The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: 1.1%

      highest 10%: 43% (2007)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      56.7 (2005) country comparison to the world: 10 60.7 (1998)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      18.5% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 105

      Public debt:

      60.8% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 31 59.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      4.9% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 4.9% (2009 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      15.17% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 9 20.48% (31 December 2008)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      44.65% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2 47.25% (31 December 2008 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $165.8 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 21 $125.3 billion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $1.522 trillion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 11 $972.8 billion (31 December 2008)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $2.104 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 11 $1.542 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $1.167 trillion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 15 $589.4 billion (31 December 2008)

      $1.37 trillion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef

      Industries:

      textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment

      Industrial production growth rate:

      11.5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 10

      Electricity - production:

      438.8 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 10

      Electricity - consumption:

      404.3 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 10

      Electricity - exports:

      2.034 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      42.06 billion kWh; note - supplied by Paraguay (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      2.572 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 9

      Oil - consumption:

      2.46 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 7

      Oil - exports:

      570,100 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 27

      Oil - imports:

      632,900 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 21

      Oil - proved reserves:

      13.2 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 17

      Natural gas - production:

      10.28 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 41

      Natural gas - consumption:

      18.72 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 36

      Natural gas - exports:

      NA (2009 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      8.44 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 25

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      364.2 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 36

      Current account balance:

      -$52.73 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 186 -$24.3 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $199.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 23 $153 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos

      Exports - partners:

      China 12.49%, US 10.5%, Argentina 8.4%, Netherlands 5.39%, Germany 4.05% (2009)

      Imports:

      $187.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 $127.7 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics

      Imports - partners:

      US 16.12%, China 12.61%, Argentina 8.77%, Germany 7.65%, Japan 4.3% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $290.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 5 $238.5 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $310.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 25 $273.7 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $349.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 13 $319.9 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $131 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 $117.4 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      reals (BRL) per US dollar - 1.77 (2010), 1.9976 (2009), 1.8644 (2008), 1.85 (2007), 2.1761 (2006)

      Communications ::Brazil

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      41.497 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 6

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      173.959 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 5

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: good working system including an extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations; mobile-cellular usage has more than tripled in the past 5 years

      domestic: fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 20 per 100 persons; less expensive mobile-cellular technology has been a major driver in expanding telephone service to the lower-income segments of the population with mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 90 per 100 persons in 2009

      international: country code - 55; landing point for a number of submarine cables, including Americas-1, Americas-2, Atlantis-2, GlobeNet, South Amrica-1, South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilius, and UNISUR that provide direct connectivity to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station (2009)

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