The country ends the quarter to September with six million unemployed people, the lowest number since 2012; employed population and worker income also present positive milestones
The unemployment rate did not reach 5.6% in the quarter ended in September, equaling the lowest level ever recorded in the survey’s historical series, which began in 2012. The data, released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics () this Friday (31), shows a maintenance of the level already observed in the quarters ending in July and August of this year.
The result represents a drop both in comparison with the previous quarter, from April to June, when the rate was 5.8%, and in relation to the same period in 2024, which registered 6.4%.
In absolute numbers, the number of unemployed people in the country reached 6 million, the lowest total in the historical series. This means that 209 thousand people became unemployed compared to the previous quarter and 809 thousand compared to the same period last year.
Meanwhile, the employed population remained stable, remaining at a record level of 102.4 million workers. Among them, the number of employees with a formal contract in the private sector also reached a new historic high, reaching 39.2 million people.
Other positive indicators accompanied the drop in unemployment. The worker’s real average income was R$3,507, an increase of 4% per year. In relation to the usual real income mass, the value reached R$ 354.6 billion. Furthermore, the labor force underutilization rate, which includes the unemployed, people who work fewer hours than they would like and those who could work but did not look for a job, fell to 13.9%, the lowest in the series.
Before the official release of the data by IBGE, the Minister of Planning and Budget, , anticipated the result of 5.6% in a publication on her social networks.
