Emergency Fire Prevention And Control Project in the Amazon: Annex 4

Annex 10

Brazil: Emergency Fire Prevention And Control Project in the Amazon
Brazil at a Glance


POVERTY and SOCIAL

KEY ECONOMIC RATIOS and LONG-TERM TRENDS

STRUCTURE of the ECONOMY

PRICES and GOVERNMENT FINANCE

TRADE

BALANCE of PAYMENTS

EXTERNAL DEBT and RESOURCE FLOWS

 

Note: 1996 data are preliminary estimates. Figures in italics are for years other than those specified.


POVERTY and SOCIAL

  Brazil Latin America & Carib. Upper-middle-
income
Population mid 1996
(millions) 161.2 485 479 GNP per captia 1996
(US$) 4,360 3,710 4,540 GNP 1996
(billions US$) 702.9 1,799 2,173 Average annual growth, 1990-96 Population (%) 1.4 1.7 1.5 labor force (%) 1.6 2.3 1.8 Most recent estimate (latest year available since 1989) Poverty headcount index
(% of population) 17 – – Urban population
(% of  total population) 78 74 73 Life expectancy at birth
(years) 67 69 69 Infant mortality
(per 1,000 live births) 44 37 35 Child malnutrion
(% of children under 5) 18 – – Access to safe water
(% of population) 92 80 86 Illiteracy
(% of population age 15+) 17 13 13 Gross primary enrollment
(% of school-age population) 114 110 107      Male – – –      Female – – –

Development diamond (17409 Byte)

* The diamonds show four key indicators in the country (in bold) compared with its income-group average.
If data are missing, the diamond will be incomplete.

 

KEY ECONOMIC RATIOS and LONG-TERM TRENDS

   1975 1985 1995 1996 GDP
(billions US$) 121.8 222.9 716.9 748.7 Gross domestic investments / GDP 26.8 19.2 20.1 19.5 Exports of Goods and services / GDP 7.5 12.2 6.7 6.6 Gross domestic savings / GDP 22.9 24.4 19.2 18.2 Gross national savings / GDP 21.1 19.3 17.6 16.3 Current account balance / GDP -5.8 -0.2 -2.5 -3.2 Interest payments / GDP 1.7 3.3 1.2 1.7 Total debt / GDP 22.4 46.5 22.2 23.8 Total debt service / exports 43.5 39.1 43.1 46.7 Present value of debt / GDP – – 22.1 – Present value of debt / exports – – 270.7 – Average annual growth 1975-85 1986-96 1995 1996 1997-05 GDP 3.1 1.2 4.1 2.9 4.8 GNP per captia 0.2 -0.4 2.8 1.6 4.0 Exports of  goods & services 10.5 6.5 -1.4 6.1 7.0

Economic ratios (14303 Byte)

* The diamonds show four key indicators in the country (in bold) compared with its income-group average.
If data are missing, the diamond will be incomplete.

 

STRUCTURE of the ECONOMY

% of GDP 1975 1985 1995 1996 Agriculture 12.1 11.5 14.4 14.4 Industry 40.2 45.3 36.5 36.4      Manufacturing 30.7 33.7 23.8 – Services 47.7 43.1 49.1 49.2 Private consumption 66.5 65.8 64.9 65.7 General government consumption 10.6 9.9 15.9 16.1 Imports of goods and services 11.5 7.1 7.6 7.9 Avreage annual growth 1975-85 1986-96 1995 1996 Agriculture 4.3 2.6 4.9 3.1 Industry 3.0 -1.1 2.1 2.3      Manufacturing 2.6 -1.1 2.1 – Services 2.9 2.8 5.3 3.3 Private consumption 3.0 1.8 11.0 4.1 General government consumption 1.2 0.7 2.4 0.8 Gross domsetic investment -2.9 -0.6 9.4 0.0 Imports of goods and services -4.0 8.9 36.8 5.9 Gross national product 2.5 1.1 4.2 2.9

Growth rates of output & investment (%) (11047 Byte)

Growth rates of exports & imports (%) (13556 Byte)

 

PRICES and GOVERNMENT FINANCE

   

1975 1985 1995 1996 Domestic prices
(% change) Consumer prices 25.0 226.9 67.0 15.5 Implicit GDP deflator 33.9 231.7 74.9 11.1 Government finance
(% of GDP) Current revenue – – 31.5 32.4 Primarv surplus / deficit – – 0.4 -0.1 Opreational surplus / deficit – – -4.8 -3.9

Inflation (27241 Byte)

 

TRADE

(millions US$) 1975 1985 1995 1996 Total exports (fob) – 25.638 46.508 47.746      Coffee – 2.607 1.970 2.059      Other food – 2.545 3.896 4.665      Manufactures – 13.356 25.568 26.247 Total imports (cif) – 13.153 49.663 53.286      Food – – 3.535 6.044      Fuel and energy – 6.176 4.649 5.752      Capital goods – 2.480 19.688 19.804 Export price index (1987 = 100) – 97 128 126 Import price index (1987 = 100) – 79 124 125 Terms of trade (1987 = 100) – 123 103 101

Export & import levels (mill. US$) (30742 Byte)

 

BALANCE of PAYMENTS

(millions US$) 1975 1985 1995 1996 Exports of goods and services 9.418 27.713 47.960 49.558 Imports of goods and services 14.323 16.928 54.306 59.355 Resource balance -4.905 10.785 -6.346 -9.797 Net income -2.106 -11.213 -15.419 -17.402 Net current tranfers -10 16 3.973 2.899 Current account balance
     before official capital transfer -7.021 -412 -17.792 -24.300 Financing items (net) 5.956 1.826 30.779 32.935 Changes in net reserves 1.065 -1.414 -12.987 -8.635 Memo: reserves including gold
(mill. US$) 4.166 11.613 51.469 59.663 Conversion rate
(local / US$) 3.0E-12 2.3E-09 0.9 1.0

Current account balance to GDP ratio (%) (18072 Byte)

 

EXTERNAL DEBT and RESOURCE FLOWS

(millions US$) 1975 1985 1995 1996 Total debt outstanding and disbursed 27.329 103.601 159.130 178.131      IBRD 1.045 5.274 6.038 5.876      IDA 0 0 0 0 Total debt service

4.320

11.470 22.328 –      IBRD 98 796 1.868 1.638      IDA 0 0 0 0 Composition of net resource flows      Official grants 9 34 64 –      Official creditors 1.059 935 -1.378 –      Private creditors 4.213 149 9.827 –      Foreign direct investment 1.302 1.348 4.859 –      Portofolio equity 0 0 4.411 – World Bank programm      Commitments 538 1.525 404 858      Disbursement 249 765 838 1.500      Principal repayments 26 406 1.377 1.222      Net flows 224 359 -539 278      Interest payments 72 391 491 416      Net transfers 152 -32 -1.031 -138

Composition of total debt. 1995 (mill. US$) (54913 Byte)


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