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Brazil vs Colombia

125 shared metrics.

BrazilLeads in 89

vs125 shared

ColombiaLeads in 36

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Brazil

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Identity

Formal name: Federative Republic of Brazil.

CIA 2026

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Brazil has the world's largest Japanese-descended community outside Japan.

CCIS

Colombia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Colombia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Colombia is South America's rare two-coast country, touching both Caribbean and Pacific waters.

ANM

Analysis

Brazil leads in 89 of 125 shared metrics, while Colombia leads in 36.

Brazil's Wind Electricity Share is 91.2x that of Colombia (15.67% vs 0.17%).

Brazil's Irrigated Land is 13.1x that of Colombia (91.8K km² vs 6.5K km²).

Brazil's Railway Length is 12.9x that of Colombia (29.8K km vs 2.1K km).

Brazil's Electric Generating Capacity is 10.4x that of Colombia (240.25M kW vs 21.05M kW).

Brazil's Domestic Patents is 9.8x that of Colombia (4.7K vs 432).

Key Comparisons

Wind Electricity ShareBrazil leads

Brazil

15.67%

Colombia

0.17%

Irrigated LandBrazil leads

Brazil

91.8K km²

Colombia

6.5K km²

Railway LengthBrazil leads

Brazil

29.8K km

Colombia

2.1K km

Electric Generating CapacityBrazil leads

Brazil

240.25M kW

Colombia

21.05M kW

Domestic PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

4.7K

Colombia

432

Foreign PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

5.5 per 1k

Colombia

1.4 per 1k

280% higher

Comparison of Brazil and Colombia across 125 metrics
				Winner
Wind Electricity Share	15.67%	0.17%	9118% higher	Brazil
Irrigated Land	91.8K km²	6.5K km²	1312% higher	Brazil
Railway Length	29.8K km	2.1K km	1294% higher	Brazil
Electric Generating Capacity	240.25M kW	21.05M kW	1041% higher	Brazil
Domestic Patents	4.7K	432	980% higher	Brazil
Foreign Patents	19.6K	1.9K	955% higher	Brazil
Electricity Generation	745.26 TWh	87.51 TWh	752% higher	Brazil
Airports	5.6K	662	745% higher	Brazil
Forest Area	4.93M km²	585.4K km²	742% higher	Brazil
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	41 gold medals	5.0 gold medals	720% higher	Brazil
Land Area	8.36M km²	1.11M km²	653% higher	Brazil
Scientific Publications	67.0K	9.7K	592% higher	Brazil
Merchant Fleet Size	888	153	480% higher	Brazil
GDP (Nominal)	$2,185,821,648,943.86	$418,818,154,879.27	422% higher	Brazil
Total CO2 Emissions	491.47 Mt CO2e	95.08 Mt CO2e	417% higher	Brazil
Credit Card Ownership	43.53% of adults	8.7% of adults	400% higher	Brazil
All-Time Olympic Medals	171 medals	38 medals	350% higher	Brazil
Population	221.36M	49.84M	344% higher	Brazil
R&D Spending (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	0.29% of GDP	296% higher	Brazil
Nurses & Midwives	5.5 per 1k	1.4 per 1k	280% higher	Brazil
Spirits Consumption	2.0 L/person/yr	0.63 L/person/yr	209% higher	Brazil
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	110.98 per 100k	38.96 per 100k	185% higher	Brazil
Water Withdrawal	67.94 B m³	24.26 B m³	180% higher	Brazil
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	25 sites	9.0 sites	178% higher	Brazil
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	3.6 per 1M people	1.4 per 1M people	163% higher	Brazil
Shipping Traffic	11.68M	4.48M	161% higher	Brazil
Land Border Length	16.1K km	6.7K km	142% higher	Brazil
Coastline Length	7.5K km	3.2K km	134% higher	Brazil
Solar Electricity Share	11.81%	5.1%	132% higher	Brazil
Air Passengers	95.40M	42.40M	125% higher	Brazil
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	1.6%	114% higher	Brazil
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	100% higher	Brazil
Border Neighbors	10	5.0	100% higher	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	49.62%	26.09%	90% higher	Brazil
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kWh/person	1.6K kWh/person	88% higher	Brazil
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0.04 per 1M people	88% lower	Colombia
Alcohol Consumption	7.7 L/adult/yr	4.2 L/adult/yr	82% higher	Brazil
Protected Land (%)	30.6%	17%	80% higher	Brazil
Armed Forces Personnel	762.0K	428.0K	78% higher	Brazil
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.5K kg oil eq/person	862.63 kg oil eq/person	72% higher	Brazil
Military Spending	0.97% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	71% lower	Colombia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	461.9 per 1k people	280.03 per 1k people	65% higher	Brazil
Coal Electricity Share	2.3%	6.1%	63% lower	Colombia
Health Spending Per Capita	$848.57	$534.44	59% higher	Brazil
Tourism Revenue	$3,099,000,000	$1,959,000,000	58% higher	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	46.5%	29.7%	57% higher	Brazil
Digital Payments Used	77.36% of adults	49.23% of adults	57% higher	Brazil
Capital Elevation	1.2K m	2.6K m	55% lower	Colombia
Suicide Rate	7.6 per 100k	5.0 per 100k	53% higher	Brazil
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.15 per 100k people	0.30 per 100k people	52% lower	Colombia
Smoking Rate	12.2%	8.2%	49% higher	Brazil
