (Institute for Applied Economic Research) on Tuesday (21), Brazil has 13.5 million unemployed. Of these, 29% have been looking for a new job for more than two years.

In 2012, the most significant increase in the population’s occupation was informal jobs. Check out the full report.

“In the third quarter of the year, in the interannual comparison, the number of workers without a labor card and on their account registered an increase of 23.1% and 18.4%, respectively, while jobs with a signed labor card showed a more moderate performance (8.6%),” says Ipea.

Ipea presents data collected by the Continuous NDP for 2020 and 2021. In the report, it shows that the number of employed people grew 11.5% compared to last year.

The Midwest was the region that showed the most significant retreat in unemployment even compared to 2019, before the pandemic.

On the flip side, the Northeastern states were the most affected by unemployment in the country: Pernambuco (19.3%), Bahia (18.3%), Alagoas (17.1%), and Sergipe (17.0%).

In age groups, young people were the most affected by unemployment with the arrival of the pandemic. The group’s unemployment rate dropped from 30.6% in 2020 to 25.7% in the same period in 2021.

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