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Brazil vs Ecuador

123 shared metrics.

BrazilLeads in 90

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EcuadorLeads in 33

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What matters for both sides

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Brazil

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federative Republic of Brazil.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

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

CCIS

Ecuador

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Ecuador.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Ecuador takes its name from the Equator, which crosses the country.

Britannica

Analysis

Brazil leads in 90 of 123 shared metrics, while Ecuador leads in 33.

Brazil's Domestic Patents is 132.3x that of Ecuador (4.7K vs 35).

Brazil's Solar Electricity Share is 106.4x that of Ecuador (11.81% vs 0.11%).

Brazil's Foreign Patents is 51.5x that of Ecuador (19.6K vs 373).

Brazil's Forest Area is 39.1x that of Ecuador (4.93M km² vs 123.1K km²).

Brazil's Land Area is 32.6x that of Ecuador (8.36M km² vs 248.4K km²).

Key Comparisons

Domestic PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

4.7K

Ecuador

Solar Electricity ShareBrazil leads

Brazil

11.81%

Ecuador

0.11%

Foreign PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

19.6K

Ecuador

373

Forest AreaBrazil leads

Brazil

4.93M km²

Ecuador

123.1K km²

Land AreaBrazil leads

Brazil

8.36M km²

Ecuador

248.4K km²

Railway LengthBrazil leads

Brazil

29.8K km

Ecuador

965 km

All Metrics

Domestic Patents

Brazil

4.7K

Ecuador

13231% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Brazil

11.81%

Ecuador

0.11%

10636% higher

Foreign Patents

Brazil

19.6K

Ecuador

373

5146% higher

Forest Area

Brazil

4.93M km²

Ecuador

123.1K km²

3906% higher

Land Area

Brazil

8.36M km²

Ecuador

248.4K km²

3265% higher

Railway Length

Brazil

29.8K km

Ecuador

965 km

2993% higher

Wind Electricity Share

Brazil

15.67%

Ecuador

0.52%

2913% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Brazil

240.25M kW

Ecuador

8.44M kW

2747% higher

Electricity Generation

Brazil

745.26 TWh

Ecuador

33 TWh

2158% higher

Air Passengers

Brazil

95.40M

Ecuador

4.57M

1989% higher

Scientific Publications

Brazil

67.0K

Ecuador

3.6K

1776% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Brazil

762.0K

Ecuador

42.0K

1714% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Brazil

$2,185,821,648,943.86

Ecuador

$124,676,074,700

1653% higher

Airports

Brazil

5.6K

Ecuador

320

1649% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Brazil

171 medals

Ecuador

10 medals

1610% higher

Population

Brazil

221.36M

Ecuador

18.48M

1098% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Brazil

491.47 Mt CO2e

Ecuador

47.96 Mt CO2e

925% higher

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Brazil

41 gold medals

Ecuador

4.0 gold medals

925% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Brazil

3.4% of GDP

Ecuador

0.35% of GDP

865% higher

Irrigated Land

Brazil

91.8K km²

Ecuador

12.5K km²

633% higher

Comparison of Brazil and Ecuador across 123 metrics
				Winner
Domestic Patents	4.7K	35	13231% higher	Brazil
Solar Electricity Share	11.81%	0.11%	10636% higher	Brazil
Foreign Patents	19.6K	373	5146% higher	Brazil
Forest Area	4.93M km²	123.1K km²	3906% higher	Brazil
Land Area	8.36M km²	248.4K km²	3265% higher	Brazil
Railway Length	29.8K km	965 km	2993% higher	Brazil
Wind Electricity Share	15.67%	0.52%	2913% higher	Brazil
Electric Generating Capacity	240.25M kW	8.44M kW	2747% higher	Brazil
Electricity Generation	745.26 TWh	33 TWh	2158% higher	Brazil
Air Passengers	95.40M	4.57M	1989% higher	Brazil
Scientific Publications	67.0K	3.6K	1776% higher	Brazil
