Development and Industry
- Population: 202,656,788 (July 2014 est.)
- GNI PPP Per Capita (US$) : $14,750
- Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 40%
- Women as % of Parliament: 9%
- CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons):
- Deaths Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 625
- Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 97%
- Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: 0.927
- Economy: Big Mac Index: $2.74
- Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): 2.4%
- Economy: Human Development Index: 0.792
- Economy: Technology Index: 4.24
- Education: Average Years of School for Adults: 4.9
- Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP): 5.82%
- Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 28.01
- Education: Teachers as % of Labor Force: 3.9%
- Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $289.50
- Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000: 2.7 per 1,000
- Health: Physicians Per 1000: 2.06 per 1,000
- Media: Televisions (total number): 36.5 million
- Media: Per Capita Televisions (you compute this): 219.48
- % of GDP as Industry: 27.4%
- Total Labor Force: 104.75 million
- % of Labor Force in Industry: 14%
- Unemployment Rate: 5.5%
- Public Debt % of GDP: 58.8% of GDP
- Inflation Rate: 5.4%
- Industries: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
- Value of Exports: $242.60 billion
- Export Commodities: transport equipment, iron ore, soy beans, footwear, coffee, autos
- Export Partners and %: China 17%, US 11.1%, Argentina 7.4%, Netherlands 6.2%
- Value of Imports: $223.20 billion
- Import Commodities: machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics
- Import Partners and %: China 15.3%, US 14.6%, Argentina 7.4%, Germany 6.4%, South Korea 4.1%
- Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: $1.95
- Electricity Production: 530.7 billion kWh (2011 est.)
- Electricity Consumption: 455.8 billion kWh (2010 est.)
- Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 19.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
- Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 1.8% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
- Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 71% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
- Electricity from Renewable Sources: 7.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
- Refined Oil Production: 2.108 million bbl/day (2010 est.)
- Refined Oil Consumption: 2.594 million bbl/day (2011 est.)
- Natural Gas Production: 17.03 billion cu m (2012 est.)
- Natural Gas Consumption: 25.2 billion cu m (2010 est.)
- # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 44.3 million (2012)
- # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 248.324 million (2012)
- # of Internet Hosts: 26.577 million (2012)
- # of Internet Users: 75.982 million (2009)
- # of Airports (total): 4,093 (2013)
- # of Airports with Paved Runways: 698
- # of km of Roadways (total): 1,580,964 km
- # of km of Roadways Paved: 212,798 km
- # km of Waterways: 50,000 km
- Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao