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
- 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
- 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.