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
- 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
- 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.