Brazil’s unemployment rate was reported at 12.3% in the quarter ending in May, according to figures in the National Household Sample Survey (Pnad), released today (Jun 28) by the government’s statistics agency IBGE.
Illiteracy was reported on the wane in Brazil. Among people aged 15 or older, the rate went from 7.2 percent in 2016 to 6.8 percent in 2018. Last year, 11.3 million people could not read or write.
Brazil’s unemployment rate closed out the quarter ending in May at 12.7%, virtually unchanged from the quarter ending in February this year (12.6%).
Brazil's unemployment rate stood at 12.2% in the three-month period ending in January—which represents 12.7 million jobless people. The rate is stable if compared to August–October, 2017.
In the three-month period ending in August this year, 13.1 million Brazilians were jobless. The unemployment rate was reported at 12.6% of the economically active population—104.2 million in the time span.
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