Brazil vs Japan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Japan with a GDP of $5T ranked the 3rd largest economy in the world, while Brazil ranked 9th with $1.9T. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Japan and Brazil ranked 152nd vs 171st and 28th vs 80th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Brazil	Japan
GDP	$1.9T	$5T
GDP growth, 1 year	1.1%	0.8%
GDP growth, 5-years average	-0.8%	1%
Population	210.1M	126.8M
GDP per capita	$8.9k	$39k
GDP per capita growth	0.33%	0.99%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	2.02	101.37
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.55	0.92
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$16k	$44k
GNI, Atlas method	$1.9T	$5.2T
GNI per capita	$9.1k	$41k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$3.3T	$5.6T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$16k	$44k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Brazil	Japan
Income Tax Rate	27.5%	40.8%
Corporate Tax Rate	34%	23.9%
Inflation, consumer prices	3.7%	1%
Inflation, GDP deflator	3%	-0.1%
Unemployment	12.5%	2.5%
Economic Freedom Index	53.7	73.3
Personal Freedom Index	7.72	8.83
Human Freedom Index	7.05	8.31
Property Rights Index	57.3	86.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	46.7	71.4
Business Freedom Index	60.5	81.4
Fiscal Health Index	4.6	62
Labor Freedom Index	49.5	78.7
Investment Freedom Index	60	70
Financial Freedom Index	50	60
Trade Freedom Index	67.8	80
Monetary Freedom Index	77.2	84.4
Government Spending Index	54.6	55.8
Tax Burden Index	70.4	68.3
Government Integrity Index	45.6	80.5
Corruption Perceptions Index	35	73
Life expectancy at birth, years	75.5	84.1
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	6.5	18.5
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	19.7	4.1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	30.5	0.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	6.6M	31.2M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Brazil	Japan
Central government debt, % of GDP	87.9%	237.1%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	30.3%	N/A
External debt stocks	$557.8B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	17.8%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	31.7%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	6.1%	7.3%
Gross savings, % of GDP	14.4%	28%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	15.4%	24.4%
Total reserves including gold	$374.7B	$1.3T
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$78.2B	$25.9B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Brazil	Japan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	14.8%	18.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	14.3%	18.2%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$41.5B	$174.7B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	27.2%	12.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$241.7M	N/A
Personal remittances received	$2.9B	$4.4B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	18.4%	29.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	4.4%	1.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$5.1B	$21.7B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$825.5M	$45.5B
Expense, % of GDP	34.9%	16.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	38.9%	38.4%