Brazil

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General Information


 
Capital: Brasilia
Head of State: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Surface Area: 8,514,877 sq km
Head of Government: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Official Languages: Portuguese
Population: 201,103,330 pers
Exchange rate (11-08-2010): EUR 1 = BRL 2.2980
Exchange rate 2008 - 2010






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Local Time: UTC/GMT -3 hours (São Paulo)Internet suffix: .br

Telehone lines (main lines): 41.141 million (2008)
Mobile lines: 150.641 million (2008)

Internet users: 64.948 million (2008)
Literay rate: 88.6%


Life expectancy: Male - 68.7 / Female - 76
Infrastructures:
  • 721 airpots with paved airways
  • 28,857mk railways


 Urban Population: 86% of total population (2008)
Ethnic Origin: white 53.7%, mulatto 38.5%, black 6.2% other 1.6%
Religion: Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%
Political situation: Political stability


Recent Economic Indicators

  2000
 2001 20022003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
GDP, current prices (USD, billions)
644.283554.41505.712
552.239
663.552881.754
1,089.16
1,366.22
1,635.52
1,574.04
GDP, PPP (USD, billions)
1,233.79
1,278.25
1,333.48
1,377.81
1,494.69
1,584.60
1,700.94
1,856.22
1,993.27
2,013.19
GDP PPP per capita, (USD billion)7,203.34
7,353.81
7,559.80
7,697.90
8,231.33
8,603.36
9,166.30
9,892.37
10,512.30
10,513.79
GDP PPP share of world total2.931
2.905
2.901
2.834
2.849
2.807
2.78
2.796
2.856
2.871
Inflation, % Change (Index, 2000=100)7.056
6.835
8.425
14.784
6.597
6.884
4.196
3.638
5.672
4.899
Current Account Balance (USD, billions)
-24.225
-23.215
-7.637
4.177
11.679
13.985
13.643
1.551
-28.192
-24.334
Current Account Balance % GDP
-3.76
-4.187
-1.51
0.756
1.76
1.586
1.253
0.114
-1.724
-1.546



Ireland's trade relations with Brazil


  2007 2008 2009
Exports (merchandise, € million)
45,278
55,539
75,771
Exports (merchandise, tonnes)
805
904
728
Imports (merchandise, € million)
68,375
81,607
42,137
Imports (merchandise, tonnes)
463,739
552,928
198,236

Top 5 Exports to Brazil in 2009
 € 000Tonnes
Medical & pharmaceutical products30,333142
Organic chemicals21,95942
Office machines & automatic data processing machines8,76454
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts4,94133
Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus nes2,86832

Top 5 Imports from Brazil in 2009
 € 000Tonnes
Vegetables & fruit9,9869,275
Food and live animals4,9451,975
Metalliferous ores & metal scrap4,884162,712
Petroleum, petroleum products & related materials4,2367,303
Organic chemicals3,6330

Sources:
CSO - Central Statistics Office
CIA - World Factbook
UNDATA
IMF - World Economic Outlook

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