Brazil : economic indicators and trade with EU

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GDP per capita (€) and annual growth (%)

in Brazil and the EU-28

Brazil total unemployment and

female labour market participation

Public finances, monetary and financial data

FDI and remittances

to Brazil and the EU-28

Brazil business environment and socio-economic indicators

The Ease of Doing Business’s distance to frontier score assesses the overall level of regulatory performance of a country. It ranges from 0=’lowest performance’ to 100=’the frontier’, the best performance observed worldwide at each year.

The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average achievement in key dimensions of hu-man development. It is based on life expectancy at birth, average duration of education and GDP per capita. It ranges from 0 to 100. ‘High human development countries’ (UN) are in the range between 70 and 80.

The Corruption Perception Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). In 2015, two thirds of the countries score below 50.

The GINI Index measures the deviation of the distribution of income among individuals or house-holds within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. It is hence a measure of inequality in income distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.

Score

Rank

116/189

76/168

130/142

Ease of Doing Business

Human Development Index*

Corruption Perception Index

GINI Index*

0 100 Worst Best Best Worst 0 100 0 100 0 100 75/188

-5%

0%

5%

10%

0

10

20

30 2000

2005

2010

2015

Thous

ands

€

28.7

7.8 Total unemployment (left axis)

Female labour force participation (right axis)

55%

60%

65%

0%

10%

20%

2000

2005

2010

2015

62.0%

7.2%

Public debt (% of GDP)

Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP)

-10%

15%

40%

65%

90%

2010 2015

Brazil

EU-28

Remittances received (% of GDP)

FDI net inflows (% of GDP)

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

2005 2010 2014 2005 2010 2014

Brazil

EU-28

-20 0 20 40 60 80 -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2000 2005 2010 2015

GDP per capita

(left axis)

Brazil

EU28

GDP growth

(right axis)

Brazil

EU28

Real/euro exchange rate

Inflation rate BRA (%)

9.0%

1.9%

-3.8%

52.7 38 75.5 57.7

3.7 Brazil: economic indicators and trade with EU

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Authors: Enrique Gomez Ramirez and Giulio Sabbati, Members’ Research Service; Laura Bartolini, GlobalStat | EUI

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At a glance

June 2016

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EU exports to Brazil (2015)

Brazil exports to EU (2015)

Main trade partners (2015)

EU grants paid to Brazilian beneficiaries (2014)

EU trade with Brazil

Top EU partners (2015)

Goods (2005-2015)

Services (2010-2015)

Preferential loans to Brazil (EIB)

EU imports from Brazil

EU exports to Brazil

Trade in goods

0

10

20

30

40

50 2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

35

31 Imports

Exports

14

9 Imports

Exports

€ billion

Trade in goods, exports plus imports

42.0%

14.2%

7.2%

4.9%

4.6%

3.0%

24.1%

Agri-food

Ores, slag and ash

Pulp of wood and

Iron and steel

Boilers and appliances

Aircraft and parts thereof

Other

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Finance contracts signed from 2014 to March 2016

150

200

0

50

100

150

200

250 Energy

Credit lines

Transport

€ million

20.5%

8.6%

8.1%

7.3%

7.2%

5.7%

4.6%

4.5%

4.2%

3.9%

25.3%

Boilers and appliances Pharmaceutical products Cars and trucks

Electrical machinery and equipment Aircraft and parts thereof

Organic chemicals Agri-food Optical instruments Chemicals Plastic articles Other

The EU contribution to Brazil under the Horizon 2020 research programme

was negligible in 2014, but reached € 1.87 million in 2015.

16

9

7

6

2

1

0

10

20 DE

NL

FR

IT

BE

ES

GB

PT

SE

AT

E

U

i

m

p

o

r…

€ billion

UK

6.4

4.1

0.9 0.7 0.5

0.1

Development Cooperation Instrument-Thematic Development Cooperation Instrument-Geographic Nuclear Safety Cooperation (INSC)

Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)

Instrument for Stability (IfS) Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)

12.7 €

million

€ million

Notes

GlobalStat is a project developed by the European University Institute’s Global Governance Programme (Italy) and the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (Portugal). Data sources for page 1: GDP figures, inflation and exchange rates are from IMF WEO (April 2016) and Eurostat (2016); Labour market data are from ILO KILM (2015); FDI and remittances data are estimates from World Bank staff based on IMF BoP data (2016); HDI and GINI indexes are from UNDP HDR (2015) and are re-scaled (*) from 0-1 to 0-100 for better comparability; CPI is from Transparency International (2015); Doing Business data are from the World Bank Group - Doing Business Unit (2016).

Data sources for page 2: EU trade with Brazil, Main trade partners (EU), Top 10 partners MS (goods), EU exports to Brazil (%) and Brazial exports to EU (%) are from ComExt, Eurostat; Other APEC members = Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam; main trade partners (Brazil) are from IMF; Other Mercosur members = Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela; EU grants paid to Brazilian beneficiaries (2014) are from European Commission; Preferential loans to Brazil are from European Investment Bank (EIB).

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