International Rankings of Brazil 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Brazil, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Brazil, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	80	15.63	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	6	32.914 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	95	67.47 %	2018
Internet users - total	5	140.909 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	95	16.01	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	7	33.713 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	143	95.92	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	7	202.009 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	9	756.300 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	9	733.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	41	1.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	43	64.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	97	59.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	86	81.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	81	69.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	10	1.878 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	164	12.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	49	20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	96	63.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	5	11.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	114	15.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	97	6.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	114	20.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	46	72.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	9	43.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	43	0.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	84	0 %	2017
Labor force	6	86.621 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	96	9.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	14	32.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	81	58.5 %	2017
Population below poverty line	149	4.2	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	10	3.092 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	90	14652 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	52	35.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	14	513.800 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	18	736600	2015
Crude oil - imports	26	297700	2015
Crude oil - production	11	2.587 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	15	12.630 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	9	509.100 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	72	219.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	72	17	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	18	64	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	18	1	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	23	18	2017
Electricity - imports	4	41.310 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	8	150.800 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	9	567.900 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	29	34.350 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	48	134.500 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	27	10.510 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	30	23.960 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	34	377.400 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	8	2.956 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	29	279000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	18	490400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	8	2.811 million bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	14	462.3 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	5	401.83 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	152	11.49 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	108	32.9	2018
Land use - arable land	102	8.6	2018
Land use - forest	25	61.9	2018
Land use - other	172	5.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	66	23.5	2018
Revenue from coal	30	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	56	0.62 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	1	8.647 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	15	39.430 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	11	9.511 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	6	16.740 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	118	0.87	2025
Urbanization - urban population	27	87.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	3	79.889 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	34	1.118 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	80	1.4 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	8	8.358 million sq km	0
Area - total	8	8.516 million sq km	0
Area - water	108	157630 sq km	0
Coastline	18	7491 km	0
Elevation - highest point	54	2994 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	103	320 meters	0
Irrigated land	10	54000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	3	16145 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	108	32.9	2018
Land use - arable land	102	8.6	2018
Land use - forest	25	61.9	2018
Land use - other	172	5.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	66	23.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	1	8.647 trillion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	94	16.06 %	0581
Age structure - 25-54 years	38	43.83 %	9640
Age structure - 55-64 years	95	9.78 %	1140
Birth rate	127	13.44 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	7	80.2 %	2013
Current Health Expenditure	18	9.5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	111	6.8 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	66	13.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	86	7.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	135	43.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	119	29.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	72	8.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	89	1.6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	17	6.3 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	32	0.6	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	13	13000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	11	930000	2020
Hospital bed density	48	2.1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	91	14.85 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	89	21.72 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	91	18.37 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	89	78.65 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	114	71.49 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	110	74.98 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	78	60	2017
Median age - female	72	34.1 years	2020
Median age - male	68	32.3 years	0
Median age - total	68	33.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	80	0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	63	22.1 %	2016
Physicians density	74	2.16 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	7	213.445 million	2021
Population growth rate	110	0.65 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	45	92.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	48	39.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	64	11.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	62	7.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2011
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	32	0.9	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	37	0.74 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	110	1.73 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	35	32.6	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	36	24.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	32	27.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	118	0.87	2025
Urbanization - urban population	27	87.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	2	4093	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	2	179	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	15	27	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	2	436	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	20	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	2	698	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	8	49	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	2	92	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	1	1619	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	2	3395	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	2	1684	2013
Heliports	14	13	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	110	1.846 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	10	102.110 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	16	443	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Railways - total	8	29850 km	2014
Roadways - paved	13	246000 km	2018
Roadways - total	3	2.000 million km	2018
Waterways	3	50000 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Brazil on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brazil 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brazil 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.