Mobile Money Accounts	58.17% of adults	39.15% of adults	49% higher	Brazil
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	5.7K m	48% lower	Colombia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.5 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	47% higher	Brazil
Population Density	25.26 /km²	47.16 /km²	46% lower	Colombia
Beer Consumption	4.1 L/person/yr	2.8 L/person/yr	45% higher	Brazil
Hypertension Prevalence	45.1% of adults	31% of adults	45% higher	Brazil
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	102 per 100 people	174 per 100 people	41% lower	Colombia
GNI Per Capita	$9,930	$7,040	41% higher	Brazil
Electricity Carbon Intensity	109.95 gCO2/kWh	186.81 gCO2/kWh	41% lower	Colombia
Women in Parliament (%)	17.54%	29.41%	40% lower	Colombia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	11.5% of adults	8.3% of adults	39% higher	Brazil
Meat Consumption per Person	77.32 kg/person/yr	55.91 kg/person/yr	38% higher	Brazil
Milk Consumption per Person	149.28 kg/person/yr	108.47 kg/person/yr	38% higher	Brazil
Informal Employment Share	35.62% of employed people	56.01% of employed people	36% lower	Colombia
Broadband Access (%)	23 per 100 people	17 per 100 people	35% higher	Brazil
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	15 days/yr	33% lower	Colombia
Inflation Rate	4.4%	6.6%	33% lower	Colombia
CO2 Per Capita	2.3 t/person/yr	1.8 t/person/yr	30% higher	Brazil
Teen Birth Rate	42.69 per 1k	59.47 per 1k	28% lower	Colombia
Big Mac Price	$4.45	$6.21	28% lower	Colombia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.70	0.56	27% higher	Brazil
Homicide Rate	19.28 per 100k	24.91 per 100k	23% lower	Colombia
High-Tech Exports (%)	11.11%	9.0%	23% higher	Brazil
Agricultural Land (%)	28.33%	36.49%	22% lower	Colombia
Obesity Rate	28.76%	23.85%	21% higher	Brazil
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.98% of youth labor force	17.65% of youth labor force	21% lower	Colombia
Unemployment Rate	7.6%	9.6%	21% lower	Colombia
Child Mortality	14.4 per 1k births	12 per 1k births	20% higher	Brazil
Safe Drinking Water (%)	88.62%	74.34%	19% higher	Brazil
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.1% of GDP	7.7% of GDP	19% higher	Brazil
Imports (% GDP)	17.65% of GDP	20.93% of GDP	16% lower	Colombia
Infant Mortality	12.5 per 1k births	10.9 per 1k births	15% higher	Brazil
Electoral Democracy Index	0.78	0.68	15% higher	Brazil
Government Debt (% GDP)	81.86% of GDP	71.48% of GDP	15% higher	Brazil
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	12.18 µg/m³	14.18 µg/m³	14% lower	Colombia
Elderly Population (%)	11.05%	9.8%	13% higher	Brazil
Forest Coverage (%)	58.98%	52.77%	12% higher	Brazil
Urban Population (%)	87.9%	78.52%	12% higher	Brazil
Freedom of Expression Index	0.91	0.81	12% higher	Brazil
Exports (% GDP)	17.94% of GDP	16.1% of GDP	11% higher	Brazil
Birth Rate	13.04 per 1k	14.73 per 1k	11% lower	Colombia
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	11% lower	Colombia
Internet Users (%)	84.46%	77%	10% higher	Brazil
Life Evaluation Score	6.6 pts	6.0 pts	10% higher	Brazil
Political Corruption Index	0.42	0.39	9% higher	Brazil
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.86 hrs/week	42.77 hrs/week	9% lower	Colombia
Seafood Consumption per Person	8.1 kg/person/yr	8.9 kg/person/yr	9% lower	Colombia
Women in Senior Management	38.7% of managers	41.9% of managers	8% lower	Colombia
Insufficient Physical Activity	36.74% of adults	34.02% of adults	8% higher	Brazil
Median Age	33.9 years	31.6 years	7% higher	Brazil
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.4 per 1k	2.5 per 1k	7% lower	Colombia
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.6% of GDP	5.3% of GDP	7% higher	Brazil
Water Stress (%)	1.2%	1.1%	6% higher	Brazil
Corruption Perceptions Index	35 pts	37 pts	5% lower	Colombia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.82	0.78	5% higher	Brazil
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.02% of adults	87.24% of adults	5% higher	Brazil
Food Waste per Person	144.45 kg/person/yr	136.97 kg/person/yr	5% higher	Brazil
Inequality (Gini)	51.6	53.9	4% lower	Colombia
Sanitation Access (%)	92.4%	96.58%	4% lower	Colombia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$22,338.48	$21,508.78	4% higher	Brazil
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	3.3% of GDP	4% higher	Brazil
Dependency Ratio	44.33% of working-age pop.	42.96% of working-age pop.	3% higher	Brazil
Youth Population (%)	19.67%	20.27%	3% lower	Colombia
Road Traffic Death Rate	15.7 per 100k	16.2 per 100k	3% lower	Colombia
University Enrollment Rate	60.39%	59.29%	2% higher	Brazil
Death Rate	7.1 per 1k	7.0 per 1k	2% higher	Brazil
Life Expectancy	75.8 years	77.7 years	2% lower	Colombia
Electricity Access (%)	99.8%	98.7%	1% higher	Brazil
Adult Literacy Rate	94.8%	95.34%	1% lower	Colombia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	15.41% of GDP	15.28% of GDP	1% higher	Brazil
Human Development Index	0.79	0.79	equal	Colombia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Brazil
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Brazil
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3% of GDP	-2.4% of GDP	ranked lower	Colombia

