Economy Overview
Brazil seeks to strengthen its workforce and its economy over the long run by imposing local content and technology transfer requirements on foreign businesses, by investing in education through social programs such as Bolsa Familia and the Brazil Science Mobility Program, and by investing in research in the areas of space, nanotechnology, healthcare, and energy.
Agriculture Products
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
Industries
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
Industrial Production Growth Rate
-6.2% (2015 est.)
Labor Force
109.2 million (2015 est.)
Labor Force by Occupation
Agriculture: 15.7%
Industry: 13.3%
Services: 71%
Unemployment Rate
6.5% (2014 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line
21.4%
Household Income or Consumption by Percentage Share
Lowest 10%: 0.8%
Highest 10%: 42.9% (2009 est.)
Distribution of Family Income Gini Index
55.3 (2001)
Budget
Revenues: $638 billion
Expenditures: $673.4 billion (2015 est.)
Public Debt
57.2% of GDP (2014 est.)
Central Bank Discount Rate
11% (31 December 2011)
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
Stock of Narrow Money
$132.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Stock of Broad Money
$835.3 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Stock of Domestic Credit
$2.251 trillion (31 December 2014 est.)
Market Value of Publicly Traded Shares
$1.546 trillion (31 December 2013 est.)
Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold
$363.6 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Debt External
$556.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Stock of Direct Foreign Investment at Home
$739.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Stock of Direct Foreign Investment Abroad
$299.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Exchange Rates
1.675 (2011 est.)
