Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Brazil ended 2025 with one of the lowest unemployment rates since official records began more than a decade ago.
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, the unemployment rate stood at 5.2% in the rolling quarter from September to November 2025. That was the lowest level since 2012, when the current comparable schedule began.
Latin America's largest economy now has 5.6 million people unemployed, down 7.2% from three months earlier and 14.9% from a year ago. Nearly 1 million Brazilians found jobs in 2025, according to official figures.
The data also show a sharp decline from the previous quarter, when unemployment was 5.6%, and from the same period in 2024, when it reached 6.1%, underscoring a steady downward trend throughout the year.
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