Brazil Loses 94 Billion Reais Annually Due to LGBT Discrimination in the Labor Market

Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The exclusion of LGBT people from the Brazilian labor market leads to losses of 94.4 billion reais annually, which is equivalent to 0.8% of the country’s GDP. These figures are presented by the World Bank in the study “The Economic Cost of Exclusion Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics in the Brazilian Labor Market.”

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Brazil Loses 94 Billion Reais Annually Due to LGBT Discrimination in the Labor Market