By Artur Piva
Unemployment rose again in Brazil during the first quarter of 2023 – the period marks the beginning of the Lula administration. The rate rose by almost 1%.
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released the data on Thursday, 18.
They are part of the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD).
The unemployment rate rose to 8.8%, after one quarter of the Lula 3 government.
According to PNAD records, the Bolsonaro administration left the country with the indicator at 7.9%.
The information from IBGE shows that the number had not grown since the beginning of 2021.
Among the states, the worst result went to Bahia (14.4%), which also has a PT politician at the head of the Executive: governor Jerônimo Rodrigues, who succeeded the PT’s Rui Costa.
However, the Bahian result did not grow from the previous quarter.
Rondônia had the lowest rate: 3.2%. The state also has the highest proportion of people who are self-employed: 37.3%.
The national average closed at 25.85.
Santa Catarina registered the highest rate of formal employment in Brazil: 88.2%.
Moreover, the local unemployment rate is the second lowest in Brazil: 3.8%.
With information from Revista Oeste
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