Armed Forces Personnel	762.0K	42.0K	1714% higher	Brazil
GDP (Nominal)	$2,185,821,648,943.86	$124,676,074,700	1653% higher	Brazil
Airports	5.6K	320	1649% higher	Brazil
All-Time Olympic Medals	171 medals	10 medals	1610% higher	Brazil
Population	221.36M	18.48M	1098% higher	Brazil
Total CO2 Emissions	491.47 Mt CO2e	47.96 Mt CO2e	925% higher	Brazil
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	41 gold medals	4.0 gold medals	925% higher	Brazil
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	0.35% of GDP	865% higher	Brazil
Irrigated Land	91.8K km²	12.5K km²	633% higher	Brazil
Land Border Length	16.1K km	2.2K km	622% higher	Brazil
Water Withdrawal	67.94 B m³	9.9 B m³	585% higher	Brazil
Merchant Fleet Size	888	154	477% higher	Brazil
Mobile Money Accounts	58.17% of adults	10.08% of adults	477% higher	Brazil
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	25 sites	5.0 sites	400% higher	Brazil
Border Neighbors	10	2.0	400% higher	Brazil
Tourism Revenue	$3,099,000,000	$705,000,000	340% higher	Brazil
Shipping Traffic	11.68M	2.68M	336% higher	Brazil
Spirits Consumption	2.0 L/person/yr	0.45 L/person/yr	335% higher	Brazil
Vehicles per 1,000 People	461.9 per 1k people	118.37 per 1k people	290% higher	Brazil
Coastline Length	7.5K km	2.2K km	235% higher	Brazil
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	110.98 per 100k	36.51 per 100k	204% higher	Brazil
Alcohol Consumption	7.7 L/adult/yr	2.5 L/adult/yr	203% higher	Brazil
Credit Card Ownership	43.53% of adults	14.4% of adults	202% higher	Brazil
Inflation Rate	4.4%	1.5%	193% higher	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	46.5%	18.9%	146% higher	Brazil
Beer Consumption	4.1 L/person/yr	1.7 L/person/yr	137% higher	Brazil
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	3.6 per 1M people	1.8 per 1M people	98% higher	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	49.62%	25.36%	96% higher	Brazil
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.5 per 1k	1.3 per 1k	92% higher	Brazil
Government Debt (% GDP)	81.86% of GDP	43.2% of GDP	89% higher	Brazil
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kWh/person	1.6K kWh/person	84% higher	Brazil
Liberal Democracy Index	0.70	0.39	82% higher	Brazil
Digital Payments Used	77.36% of adults	43.3% of adults	79% higher	Brazil
Health Spending Per Capita	$848.57	$492.84	72% higher	Brazil
Meat Consumption per Person	77.32 kg/person/yr	45.22 kg/person/yr	71% higher	Brazil
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.98% of youth labor force	8.2% of youth labor force	71% higher	Brazil
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.15 per 100k people	0.49 per 100k people	70% lower	Ecuador
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Ecuador
Hypertension Prevalence	45.1% of adults	27.2% of adults	66% higher	Brazil
Population Density	25.26 /km²	72.4 /km²	65% lower	Ecuador
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.5K kg oil eq/person	904.74 kg oil eq/person	64% higher	Brazil
Insufficient Physical Activity	36.74% of adults	22.46% of adults	64% higher	Brazil
Unemployment Rate	7.6%	4.8%	60% higher	Brazil
Women in Parliament (%)	17.54%	43.07%	59% lower	Ecuador
Capital Elevation	1.2K m	2.9K m	59% lower	Ecuador
Homicide Rate	19.28 per 100k	45.72 per 100k	58% lower	Ecuador
Military Spending	0.97% of GDP	2.2% of GDP	56% lower	Ecuador
GNI Per Capita	$9,930	$6,430	54% higher	Brazil
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	6.3K m	52% lower	Ecuador
Informal Employment Share	35.62% of employed people	68.45% of employed people	48% lower	Ecuador
Water Stress (%)	1.2%	2.2%	46% lower	Ecuador
Broadband Access (%)	23 per 100 people	16 per 100 people	44% higher	Brazil
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.6% of GDP	3.9% of GDP	44% higher	Brazil
Exports (% GDP)	17.94% of GDP	30.28% of GDP	41% lower	Ecuador
