COUNTRY SNAPSHOTS
Brazil Highlights
President: Dilma Rousseff
• GDP per head increased by over US$4,000 between 2000 and 2010, to over $11,200.
Parliament website: www2.camara.gov.br/
• General government debt came to 40.2%, a decrease from 45.5% in 2000.
Capital city: Brasília
• The total population approached 195 million in 2010. • Some 7% of the population were aged 65 and over in 2010. • Unemployment stood at 6.7%, a significant decrease from 12.7% in 2000 and below the OECD rate of 8.6%.
ECONOMY 2000 2010 1
GLOBALISATION
Gross domestic product (US$ bln, PPPs)
1 233.8 2 172.1
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
..
..
GDP per capita (US$)
7 204 11 239
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
..
..
Real GDP growth (annual %)
4.3
7.5
Net official development assistance (% of GNI)
..
..
Household disposable income (annual growth %)
..
..
Foreign-born population (% of population)
0.4
0.4 2
Budget balance (% of GDP)
..
..
Migration rate (per thousand)
..
..
Public debt (% of GDP)
45.5
40.2
Outward FDI stocks (US$ bln)
..
189
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-3.8
..
Inward FDI stocks (US$ bln)
..
473
Inflation rate: all items (annual %)
7.0
5.0
Unit labour cost (annual growth %)
..
..
SOCIETY
Long-term interest rates (%)
..
..
Population (thousands)
174 425 194 947
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP)
2.9
4.1 2
Life expectancy at birth (years)
70.3
72.7 2
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP)
4.3
4.9 2
Population, 65 and over (% of population)
5.6
7.0
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP)
..
5.3 3
Employment rates: men (%)
..
..
Private expenditure on education (% of GDP)
..
..
Employment rates: women (%)
..
..
Self-employment rates (% of employed)
..
..
NEW SOURCES OF GROWTH
Unemployment rates (%)
12.7
6.7
Renewable energy (% of energy supply)
39.1
..
Long-term unemployment (% of unemployed)
..
..
Total energy production (Mtoe)
148.3
..
Income inequality, rank out of 34 (1: least unequal)
..
..
CO2 emissions from fuel combustion (mln tonnes)
303
338 2
Average hours actually worked (per year)
..
..
R&D expenditure (% of GDP)
..
..
Taxes on average worker (all-in, % of labour cost)
..
..
Tertiary graduation rates (% of population)
..
10.9 2
Road fatalities (per mln inhabitants)
..
..
Households with Internet access (%)
..
..
1. Unless otherwise indicated 2. 2009 data 3. 2008 data
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