BRAZIL

Area: 8,547,403 sq km Population: 189.6m (2006 census est) GUYANA

VENEZUELA FRENCH GUIANA 1000 km
Language: Portuguese Main cities and population (2008 est) SURINAME
Million COLOMBIA Boa Vista
Currency: Real (R$)
Exchange rate: Brasília (capital) 2.46 Atlantic
São Paulo 10.89 RORAIMA AMAPA Mouths of
Ocean
Latest R$1.95 = $1 Macapá
the Amazon
Rio de Janeiro 6.09 Uaupés
2008 Average R$1.84 =$1
Salvador 2.89 Negro
Am Belém Sao Luís RIO GRANDE
a zo Manaus
Economic summary 2008 2009* 2010* na
s Santarém Fortaleza DO NORTE
Imperatriz Teresina PARAIBA
Total GDP (Rbn) 2,890 2,984 3,192 AMAZONAS PARA
i ra MARANHAO CEARA Natal
Total GDP ($bn) 1,575 1,379 1,479 e
M ad Joao
Cruzeiro do Sul
Real GDP growth (annual % change) 5.1 -1.5 2.7 BRAZIL PIAUI
PERNAMBUCO Recife
Pessoa
GDP per head $ (PPP terms) 10,325 10,101 10,265 ACRE Rio Branco Pôrto Velho Palmas
Inflation (annual % change) 5.9 3.9 3.5 ALAGOAS Maceió
RONDONIA TOCANTINS
Agricultural output (annual % change) 5.8 -2.0 3.0 SERGIPE Aracaju
MATO GROSSO
Industrial production (annual % change) 4.3 -3.5 2.0 PERU
Services production (annual % change) 4.8 -0.6 2.9 BAHIA Salvador
Cuiabá Brasília
Money supply M1 (annual % change) -4.1 6.0 12.1 Ilhéus
Goiônia ESPIRITO
Foreign exchange reserves ($bn) 193.8 196.9 211.1 BOLIVIA Rondonópolis SANTO
GOIAS
Unemployment (%) 7.9 9.3 8.6 Corumbá MINAS GERAIS
Budget balance (% of GDP) -1.5 -2.0 -2.0 Pacific
Belo Horizonte
MATO GROSSO
Current account Balance ($bn) -28.2 -17.4 -23.3 Ocean SAO RIO DE JANEIRO
DO SUL Vitória
CHILE Campos
Exports of goods (fob) ($bn) 197.9 147.6 160.4 PAULO
São Atlantic
Imports of goods (fob) ($bn) 173.1 131.4 144.9 PARAGUAY Ocean
PARANA Paulo Santos Rio de Janeiro
Trade balance ($bn) 24.8 16.3 15.5
NORTH Curitiba
* forecast NORTH Foz do Iguaçú
SANTA Paranaguá
EAST
Main trading partners (Share of total trade to world 2008) CENTRAL
CATARINA
Florianópolis
Exports Imports WEST RIO GRANDE
Brazil’s ARGENTINA Porto Alegre
regions DO SUL
SOUTH
SOUTH EAST Pelotas
US
URUGUAY Rio Grande
China
Constitution 81-seat Senate, comprising the outside the jurisdiction of state
Argentina representatives of 26 states, plus courts
Official name
Federative Republic of Brazil the federal district of Brasília; National elections
Netherlands
Form of state 513-member directly elected Municipal elections every four
Germany Federative republic Chamber of Deputies years, with the next ones due in
The executive Regional legislatures October 2012; presidential,
0 5 10 15 20 Each of the 26 states and the congressional and state elections
The president, who is elected for
Sovereign credit rating a term of four years, chooses a district of Brasília have a every four years, with the next
cabinet, which he heads; he holds legislature and an administration ones due in October 3 2010
Moody’s Ba1 considerable discretionary powers Legal system National government
Standard and Poor’s BBB- Head of state Each state has its own judicial Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took
Elected president system; the country has a system office for a second term on
Fitch IBCA BBB- National legislature of courts for dealing with disputes January 1 2007
Sources: Thomson Reuters Datastream; EIU Bicameral national Congress; between states and matters