Brazil at a glance

Brazil

Latin
America
& Carib.

Uppermiddleincome

193.7
8,070
1,564.2

573
6,993
4,003

1,002
7,495
7,508

1.1
2.2

1.2
2.2

0.9
1.7

22
86
72
17
2
97
90
127
132
123

..
79
73
19
5
93
91
116
118
114

..
75
71
19
..
95
93
111
111
110

POVERTY and SOCIAL

2009
Population, mid-year (millions)
GNI per capita (Atlas method, US$)
GNI (Atlas method, US$ billions)

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Development diamond*

Life expectancy

Average annual growth, 2003-09

Population (%)
Labor force (%)
Most recent estimate (latest year available, 2003-09)
Poverty (% of population below national poverty line)
Urban population (% of total population)
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
Child malnutrition (% of children under 5)
Access to an improved water source (% of population)
Literacy (% of population age 15+)
Gross primary enrollment (% of school-age population)
Male
Female

GNI
per
capita

Gross
primary
enrollment

Access to improved water source

Brazil
Upper-middle-income group

KEY ECONOMIC RATIOS and LONG-TERM TRENDS

1989

1999

2008

2009

425.6
26.9
8.9
30.4
35.8

586.9
16.4
9.4
15.0
12.1

1,652.6
20.7
13.7
20.9
18.7

1,594.5
16.5
11.1
16.5
14.7

0.2
1.2
26.9
36.3
..
..

-4.3
3.0
41.6
103.3
..
..

-1.7
1.0
15.9
25.5
..
..

-1.5
0.9
17.4
17.6
16.3
103.7

1989-99

1999-09

2008

2009

2009-13

2.4
0.9
5.5

3.5
2.2
7.6

5.2
4.1
0.5

-0.6
-1.5
-10.2

5.9
..
11.7

GDP (US$ billions)

Gross capital formation/GDP
Exports of goods and services/GDP
Gross domestic savings/GDP
Gross national savings/GDP
Current account balance/GDP
Interest payments/GDP
Total debt/GDP
Total debt service/exports
Present value of debt/GDP
Present value of debt/exports

Economic ratios*

Trade

Domestic
savings

Capital

Indebtedness
(average annual growth)
GDP
GDP per capita
Exports of goods and services

Brazil
Upper-middle-income group

STRUCTURE of the ECONOMY

1989

1999

2008

2009

(% of GDP)
Agriculture
Industry
Manufacturing
Services

8.5
42.7
29.5
48.8

5.5
25.9
16.1
68.6

5.9
27.9
16.6
66.2

6.1
25.4
15.8
68.5

Household final consumption expenditure

General gov't final consumption expenditure
Imports of goods and services

54.1
15.5
5.5

64.7
20.3
10.8

58.9
20.2
13.5

61.7
21.8
11.2

1989-99

1999-09

2008

2009

3.0
1.8
2.1
3.4

3.8
2.8
2.7
3.9

6.1
4.1
3.0
4.9

-4.6
-6.7
-8.2
2.1

4.0
0.4
2.8
13.1

3.5
3.1
3.7
6.8

6.8
3.2
13.6
15.4

0.2
3.9
-10.3
-11.5

(average annual growth)

Agriculture
Industry
Manufacturing
Services
Household final consumption expenditure
General gov't final consumption expenditure
Gross capital formation
Imports of goods and services

Growth of capital and GDP (%)

20
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
-15

04

05

06

07

GCF

08

09

08

09

GDP

Growth of exports and imports (%)

25
20
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
-15

04

05

Exports

06

07

Imports

Note: 2009 data are preliminary estimates.

This table was produced from the Development Economics LDB database.
* The diamonds show four key indicators in the country (in bold) compared with its income-group average. If data are missing, the diamond will
be incomplete.

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PRICES and GOVERNMENT FINANCE
Domestic prices
(% change)
Consumer prices
Implicit GDP deflator
Government finance
(% of GDP, includes current grants)
Current revenue
Current budget balance
Overall surplus/deficit

1989

1999

2008

2009

1,972.9
1,209.1

8.9
8.5

7.1
8.3

5.9
5.7

Inflation (%)
15
10
5
0

..
..
208,202.5

19.8
2.7
-0.7

23.6
3.9
-0.4

23.2
2.9
-3.4

1989

1999

2008

2009

32,975
2,447
3,647
17,575
18,263
1,249
3,753
4,873

47,551
2,746
1,593
27,330
49,210
1,655
4,258
13,577

184,216
20,183
13,462
88,483
155,475
2,582
24,978
32,190

208,178
20,615
13,902
108,534
172,782
2,761
26,002
37,543

86
55
157

93
96
97

128
100
127

124
99
125

1989

1999

2008

2009

36,394
21,486
14,908

55,205
63,382
-8,177

228,393
220,247
8,146

180,723
174,679
6,044

-13,265
249

-18,848
1,689

-40,562
4,224

-33,684
3,338

Current account balance

1,032

-25,335

-28,192

-24,302

-1

Financing items (net)

Changes in net reserves

-146
-886

17,513
7,822

31,161
-2,969

70,953
-46,651

-2

9,679
1.00E-6

36,342
1.8

216,881
1.8

273,123
2.0

1989

1999

2008

2009

114,356
8,311
0

244,108
6,822
0

262,139
10,671
0

276,932
10,065
0

Total debt service

IBRD
IDA

14,117
1,475
0

71,073
1,380
0

56,460
1,310
0

44,317
2,231
0

Composition of net resource flows

Official grants
Official creditors
Private creditors
Foreign direct investment (net inflows)
Portfolio equity (net inflows)

44
235
-3,710
1,131
-57

65
380
-11,130
28,576
2,572

211
1,962
27,250
45,058
-7,565

196
3,438
23,842
25,949
37,071

933
819
871
-52
604
-656

1,863
1,533
952
580
428
152

3,082
1,726
812
914
498
416

1,861
1,274
1,872
-598
359
-957

04

05

06

07

08

GDP deflator

09

CPI

TRADE
(US$ millions)
Total exports (fob)
Coffee
Soybeans
Manufactures
Total imports (cif)
Food
Fuel and energy
Capital goods
Export price index (2000=100)
Import price index (2000=100)
Terms of trade (2000=100)

Export and import levels (US$ mill.)

250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
03

04

05

06

Exports

07

08

09

Imports

BALANCE of PAYMENTS
(US$ millions)
Exports of goods and services
Imports of goods and services
Resource balance
Net income
Net current transfers

Memo:
Reserves including gold (US$ millions)
Conversion rate (DEC, local/US$)

Current account balance to GDP (%)

2

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

EXTERNAL DEBT and RESOURCE FLOWS

(US$ millions)
Total debt outstanding and disbursed
IBRD
IDA

World Bank program

Commitments
Disbursements
Principal repayments
Net flows
Interest payments
Net transfers

Note: This table was produced from the Development Economics LDB database.

Composition of 2009 debt (US$ mill.)

G:
39,789

A: 10,065

D: 14,688
E: 7,632

F:
204,758

A - IBRD
B - IDA
C - IMF

D - Other multilateral

E - Bilateral
F - Private
G - Short-term

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