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Brazil Today
Inflation rate
1985-2008
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
85 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 000 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
International Reserves
2002 – 2010
(US$ billion)
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
05
0
2
06
0
2
07
0
2
08
0
2
09
0
2
10
0
2
11
0
2
12
0
2
Net foreign debt
(US$ million)
Exports
(Billions US)
250
200
150
100
50
0
05
0
2
06
0
2
07
0
2
08
0
2
09
0
2
10
0
2
11
0
2
Main exports
2009
Machines & Equipments
5%
Paper & Pulp
4%
Sugar & ethanol
7%
Electrical EquipmentCoffee & its products
4%
3% Tobacco & its products
2%
Footwear & leather
2%
Textiles
1%
Chemicals
8%
Soybeans & prods
13%
Metallurgic Products
8%
Transport Material
12%
Meats
9%
Mineral ores
11%
Oil & Fuel
11%
Trade Partners
single countries - 2009
China
13%
Other
30%
USA
13%
Venezuela
1%
Russia
2%
Belgium
2%
Spain
2%
Chile
2%
Mexico
2%
Source: MDIC
Argentina
9%
Germany
6%
India
2%
Nigeria UK France
2%
2%
2%
Italy
2%
Japan
Netherlands 3%
S. Korea 3%
3%
Trade partners
blocks of countries - 2008
Mercosur and
Latin America
26%
Others
18%
USA
14%
EUROPEAN
UNION
23%
Asia
19%
Trade Diversification
Unemployment rate %
(2002-2011
)
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
02
0
2
03
0
2
04
0
2
05
0
2
06
0
2
07
0
2
08
0
2
09
0
2
10
0
2
11
0
2
Unemployment Rate –Comparison
Middle Class
% of total population
Poverty reduction
1992-2009 (%)
40
35
30
28.38
28.79
35.72
25
18.26
27.67
28.29
20
28.17
15
22.77
10
15.32
5
Source: FGV – 05/2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
0
Extreme Poverty Reduction
Renewable Sources of Energy
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
85%
47%
53%
Renewable
Non-renewable
15%
World
Brazil
Sources of Energy
(2008)
Sugar cane
16,0%
Other
renewables
0,1%
Wood and
other biomass
15,6%
Hydroelectricity
14,7%
Uranium
1,4%
Oil
36,7%
Coal
6,2%
Natural gas
9,3%
Annual forest loss
km2
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
0
Brazil’s GDP growth
US$ billion
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
03
0
2
04
0
2
05
0
2
06
0
2
07
0
2
08
0
2
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0
2
10
0
2
11
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2
Brazil’s GDP growth rate
2000-2011
8
6
4
2
20
11
20
10
20
09
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
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0
Foreign Direct Investment
2003-2011
US$ billion
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
03
0
2
04
0
2
05
0
2
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0
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0
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0
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10
0
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11
0
2
Foreign Direct Investment
Ranking Countries
GDP (nominal)
2010 (IMF)
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
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BRAZIL IN THE WORLD
Country Numbers
 Population
 191 million (2008)
 Area [km2]
 8.5 million
 GDP
 GDP PPP US$2.03 trillion
(est. 2008)
 GDP Real US$ 1.66 trillion
 (est. 2008)
4.8% - 20081
Country
Area > 5
million [Km
2 ]
Pop> 150
million
 Investments
 18.6% of GDP – 2008
 US$45 billion FDI – 2008
(Foreign Direct Investment)
 Qualified as BBB – 2008
Standard & Poors
(Investment Grade)
 Commercial Superavit
 US$25 billion – 2008
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Estimated values
Sources: World Bank, IBGE, Ipeadata, BC
GDP > 600
billion USD
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In Short

Re-democratized in 1985

Ended inflation in 1994
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Reached self-sufficiency in oil in 2006
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Struck oil in 2007
Became a net creditor country in January
2008