According to the IBGE, employment in the agricultural sector grew by 2.7% in July, with 206 thousand more jobs in the month.
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The agribusiness sector led job creation in Brazil in the quarter ending July 2025. Employment in agriculture, livestock, forestry production, fishing, and aquaculture grew by 2.7%, with 206 thousand more people working in the sector. The data, released this Tuesday (16), show the weight of agribusiness in the advancement of the labor market. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), this growth contributed to the advancement of the labor market, especially in regions with a strong presence of agribusiness. In addition, the unemployment rate fell to 5.6%, the lowest level since 2012. The result represents a 1 percentage point drop from the previous quarter and 1.2 points from the same period in 2024. Other groups that registered increases were transportation, information and communication, industry, and public administration and social services. These sectors drove the growth of the employed population by 1.2% in the quarter and 2.4% in the year, ...