Brazil

Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income · Capital: Brasilia

$10,311GDP per capita · 2024

Long-run GDP per capita

Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1800–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.

Economic events

Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.

Demographics

Life expectancy

76 · 2024

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Population

212M · 2024

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Population growth

0.4% · 2024

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Urban population

87.9% · 2024

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Environment

CO₂ per capita

2.3 · 2024

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External

Current account balance

-3.0% · 2024

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Current account balance (IMF)

-3.0% · 2025

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Government

Central government debt

81.9% · 2024

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Government gross debt

93.3% · 2025

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Labour

Unemployment

6.0% · 2025

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Unemployment rate (IMF)

6.0% · 2025

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Output & growth

GDP

$2.2T · 2024

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GDP (IMF)

$2.3T · 2025

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GDP (PPP)

Int’l$ 5T · 2025

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GDP growth

3.4% · 2024

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GDP per capita

$10,311 · 2024

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GDP per capita (IMF)

$10,686 · 2025

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GNI per capita

$9,930 · 2024

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Real GDP growth

2.3% · 2025

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Prices

Inflation (CPI)

4.4% · 2024

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Inflation (avg CPI)

5.0% · 2025

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Society

Income inequality (Gini)

50.3 · 2024

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Internet users

84.5% · 2024

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Trade

Exports

17.9% · 2024

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Imports

17.6% · 2024

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Trade

35.6% · 2024

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