In 2022, there were approximately ******* employees in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and medical retail sector in Brazil. This represents an increase of around ** percent compared to 2010, when the country's workforce in this sector amounted to about *** thousand employees. In 2020, there were over 123 thousand Brazilian companies registered in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. (July 25, 2024). Number of employees in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and medical retail sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072286/brazil-employment-retail-pharmaceutical-industry/
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. "Number of employees in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and medical retail sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. July 25, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072286/brazil-employment-retail-pharmaceutical-industry/
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. (2024). Number of employees in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and medical retail sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072286/brazil-employment-retail-pharmaceutical-industry/
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. "Number of Employees in The Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Retail Sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072286/brazil-employment-retail-pharmaceutical-industry/
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Number of employees in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and medical retail sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072286/brazil-employment-retail-pharmaceutical-industry/ (last visited May 09, 2026)
Number of employees in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and medical retail sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, July 25, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072286/brazil-employment-retail-pharmaceutical-industry/