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$22,338.48	$15,840.27	41% higher	Brazil
Urban Population (%)	87.9%	63.24%	39% higher	Brazil
Political Corruption Index	0.42	0.65	35% lower	Ecuador
Imports (% GDP)	17.65% of GDP	26.92% of GDP	34% lower	Ecuador
Road Traffic Death Rate	15.7 per 100k	23.4 per 100k	33% lower	Ecuador
Elderly Population (%)	11.05%	8.3%	32% higher	Brazil
Agricultural Land (%)	28.33%	21.54%	31% higher	Brazil
Electricity Carbon Intensity	109.95 gCO2/kWh	159.02 gCO2/kWh	31% lower	Ecuador
Protected Land (%)	30.6%	23.6%	30% higher	Brazil
Electoral Democracy Index	0.78	0.61	29% higher	Brazil
Freedom of Expression Index	0.91	0.71	29% higher	Brazil
Safe Drinking Water (%)	88.62%	69.89%	27% higher	Brazil
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	12.18 µg/m³	16.66 µg/m³	27% lower	Ecuador
Birth Rate	13.04 per 1k	17.42 per 1k	25% lower	Ecuador
Teen Birth Rate	42.69 per 1k	55.53 per 1k	23% lower	Ecuador
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.1% of GDP	7.5% of GDP	21% higher	Brazil
Smoking Rate	12.2%	10.2%	20% higher	Brazil
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	2.2 children/woman	20% lower	Ecuador
Youth Population (%)	19.67%	24.46%	20% lower	Ecuador
Median Age	33.9 years	28.4 years	19% higher	Brazil
Forest Coverage (%)	58.98%	49.55%	19% higher	Brazil
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	15.41% of GDP	13.09% of GDP	18% higher	Brazil
Tobacco Use Prevalence	11.5% of adults	10% of adults	15% higher	Brazil
Women in Senior Management	38.7% of managers	45.28% of managers	15% lower	Ecuador
Inequality (Gini)	51.6	45.2	14% higher	Brazil
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.86 hrs/week	34.13 hrs/week	14% higher	Brazil
Infant Mortality	12.5 per 1k births	11.1 per 1k births	13% higher	Brazil
University Enrollment Rate	60.39%	67.89%	11% lower	Ecuador
High-Tech Exports (%)	11.11%	10.0%	11% higher	Brazil
Food Waste per Person	144.45 kg/person/yr	162.52 kg/person/yr	11% lower	Ecuador
Child Mortality	14.4 per 1k births	13.1 per 1k births	10% higher	Brazil
Internet Users (%)	84.46%	77%	10% higher	Brazil
CO2 Per Capita	2.3 t/person/yr	2.5 t/person/yr	10% lower	Ecuador
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	11 days/yr	9% lower	Ecuador
Dependency Ratio	44.33% of working-age pop.	48.81% of working-age pop.	9% lower	Ecuador
Life Evaluation Score	6.6 pts	6.1 pts	8% higher	Brazil
Obesity Rate	28.76%	26.98%	7% higher	Brazil
Milk Consumption per Person	149.28 kg/person/yr	139.6 kg/person/yr	7% higher	Brazil
Corruption Perceptions Index	35 pts	33 pts	6% higher	Brazil
Women's Political Empowerment	0.82	0.79	4% higher	Brazil
Seafood Consumption per Person	8.1 kg/person/yr	8.3 kg/person/yr	2% lower	Ecuador
Adult Literacy Rate	94.8%	96.26%	2% lower	Ecuador
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.4 per 1k	2.3 per 1k	2% higher	Brazil
Life Expectancy	75.8 years	77.4 years	2% lower	Ecuador
Human Development Index	0.79	0.78	1% higher	Brazil
Electricity Access (%)	99.8%	98.7%	1% higher	Brazil
Sanitation Access (%)	92.4%	91.2%	1% higher	Brazil
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.4%	99.4%	1% lower	Ecuador
Death Rate	7.1 per 1k	7.1 per 1k	1% lower	Ecuador
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.02% of adults	92.8% of adults	1% lower	Ecuador
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	equal	Brazil
Coal Electricity Share	2.3%	0%	ranked higher	Brazil
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	102 per 100 people	102 per 100 people	equal	Brazil
Suicide Rate	7.6 per 100k	7.6 per 100k	equal	Brazil
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	-2%	ranked higher	Brazil
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Brazil
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Brazil
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3% of GDP	5.8% of GDP	ranked lower	Ecuador

