Economy - overview:
Characterized by large and well-developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors, Brazil's economy outweighs that of all other South American countries, and Brazil is expanding its presence in world markets. Since 2003, Brazil has steadily improved its macroeconomic stability, building up foreign reserves, and reducing its debt profile by shifting its debt burden toward real denominated and domestically held instruments. In 2008, Brazil became a net external creditor and two ratings agencies awarded investment grade status to its debt. After record growth in 2007 and 2008, the onset of the global financial crisis hit Brazil in September 2008. Brazil experienced two quarters of recession, as global demand for Brazil's commodity-based exports dwindled and external credit dried up. However, Brazil was one of the first emerging markets to begin a recovery. In 2010 consumer and investor confidence revived and GDP growth reached 7.5%, the highest growth rate in the past 25 years. Brazil has since then experienced an economic slowdown, driven primarily by a faltering industrial sector and Brazil's fast-rising currency. Brazil's high interest rates make it an attractive destination for foreign investors. Large capital inflows over the past several years have contributed to the rapid appreciation of its currency and led the government to raise taxes on some foreign investments. President Dilma ROUSSEFF has pledged to retain the previous administration's commitment to inflation targeting by the central bank, a floating exchange rate, and fiscal restraint.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition by sector: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Distribution of family income - Gini index: Investment (gross fixed): Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Public debt: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Central bank discount rate: Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Market value of publicly traded shares: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Electricity - production: Electricity - consumption: Electricity - exports: Electricity - imports: Oil - production: Oil - consumption: Oil - exports: Oil - imports: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Brazil on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brazil Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brazil Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
$2.284 trillion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
[see also: GDP country ranks ]
$2.518 trillion (2011 est.)
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2.8% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 128
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]
$11,600 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
[see also: GDP - per capita country ranks ]
agriculture: 5.8%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 26.9%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - industry country ranks ]
services: 67.3% (2011 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - services country ranks ]
104.3 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
[see also: Labor force country ranks ]
agriculture: 20%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 14%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - industry country ranks ]
services: 66% (2003 est.)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]
6.1% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
[see also: Unemployment rate country ranks ]
26% (2008)
[see also: Population below poverty line country ranks ]
lowest 10%: 1.2%
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% country ranks ]
highest 10%: 42.5% (2009)
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% country ranks ]
53.9 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 13
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]
19% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Investment (gross fixed) country ranks ]
revenues: $1.005 trillion
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expenditures: $930.9 billion (2011 est.)
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39.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
[see also: Taxes and other revenues country ranks ]
2.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) country ranks ]
54.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Public debt country ranks ]
6.9% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]
11% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
[see also: Central bank discount rate country ranks ]
45.6% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]
$204.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]
$1.878 trillion (30 November 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]
$2.769 trillion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]
$1.546 trillion (31 December 2010)
country comparison to the world: 13
[see also: Market value of publicly traded shares country ranks ]
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
4% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
[see also: Industrial production growth rate country ranks ]
461.1 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
[see also: Electricity - production country ranks ]
421 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
[see also: Electricity - consumption country ranks ]
1.08 billion kWh (2009 est.)
[see also: Electricity - exports country ranks ]
39.67 billion kWh; note - supplied by Paraguay (2009 est.)
[see also: Electricity - imports country ranks ]
2.746 million bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]
2.654 million bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]
699,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
[see also: Oil - exports country ranks ]
720,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Oil - imports country ranks ]
12.41 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
[see also: Natural gas - production country ranks ]
25.13 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]
12.72 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Natural gas - imports country ranks ]
366.4 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]
-$63.47 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]
$250.8 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
China 15.2%, US 9.6%, Argentina 9.2%, Netherlands 5.1%, Germany 4% (2010)
$219.6 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
[see also: Imports country ranks ]
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics
US 15%, China 14.1%, Argentina 7.9%, Germany 6.9%, South Korea 4.6% (2010)
$357.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]
$410 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]
$426.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home country ranks ]
$113.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad country ranks ]
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b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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