The International Labor Organization (ILO), in its report World Employment and Social Outlook: May 2024 Update, forecasts a decrease in the unemployment rate this year, placing it at 4.9 %.

THE international organization predicts a slight decrease in unemployment, despite the inequality that persists in the labor market, especially with respect to women and wages.

According to the ILO, unemployment will be at 4.9 %, down from 5.0 % in 2023. Likewise, it is expected to stabilize in 2025, with an unemployment rate also at 4.9 %.

The report does not leave aside the issue of the lack of employment opportunities, which persists in the world. In this sense, it estimates the number of people without work but who want to work at 402 million people. The estimate includes 183 million people counted as unemployed.

“The report reveals critical employment challenges that we still need to address. Despite our efforts to reduce inequalities globally, the labor market remains an unequal playing field, especially for women,” said Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the ILO.

According to the official, to achieve a sustainable recovery with benefits shared by all, inclusive policies are necessary that take into account the needs of all workers. That is, inclusion and social justice must be the focus of policies and institutions.

In the report, figures indicate that “the employment gap for women in low-income countries reaches a staggering 22.8 %, compared to 15.3 % for men. This contrasts with high-income countries, where the rate is 9.7 % for women and 7.3 % for men.”

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The increase in the number of citizens working, together with the decline in people looking for work in the third quarter of this year, contributed to the fall in the unemployment rate in Brazil.

According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the unemployment rate in the South American country stood at 7.7 %, its lowest level since the beginning of 2015.

The agency’s data, published this Tuesday, indicate: “Between July and September, unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points compared to the second quarter (April-June, 8 %) and one point compared to the same period in 2022.”

The coordinator of the IBGE, Adriana Beringuy, stressed: “The fall in the unemployment rate was induced by the expressive growth in the number of people working and by the retraction of people looking for work in the third quarter.”

In detail, it is indicated that the nation led by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva counted 8.3 million citizens looking for work in the period from July to September, which is 3.8% less than in the previous quarter and 12.1 % less than in 2022.

The occupancy rate “reached 99.8 million, a record since measurements began in 2012, according to the IBGE. In the July-September period, 929,000 people joined the labor market, a quarterly advance of 0.9 %,” details the IBGE.

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