International Rankings of Brazil 2022, 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	36	17	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	5	36.345 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	26	81 %	2020
Internet users - total	5	172.173 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	14	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	8	30.654 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	78	97	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	7	205.835 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	9	756.300 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	9	733.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	37	1.1 % of GDP	0
Exports	7	239.180 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	10	1.878 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	157	12.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	44	20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	93	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	111	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	93	6.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	109	20.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	43	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	83	0 %	2017
Labor force	6	86.621 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	90	9.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	13	32.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	78	58.5 %	2017
Population below poverty line	144	4.2	2016
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	7	2.989 trillion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	72	14100 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	50	35.7 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	28	33.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	32	24.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	26	28.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	19	63.530 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	30	64.316 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	8	328.824 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	20	31.841 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	51	16000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	13	19.217 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	23	13.993 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	13	6.596 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	6	540.997 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	73	395.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	6	25.113 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	7	195.037 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	4	105.727 billion kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	19	9.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	136	11.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	29	65.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	30	2.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	50	1.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	27	9.2 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	90	59.444 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	28	35.253 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	26	9.724 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	29	25.396 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	32	363.984 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	15	1.123 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	31	186200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	15	12.715 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	7	3.142 million bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	8	3.629 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	29	279000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	17	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	149	11.49 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	105	32.9	2018
Land use - arable land	98	8.6	2018
Land use - forest	23	61.9	2018
Land use - other	162	5.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	63	23.5	2018
Revenue from coal	28	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	55	0.62 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	1	8.647 trillion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	14	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	115	0.87	2025
Urbanization - urban population	22	87.8	2023
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	78	1.4 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	7	8.358 million sq km	0
Area - total	7	8.516 million sq km	0
Area - water	105	157630 sq km	0
Coastline	17	7491 km	0
Elevation - highest point	55	2994 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	101	320 meters	0
Irrigated land	8	69029 sq km	2017
Land boundaries - total	3	16145 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	105	32.9	2018
Land use - arable land	98	8.6	2018
Land use - forest	23	61.9	2018
Land use - other	162	5.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	63	23.5	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	89	16.06	0581
Age structure - 25-54 years	36	43.83	9640
Age structure - 55-64 years	88	9.78	1140
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	30	3.84 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	58	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	49	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	61	6.12 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	70	0.24 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	116	13.96 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	5	80.5 %	2019
Current health expenditure	21	9.6 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	99	6.81 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	74	13.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	88	7.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	145	43.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	117	29.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	3	99.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	84	3.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	93	0.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	59	0.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	24	6 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	49	2.1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	101	11.8 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	103	14.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	101	13.31 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	74	79.5 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	98	72.5 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	85	75.92 years	0
Literacy - female	42	93.4 %	2018
Literacy - male	41	93 %	0
Literacy - total population	44	93.2 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	77	60 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	70	34.1 years	2020
Median age - male	67	32.3 years	0
Median age - total	64	33.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	82	0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	60	22.1 %	2016
Physicians density	71	2.31 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	7	217.240 million	2022
Population growth rate	96	0.7 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	37	94.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	50	36.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	74	9.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	56	5.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.9	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	39	0.58 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	54	9.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	109	16.2 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	87	12.8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	94	1.8 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	115	0.87	2025
Urbanization - urban population	22	87.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	28	33.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	32	24.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	26	28.5	0
Transportation
Airports	2	4093	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	2	179	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	14	27	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	2	436	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	19	7	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	2	698	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	8	49	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	2	92	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	1	1619	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	2	3395	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	2	1684	2021
Heliports	12	13	2021
Merchant marine - total	26	864	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	19	1.846 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	9	102.110 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	15	443	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Railways - standard gauge	57	194	2014
Railways - total	8	29849.9 km	2014
Roadways - paved	13	246000 km	2018
Roadways - total	3	2.000 million km	2018
Waterways	2	50000 km	2012

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brazil 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brazil 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.