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Analysis

Brazil leads in 90 of 123 shared metrics, while Ecuador leads in 33.

Brazil's Domestic Patents is 132.3x that of Ecuador (4.7K vs 35).

Brazil's Solar Electricity Share is 106.4x that of Ecuador (11.81% vs 0.11%).

Brazil's Foreign Patents is 51.5x that of Ecuador (19.6K vs 373).

Brazil's Forest Area is 39.1x that of Ecuador (4.93M km² vs 123.1K km²).

Brazil's Land Area is 32.6x that of Ecuador (8.36M km² vs 248.4K km²).

Key Comparisons

Domestic PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

4.7K

Ecuador

Solar Electricity ShareBrazil leads

Brazil

11.81%

Ecuador

0.11%

Foreign PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

19.6K

Ecuador

373

Forest AreaBrazil leads

Brazil

4.93M km²

Ecuador

123.1K km²

Land AreaBrazil leads

Brazil

8.36M km²

Ecuador

248.4K km²

Railway LengthBrazil leads

Brazil

29.8K km

Ecuador

965 km

Domestic Patents

4.7K

Solar Electricity Share

11.81%

0.11%

Foreign Patents

19.6K

373

Forest Area

4.93M km²

123.1K km²

Land Area

8.36M km²

248.4K km²

Railway Length

29.8K km

965 km

Wind Electricity Share

15.67%

0.52%

Electric Generating Capacity

240.25M kW

8.44M kW

Electricity Generation

745.26 TWh

33 TWh

Air Passengers

95.40M

4.57M

Scientific Publications

67.0K

3.6K

Armed Forces Personnel

762.0K

42.0K

GDP (Nominal)

$2,185,821,648,943.86

$124,676,074,700

Airports

5.6K

320

All-Time Olympic Medals

171 medals

10 medals

Population

221.36M

18.48M

Total CO2 Emissions

491.47 Mt CO2e

47.96 Mt CO2e

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

41 gold medals

4.0 gold medals

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

3.4% of GDP

0.35% of GDP

Irrigated Land

91.8K km²

12.5K km²

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Domestic Patents

Solar Electricity Share

Foreign Patents

Forest Area

Land Area

Railway Length

Wind Electricity Share

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Air Passengers

Scientific Publications

Armed Forces Personnel

GDP (Nominal)

Airports

All-Time Olympic Medals

Population

Total CO2 Emissions

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Irrigated Land

Land Border Length

Water Withdrawal

Merchant Fleet Size

Mobile Money Accounts

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Border Neighbors

Tourism Revenue

Shipping Traffic

Spirits Consumption

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Coastline Length

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Alcohol Consumption

Credit Card Ownership

Inflation Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Beer Consumption

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Renewable Energy (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Liberal Democracy Index

Digital Payments Used

Health Spending Per Capita

Meat Consumption per Person

Youth Unemployment Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Official Languages Count

Hypertension Prevalence

Population Density

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Unemployment Rate

Women in Parliament (%)

Capital Elevation

Homicide Rate

Military Spending

GNI Per Capita

Highest Elevation

Informal Employment Share

Water Stress (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Urban Population (%)

Political Corruption Index

Imports (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Agricultural Land (%)