COUNTRY PROFILE Brazil
Statistical tables Factor I: Economic Performance WORLD COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2018 All data are available from the World Competitiveness Online. Visit our eshop 1
COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS - OVERALL BRAZIL OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries) 56 57 61 60 CHALLENGES IN 2018 Improvement Improvement of education/human of education/human capital capital of the of the workforce. workforce. Streamline infrastructure concessions program. Fostering investment levels. Incentives for investments in technology and innovation. Preserve the credibility of the macroeconomic policy. Provided Fundação Dom by: Cabral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Fundação Dom Cabral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center BASIC FACTS Rank Capital Land area (square km '000) Brasilia 8,516 2017 Exchange Rate (per $) 3.191 2017 Population - market size (millions) 207.66 2017 5 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US$ billions) 2,055.5 2017 8 GDP (PPP) per capita (US$) 15,604 2017 53 Real GDP growth (%) 1.0 2017 61 Consumer price inflation (%) 3.45 2017 Unemployment rate (%) 12.70 2017 58 Labor force (millions) 104.42 2017 5 Current account balance (% of GDP) -0.47 2017 39 Direct investment stocks inward ($bn) 625.9 2016 12 Direct investment flows inward (% of GDP) 3.42 2017 19 COMPETITIVENESS LANDSCAPE Economic Performance Government Efficiency Business Efficiency Infrastructure Domestic Economy International Trade International Investment Employment Prices Public Finance Tax Policy Institutional Framework Business Legislation Societal Framework Productivity & Efficiency Labor Market Finance Management Practices Attitudes and Values Basic Infrastructure Technological Infrastructure Scientific Infrastructure Health and Environment Education 23 50 50 43 63 40 61 61 62 59 35 41 53 55 41 38 60 PEER GROUPS RANKINGS THE AMERICAS (9 countries) POPULATIONS > 20 MILLION (29 countries) 7 7 8 8 8 26 25 26 28 28 2
COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS - FACTOR BREAKDOWN BRAZIL ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 43 51 55 59 Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Domestic Economy 58 International Trade International Investment 23 Employment 50 Prices 59 2018 50 50 23 43 GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY 58 60 61 62 62 Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Public Finance 63 Tax Policy 40 Institutional Framework 61 Business Legislation 62 Societal Framework 62 2018 63 40 61 61 62 BUSINESS EFFICIENCY 46 51 51 49 50 Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Productivity & Efficiency 60 Labor Market 42 Finance 42 Management Practices 41 Attitudes and Values 43 2018 59 35 41 53 INFRASTRUCTURE 52 53 46 51 52 Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Basic Infrastructure 56 Technological Infrastructure 51 Scientific Infrastructure 41 Health and Environment 38 Education 55 2018 55 41 38 60 3
WORLD COMPETITIVENESS DIGITAL RANKING 2018 All data are available from the World Competitiveness Online. Visit our eshop 4
DIGITAL TRENDS - OVERALL BRAZIL OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries) Overall Alpha Alpha Factors Beta BetaLabel Gamma GammaLab Sub-Factors 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 6.5 4 4 2 2 8.5 4 4 2 2 10.5 4 4 2 2 62 61 57 Knowledge Talent Training & education Scientific concentration 57 55 59 56 47 Technology Regulatory framework Capital Technological framework 47 38 52 51 The direction of the triangle indicates the performance change from the last year: improved or stable declined Future readiness Adaptive attitudes Business agility IT integration OVERALL & FACTORS - 5 years OVERALL Knowledge Technology Future readiness 55 56 55 57 52 55 55 62 56 55 55 55 49 51 49 44 47 COMPETITIVENESS & DIGITAL RANKINGS Digital Competitiveness 55 56 57 55 57 N.B. This graph provides only a comparison of the country s performance in the two rankings. 61 60 PEER GROUPS RANKINGS THE AMERICAS (9 countries) POPULATIONS > 20 MILLION (29 countries) 6 6 5 5 6 23 23 22 23 24 5
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES BRAZIL KNOWLEDGE Subfactors Talent 57 60 59 60 61 Training & education 46 52 49 57 Scientific concentration 41 40 43 44 Talent Rank Rank Rank Training & education Scientific concentration Educational assessment PISA - Math 56 Employee training 51 Total expenditure on R&D (%) 33 International experience 53 u Total public expenditure on education 10 Total R&D personnel per capita 51 Foreign highly-skilled personnel 52 Higher education achievement 57 Female researchers 50 w Management of cities 60 Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education) 44 u R&D productivity by publication 8 w Digital/Technological skills 62 Graduates in Sciences 56 Scientific and technical employment - Net flow of international students 33 Women with degrees 50 High-tech patent grants TECHNOLOGY Subfactors Regulatory framework 58 57 58 60 59 Capital 51 55 56 56 Technological framework 49 49 47 47 Regulatory framework Rank Capital Rank Technological framework Rank w Starting a business 62 IT & media stock market capitalization 40 w Communications technology 60 Enforcing contracts 36 Funding for technological development 59 Mobile Broadband subscribers 29 Immigration laws 29 Banking and financial services 51 u Wireless broadband 26 w Development and app. of technology 60 Investment risk 44 Internet users 46 Scientific research legislation 55 Venture capital 52 Internet bandwidth speed 53 Intellectual property rights 57 Investment in Telecommunications 39 u High-tech exports (%) 26 FUTURE READINESS Subfactors Adaptive attitudes 43 43 44 45 38 Business agility 45 51 46 52 IT integration 49 51 49 51 Adaptive attitudes Rank Business agility Rank IT integration Rank E-Participation 32 Opportunities and threats 41 E-Government 42 Internet retailing 40 Innovative firms - Public-private partnerships 59 Tablet possession 46 Agility of companies Cyber security u Smartphone possession 28 Use of big data and analytics 59 Sofware piracy 36 Attitudes toward globalization 44 Knowledge transfer 58 6
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