Economy
Unemployment in Brazil drops to 7.7% in third quarter
In the same period, Brazilians working totaled 99.8 mi
Vitor Abdala
Published on 31/10/2023 - 13:43
Rio de Janeiro
![Frame Caminhos da Reportagem/TV Brasil Brasília (DF) - Caminhos da Reportagem - Alunos do curso técnico de gastronomia do instituto federal de Brasília.
A taxa de desemprego no Brasil é de 8,8%, segundo a pesquisa mais recente do IBGE. Já entre os jovens de 18 a 24 anos, esse índice é o dobro: 18%.
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The unemployment rate in Brazil fell to 7.7 percent in the third quarter of this year. In the second quarter, the rate was eight percent and in the third quarter last year, 8.7 percent. The data were released Tuesday (Oct. 31) in Rio de Janeiro by the statistics bureau IBGE.
The level is the lowest since the last quarter of 2014 (6.6%). The jobless population stood at 8.3 million in the third quarter this year, down 3.8 percent from the previous quarter and 12.1 percent less than the third quarter of 2022.
The employed population totaled 99.8 million, up 0.9 percent from the previous quarter and 0.6 percent from the third quarter last year. It is also the highest figure in this time series, which began in 2012.
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