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Brazil vs South Africa: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

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

In , Brazil's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 5.97, compared to South Africa's 32.39. That makes Brazil's value 81.6% lower than South Africa's.

Brazil

Rank #74 of 182 globally

Brazil trend
Latest (2025)
5.97
Year-over-year
-12.2%
10-year change
-30.1%
Peak
13.70 (2020)
Trough
5.97 (2025)

South Africa

Rank #2 of 182 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2025)
32.39
Year-over-year
+0.3%
10-year change
+28.8%
Peak
34.01 (2021)
Trough
22.26 (2007)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.