GENERAL PROFILE: BRAZIL

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2015

Population

Exchange rate

GDP

207.848 Millions

3.331 BRL/US$

1 739 955 Millions current US$

Land area

CPI growth

GDP growth

(m) 8 358 140 km

9.03 %

-3.80 %

INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE

Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)

2005

2010

2014

2015

Merchandise exports

118 529

201 915

225 101

191 134

Merchandise imports

77 628

191 537

239 152

178 798

Merchandise trade balance

40 901

10 378

-14 052

12 336

-15.1 %
Merchandise exports
growth rate in 2015

Export structure by product group in 2015

Top 5 partners in 2015

(as % of total exports)

(exports, millions of US$)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES

TRADE INDICES

Total trade in services

(millions of US$)
Services exports
Services imports
Services trade balance

2005

2010

2014

2015

(e) 15 442

30 800

39 965

33 778

23 471

60 828

88 072

70 756

(e) -8 029

-30 027

-48 107

-36 978

Services exports by main category

(as % of total services)

2005

2010

2014

2015

Transport

20.4

16.0

14.6

14.7

Travel

25.0

17.1

17.1

17.3

Other services

54.6

66.8

67.3

66.7

ECONOMIC TRENDS
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)

2005

2010

2014

2015

892 107

2 209 400

2 346 523

1 739 955

GDP per capita, current US$

4 733

11 124

11 387

8 371

Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %

3.15

7.57

0.15

-3.80

GDP, current

Current account balance, % of GDP

Exchange rate (/US$)

GDP by expenditure in 2014

(as % of total GDP)

1.57

-3.43

-4.44

-3.38

2.434

1.759

2.353

3.331

-3.8 %
Gross domestic product
growth rate in 2015

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FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
FDI inflows
FDI outflows
Personal remittances, % of GDP

2005

2010

2014

2015

15 066.29

83 748.99

73 085.51

64 647.88

2 516.70

22 059.93

2 230.21

3 071.67

0.31

(g) 0.14

0.11

0.17

+0.2 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP
in 2015

Financial flows trends

(millions of US$)

TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES

LABOUR FORCE

Trade balance indicators

Labour force by gender in 2015

(as % and index)

2005

2010

2014

2015

Balance, % of GDP

(e) 4.13

-0.53

-2.33

-1.11

Balance, % of imports

(e) 38.15

-4.76

-17.14

-7.94

Normalized balance

(e) 0.160

-0.024

-0.094

-0.041

(as % of total labour force, all sectors)

Trade openness
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)

OTHER INDICATORS
Maritime transport indicators
2005

2010

2014

2015

Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)

4 021

3 407

3 697

3 910

Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum 2004 = 100 for China)

31.49

31.65

42.28

41.02

..

8 138 608

Container port throughput (TEU)

10 678 564 (e) 10 678 564

Information economy indicators

(as % of)

2005

2010

2014

2015

Share of ICT goods, % of total exports

3.12

1.01

0.39

..

Share of ICT goods, % of total imports

12.10

9.46

8.79

..

..

..

..

..

Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector

0.224 %
Share of the total world
merchant fleet in 2015

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Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
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2
e
g
m

Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area
under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
Estimated.
Break.
Estimated. Data refers to 2013.

Symbols for missing values:

0
..
_
...
#
***

Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible

Not available or not separately reported
Not applicable
Not available, including no quotation
Non-relevant calculation
Not publishable
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals

Abbreviations & acronyms:

DWT:
FDI:
GDP:
ICT:
TEU:
US$:

Dead weight tons

Foreign direct investment
Gross domestic product
Information and communication technology
Twenty foot equivalent unit
United States dollar

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Generation date: 09 December 2016