| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $1.375 trillion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-0.2% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $7,600 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 10.2%
industry: 38.7%
services: 51.2% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
22% (1998 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 48% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
14.7% (2003) |
| Labor Force : |
82.59 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 23%, industry 24%, services 53% |
| Budget : |
revenues: $147.2 billion
expenditures: $172.4 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
0.4% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
321.2 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 8.3%
hydro: 82.7%
nuclear: 4.4%
other: 4.6% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
335.9 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
37.19 billion kWh; note - supplied by Paraguay (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef |
| Exports : |
$73.28 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 22.4%, China 6.9%, Germany 5.1%, Netherlands 4.4%, Mexico 4.2%, Argentina 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$48.25 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 21.4%, Argentina 11%, Germany 8.7%, China 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$214.9 billion (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$30 billion IMF disbursement (2002) |
| Currency : |
real (BRL) |
| Currency Code : |
BRL |
| Exchange Rates : |
reals per US dollar - 3.0771 (2003), 2.9208 (2002), 2.3577 (2001), 1.8301 (2000), 1.8147 (1999)
note: from October 1994 through 14 January 1999, the official rate was determined by a managed float; since 15 January 1999, the official rate floats independently with respect to the US dollar |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
