Argentina vs Brazil: Economic Indicators Comparison

Brazil with a GDP of $1.9T ranked the 9th largest economy in the world, while Argentina ranked 25th with $519.9B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Brazil and Argentina ranked 171st vs 169th and 80th vs 66th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatArgentinaBrazil
GDP$519.9B$1.9T
GDP growth, 1 year-2.5%1.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average-0.3%-0.8%
Population44.9M210.1M
GDP per capita$12k$8.9k
GDP per capita growth-3.47%0.33%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor15.932.02
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.570.55
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$21k$16k
GNI, Atlas method$551.2B$1.9T
GNI per capita$12k$9.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted$884.2B$3.3T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$20k$16k

Financial system and Human development

StatArgentinaBrazil
Income Tax Rate35%27.5%
Corporate Tax Rate30%34%
Inflation, consumer prices34.3%3.7%
Inflation, GDP deflator40.7%3%
Unemployment9.5%12.5%
Economic Freedom Index53.153.7
Personal Freedom Index8.197.72
Human Freedom Index7.17.05
Property Rights Index50.557.3
Judical Effectiveness Index4746.7
Business Freedom Index60.260.5
Fiscal Health Index24.74.6
Labor Freedom Index46.549.5
Investment Freedom Index5560
Financial Freedom Index6050
Trade Freedom Index69.267.8
Monetary Freedom Index53.777.2
Government Spending Index50.754.6
Tax Burden Index69.670.4
Government Integrity Index49.745.6
Corruption Perceptions Index4035
Life expectancy at birth, years76.475.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people9.26.5
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people1419.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people5.130.5
International tourism, number of arrivals6.9M6.6M

Government debt & reserves

StatArgentinaBrazil
Central government debt, % of GDP86.3%87.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI56.1%30.3%
External debt stocks$280.5B$557.8B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves102.1%17.8%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income45%31.7%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI5.4%6.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP15.5%14.4%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP21%15.4%
Total reserves including gold$66.2B$374.7B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$11.9B$78.2B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatArgentinaBrazil
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP14.3%14.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP16.4%14.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$27.5B-$41.5B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP19.4%27.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$30.3M$241.7M
Personal remittances received$515.9M$2.9B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP23%18.4%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP6.1%4.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$2B$5.1B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$268.3M$825.5M
Expense, % of GDP24.3%34.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP40.5%38.9%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Argentina vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Latvia
$18k
1.91M
Uruguay
$17k
3.46M
Trinidad and Tobago
$17k
1.37M
Antigua and Barbuda
$17k
102k
Seychelles
$16k
95.8k
Oman
$16k
4.83M
Hungary
$16k
9.94M
Venezuela
$16k
28.5M
Chile
$16k
18.1M
Palau
$16k
21.7k
Panama
$16k
4.1M
Poland
$15k
38.4M
Croatia
$15k
4.11M
Romania
$12k
19.6M
Costa Rica
$12k
4.91M
Malaysia
$11k
31.6M
Russia
$11k
147M
Mauritius
$11k
1.26M
Grenada
$11k
108k
Saint Lucia
$11k
179k
Maldives
$10k
436k
Equatorial Guinea
$10k
1.27M
Nauru
$9.9k
13.7k
Kazakhstan
$9.8k
18.3M
China
$9.8k
1.41B
Mexico
$9.7k
131M
Turkey
$9.4k
82M
Bulgaria
$9.3k
7M
Montenegro
$8.8k
622k
Cuba
$8.8k
11.5M

Brazil vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Costa Rica
$12k
4.91M
Malaysia
$11k
31.6M
Russia
$11k
147M
Mauritius
$11k
1.26M
Grenada
$11k
108k
Saint Lucia
$11k
179k
Maldives
$10k
436k
Equatorial Guinea
$10k
1.27M
Nauru
$9.9k
13.7k
Kazakhstan
$9.8k
18.3M
China
$9.8k
1.41B
Mexico
$9.7k
131M
Turkey
$9.4k
82M
Bulgaria
$9.3k
7M
Montenegro
$8.8k
622k
Cuba
$8.8k
11.5M
Lebanon
$8.3k
6.1M
Botswana
$8.3k
2.29M
Dominican Republic
$8.1k
10.4M
Gabon
$8k
2.03M
Dominica
$7.7k
73.9k
Saint Vincent
$7.4k
110k
Thailand
$7.3k
65.9M
Serbia
$7.2k
7.02M
Libya
$7.2k
6.68M
Turkmenistan
$7k
5.85M
Peru
$6.9k
29.4M
Colombia
$6.7k
49.1M
South Africa
$6.4k
57.7M
Ecuador
$6.3k
16.6M