In 2017, Brazil created 221 thousand new jobs between public and private sector activities. Among the economic sectors that stood out the most, the agricultural sector is behind only the services segment. The number of formal posts in the agricultural sector reached 25 thousand, up 1.68% over 2016.
The data of the Annual Raising of Social Information (Rais), released by the Agência Brasil, also point out that Brazil closed last year with about 46.3 million jobs, after two consecutive years registering a decrease.
The positive balance in the evolution of formal jobs reverses the downward trend, but does not recover the level of the labor market presented in previous years. In 2015 and 2016, the country lost 1.5 million and 2 million formal jobs, respectively.
Compared to the historical series, the stock of job vacancies last year remains lower than in previous periods, such as 2013 (48.9 million), 2014 (49.5 million) and 2015 (48 million).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.