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Brazil vs South Africa: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Brazil's Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 73.37, compared to South Africa's 61.74. That makes Brazil's value 18.8% higher than South Africa's.

Brazil

Rank #62 of 182 globally

Brazil trend
Latest (2025)
73.37
Year-over-year
-0.3%
10-year change
-3.1%
Peak
79.28 (2006)
Trough
71.10 (2020)

South Africa

Rank #155 of 182 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2025)
61.74
Year-over-year
-0.1%
10-year change
-0.7%
Peak
65.34 (2006)
Trough
57.53 (2020)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.