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Analysis

Brazil leads in 89 of 125 shared metrics, while Colombia leads in 36.

Brazil's Wind Electricity Share is 91.2x that of Colombia (15.67% vs 0.17%).

Brazil's Irrigated Land is 13.1x that of Colombia (91.8K km² vs 6.5K km²).

Brazil's Railway Length is 12.9x that of Colombia (29.8K km vs 2.1K km).

Brazil's Electric Generating Capacity is 10.4x that of Colombia (240.25M kW vs 21.05M kW).

Brazil's Domestic Patents is 9.8x that of Colombia (4.7K vs 432).

Key Comparisons

Wind Electricity ShareBrazil leads

Brazil

15.67%

Colombia

0.17%

Irrigated LandBrazil leads

Brazil

91.8K km²

Colombia

6.5K km²

Railway LengthBrazil leads

Brazil

29.8K km

Colombia

2.1K km

Electric Generating CapacityBrazil leads

Brazil

240.25M kW

Colombia

21.05M kW

Domestic PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

4.7K

Colombia

432

Foreign PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

19.6K

Colombia

1.9K

Wind Electricity Share

15.67%

0.17%

Irrigated Land

91.8K km²

6.5K km²

Railway Length

29.8K km

2.1K km

Electric Generating Capacity

240.25M kW

21.05M kW

Domestic Patents

4.7K

432

Foreign Patents

19.6K

1.9K

Electricity Generation

745.26 TWh

87.51 TWh

Airports

5.6K

662

Forest Area

4.93M km²

585.4K km²

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

41 gold medals

5.0 gold medals

Land Area

8.36M km²

1.11M km²

Scientific Publications

67.0K

9.7K

Merchant Fleet Size

888

153

GDP (Nominal)

$2,185,821,648,943.86

$418,818,154,879.27

Total CO2 Emissions

491.47 Mt CO2e

95.08 Mt CO2e

Credit Card Ownership

43.53% of adults

8.7% of adults

All-Time Olympic Medals

171 medals

38 medals

Population

221.36M

49.84M

R&D Spending (% GDP)

1.1% of GDP

0.29% of GDP

Nurses & Midwives

5.5 per 1k

1.4 per 1k

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Wind Electricity Share

Irrigated Land

Railway Length

Electric Generating Capacity

Domestic Patents

Foreign Patents

Electricity Generation

Airports

Forest Area

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Land Area

Scientific Publications

Merchant Fleet Size

GDP (Nominal)

Total CO2 Emissions

Credit Card Ownership

All-Time Olympic Medals

Population

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Nurses & Midwives

Spirits Consumption

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Water Withdrawal

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Shipping Traffic

Land Border Length

Coastline Length

Solar Electricity Share

Air Passengers

GDP Growth Rate

Time Zones Count

Border Neighbors

Renewable Energy (%)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Alcohol Consumption

Protected Land (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Military Spending

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Coal Electricity Share

Health Spending Per Capita

Tourism Revenue

Renewable Energy (%)

Digital Payments Used

Capital Elevation

Suicide Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Smoking Rate

Mobile Money Accounts

Highest Elevation

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Population Density

Beer Consumption

Hypertension Prevalence

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

GNI Per Capita

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Women in Parliament (%)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Meat Consumption per Person

Milk Consumption per Person

Informal Employment Share

Broadband Access (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Inflation Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Teen Birth Rate

Big Mac Price

Liberal Democracy Index