lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 43% (2007)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
56.7 (2005) country comparison to the world: 10 60.7 (1998)
Investment (gross fixed):
18.5% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 105
Public debt:
60.8% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 31 59.5% of GDP (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.9% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 4.9% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
15.17% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 9 20.48% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
44.65% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2 47.25% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$165.8 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 21 $125.3 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$1.522 trillion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 11 $972.8 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of domestic credit:
$2.104 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 11 $1.542 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$1.167 trillion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 15 $589.4 billion (31 December 2008)
$1.37 trillion (31 December 2007)
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:
11.5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 10
Electricity - production:
438.8 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 10
Electricity - consumption:
404.3 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 10
Electricity - exports:
2.034 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
42.06 billion kWh; note - supplied by Paraguay (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
2.572 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 9
Oil - consumption:
2.46 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 7
Oil - exports:
570,100 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 27
Oil - imports:
632,900 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 21
Oil - proved reserves:
13.2 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 17
Natural gas - production:
10.28 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 41
Natural gas - consumption:
18.72 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 36
Natural gas - exports:
NA (2009 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
8.44 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 25
Natural gas - proved reserves:
364.2 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 36
Current account balance:
-$52.73 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 186 -$24.3 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$199.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 23 $153 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
Exports - partners:
China 12.49%, US 10.5%, Argentina 8.4%, Netherlands 5.39%, Germany 4.05% (2009)
Imports:
$187.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 $127.7 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics
Imports - partners:
US 16.12%, China 12.61%, Argentina 8.77%, Germany 7.65%, Japan 4.3% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$290.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 5 $238.5 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$310.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 25 $273.7 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$349.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 13 $319.9 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$131 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 $117.4 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
reals (BRL) per US dollar - 1.77 (2010), 1.9976 (2009), 1.8644 (2008), 1.85 (2007), 2.1761 (2006)
Communications ::Brazil
Telephones - main lines in use:
41.497 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 6
Telephones - mobile cellular:
173.959 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 5
Telephone system:
general assessment: good working system including an extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations; mobile-cellular usage has more than tripled in the past 5 years
domestic: fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 20 per 100 persons; less expensive mobile-cellular technology has been a major driver in expanding telephone service to the lower-income segments of the population with mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 90 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 55; landing point for a number of submarine cables, including Americas-1, Americas-2, Atlantis-2, GlobeNet, South Amrica-1, South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilius, and UNISUR that provide direct connectivity to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station (2009)
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