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Brazil’s GDP per Head Growth
has Been Exceptionally Poor


 
Last updated: 3 July 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* GDP in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.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 40% 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 681% in China, by 261% in India, and have even more than doubled in Russia.

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