Economic Indicators

Currency Brazilian real (BRL, $)

Fiscal year Calendar year

Trade organisations SACN, WTO, and Mercosur

Statistics

GDP (PPP) US$1.804 trillion (2007) (8th)

GDP growth 5.4% (2007)[1]

GDP per capita US$9.531 (2007)

GDP by sector agriculture: 20% industry: 14% services: 66% (2003 est.)

Inflation (CPI) 4.46% (2007)[2]

Population below poverty line 21%[3] (2007 est.)

Gini index 56.7 (2005)

Labour force 97.77 million (2006 est.)

Unemployment 9.3% (2007)

Main industries iron ore, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft; electronics; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites, real state, brewing, tourism