Thought for the day

Brazil’s GDP per Head Growth
has Been Exceptionally Poor

Brazil’s citizens are worse off than a decade ago


 
20 April 2024
 
Brazil's GDP Per Capita Growth
Index: 1998=100
Brazil’s GDP per Head Growth - has Been Exceptionally Poor
* GDP in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.

Real GDP per capita in Brazil has risen by only 36% in the past twenty-five years. Once listed for its investment potential as a member of the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India, China), Brazil's actual performance has been exceptionally poor. In sharp contrast over in the same period average living standards have soared by 546% in China, by 219% in India, and have even doubled in Russia.

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