GDP growth
%2.3%down-1.13
World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Latin America / BRA
Brazil
How Brazil's economy is moving, sector by sector, with every number sourced.
National Congress, Brasília · Photo: Eurico Zimbres (opens in new tab) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · colour-graded · credits
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Brazil Overview dashboard
Inflation (CPI)
%5.0%up+0.65
World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Unemployment
% labour force6.0%down-0.83
World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
GDP per capita
US$10,713up+403
World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Central govt debt
% GDP81.9%down-1.18
World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Current account
% GDP-2.9%up+0.06
World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"Brazil's exports are booming."
The data
Exports (% GDP)
- 2015
- 12.9%
- 2025
- 17.8%
increase+4.9 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
- 2015
- 14.1%
- 2025
- 17.5%
increase+3.4 change
Exports moved +4.9 pts of GDP; imports moved +3.4 pts. Look at both before calling it a boom.
Sources: World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS, NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 8.0%
- 2023
- 9.7%
increase+1.8 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 14.0
- 2024
- 12.3
decrease-1.7 change
Spending share changed +1.8 pts; infant mortality changed -1.7 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."
The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
- 2015
- 10.5%
- 2025
- 11.8%
increase+1.3 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
- 2015
- 19.4%
- 2025
- 20.1%
increase+0.8 change
Manufacturing share of GDP changed +1.3 pts vs industry overall +0.8 pts.
Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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