Brazil

Capital: BrasiliaRegion: Latin America & Caribbean Income: Upper middle income
GDP
$2.29T
2026
Population
212.0M
2024
GDP per Capita
$11K
2026
Life Expectancy
75.8 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$2.29T2026
Real GDP Growth (%)1.9%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$11K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$5.16T2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$24K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)2.35%2026
GNI (Current USD)$2.11T2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$10K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$22K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)20.9%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)59.2%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)5.8%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)18.8%2024
Household Consumption (% of GDP)64.0%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)17.0%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)14.1%2024
GDP Deflator (%)4.1%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$41K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)12.1%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)31.3%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$6K2021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)-0.2%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)0.3%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)4.49%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)2.60%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.07%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)7.9%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.76%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$457.73B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)4.0%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)95.0%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-7.5%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-2.3%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)7.3%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)4.4%2024
Lending Interest Rate (%)40.2%2024
Deposit Interest Rate (%)7.7%2024
Government Debt (% of GDP)81.9%2024
Government Revenue (% of GDP)26.4%2024
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)15.4%2024
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)20.3%2024
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)34.2%2024
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)0.2%2024
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$329.73B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)8.02024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)5.392024
Broad Money (% of GDP)116.4%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)35.6%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)17.6%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$392.11B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$385.71B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$337.05B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$277.95B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)3.4%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)1.2%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$74.09B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$4.90B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.2%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)11.1%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-3.0%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$-66.17B2024

External Debt

IndicatorValueYear
External Debt (% of GNI)28.7%2024
External Debt Stocks (USD)$605.46B2024
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)5.4%2024
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$180.26B2024
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$17.57B2024
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.0%2023

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)75.6%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (% of GDP)30.1%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (USD)$658.91B2024
Stock Market Turnover (% of GDP)41.6%2024
Listed Domestic Companies3312024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)8.9%2023
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)2.8%2023
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)86.4%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)82.3%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)90.9%2024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population212.0M2024
Population Growth (%)0.4%2024
Population Density (per km²)252023
Surface Area (sq km)8.5M2023
Land Area (sq km)8.4M2023
Urban Population (%)87.9%2024
Urban Population (total)186.3M2024
Rural Population (%)12.1%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth75.8 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male72.8 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female79.0 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.62023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)12.32023
Death Rate (per 1,000)7.12023
Net Migration-217,2832025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)19.7%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)69.3%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)11.0%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)44.3%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)168.82023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)85.72023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force108.3M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)63.1%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)53.4%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)73.4%2025
Unemployment (%)6.0%2025
Female Unemployment (%)7.3%2025
Male Unemployment (%)4.9%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)14.0%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)7.6%2025
Employment in Industry (%)20.2%2025
Employment in Services (%)72.2%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)26.1%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)69.7%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)25.2%2024
Employers (% of total employment)4.2%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)43.4%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)5.6%2022
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)12.9%2022
Adult Literacy Rate (%)94.8%2024
Male Literacy Rate (%)94.5%2024
Youth Literacy Rate (%)99.4%2024
Primary School Enrollment (%)104.0%2022
Secondary School Enrollment (%)106.0%2022
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)60.4%2022
Out-of-School Children, Primary585,5792022
Out-of-School Girls, Primary265,5852022
Primary School Teachers819,7872023
Secondary School Teachers1.5M2023
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary202017
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary172017
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)25.6%2015

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)9.7%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$1K2023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)4.3%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)26.2%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)2.42023
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)5.52023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)2.52021
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)14.42023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)12.82023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)16.02023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)13.7%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)74.7%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)11.6%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)93.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)91.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.272024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)492024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)15.4%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)8.9%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)7.62021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)7.72020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)1,4812023
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)2,9162023
Renewable Electricity Output (%)77.4%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)46.5%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)96.5%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)12.22020
Forest Area (%)59.0%2023
Forest Area (sq km)4.9M2023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)29.4%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)26.6%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)100.0%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)92.4%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)28.3%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)5,3362023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)113.82022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)115.92022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)112.22022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)29.2M2023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)344.12023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)3.9%2023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)1.2%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)84.5%2024
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)22.42023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)6,941.22024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)1.15%2020
Patent Applications, Residents4,6662021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents19,5662021
Scientific Journal Articles67,0312022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$8.69B2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)12.9%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident4,5202021

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried95.4M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)1,387.12023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)11.7M2022
Railways, Passengers (million km)16,4862019
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.202022
Electricity from Oil (%)1.3%2023
Electricity from Nuclear (%)2.0%2023

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)17.5%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)53.5%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)75.3%2025
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)42.72023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.052020

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-0.502023
Government Effectiveness-0.552023
Regulatory Quality-0.302023
Voice & Accountability0.382023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)34.4%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)32.1%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)42.0%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)28.4%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.0%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.8%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)19.32023

Poverty & Inequality

IndicatorValueYear
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)3.8%2023
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)7.5%2023
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)23.4%2023
Gini Index51.62023
Income Share, Top 10%40.8%2023
Income Share, Bottom 10%1.3%2023
Income Share, Top 20%56.6%2023
Income Share, Bottom 20%3.7%2023
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)1.3%2023
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)25.532023

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Social Assistance Coverage (%)28.1%2022
Labor Market Programs Coverage (%)1.8%2022
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.552020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School7.9 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals6.4M2019
International Tourism, Departures10.6M2018
Tourism Receipts (USD)$3.10B2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$6.49B2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)1.3%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$55.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City23.0M2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)44.3%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)14.9%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)-1.9%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)55.0%2024