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Brazil - Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap 61.51

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 187 economies tracked

Latest value

61.51 (2025)

Global rank

##92 of 187 economies

Share of global total

0.6%

Growth since 1990

1.3×

Ranking Race — Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Brazil climbed from #121 to #92 (overtook Democratic Republic of the Congo). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Brazil ↓

Key Events — Brazil

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1994
Real Plan curated

New currency ends hyperinflation and stabilises the economy.

2002
Emerging-market crisis curated

Currency and debt fears peak ahead of the 2002 election.

2015
Deep recession curated

GDP contracts for two consecutive years amid political turmoil.

2020
Fell 24 places in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Pandemic and commodity shock hit output hard.

2022
Overtook Democratic Republic of the Congo in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Timor-Leste in global rank auto

Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap, 1990-2025

World Bank WDI · % of female population ages 15-64 · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202547.1652.1457.1162.09

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