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Brazil vs Peru

125 shared metrics.

BrazilLeads in 93

vs125 shared

PeruLeads in 32

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Brazil

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Identity

Formal name: Federative Republic of Brazil.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

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

CCIS

Peru

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Peru.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Machu Picchu sits above 2,400 m, so Peru's famous Inca site is also a mountain clue.

UNESCO

Analysis

Brazil leads in 93 of 125 shared metrics, while Peru leads in 32.

Brazil's Coal Electricity Share is 113.5x that of Peru (2.3% vs 0.02%).

Brazil's Domestic Patents is 48.6x that of Peru (4.7K vs 94).

Brazil's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 40.0x that of Peru (41 gold medals vs 1.0 gold medals).

Brazil's All-Time Olympic Medals is 33.2x that of Peru (171 medals vs 5.0 medals).

Brazil's Airports is 31.0x that of Peru (5.6K vs 175).

Key Comparisons

Coal Electricity ShareBrazil leads

Brazil

2.3%

Peru

0.02%

Domestic PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

4.7K

Peru

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsBrazil leads

Brazil

41 gold medals

Peru

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic MedalsBrazil leads

Brazil

171 medals

Peru

5.0 medals

AirportsBrazil leads

Brazil

5.6K

Peru

175

Foreign PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

95.40M

Peru

17.72M

438% higher

Comparison of Brazil and Peru across 125 metrics
				Winner
Coal Electricity Share	2.3%	0.02%	11350% higher	Brazil
Domestic Patents	4.7K	94	4864% higher	Brazil
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	41 gold medals	1.0 gold medals	4000% higher	Brazil
All-Time Olympic Medals	171 medals	5.0 medals	3320% higher	Brazil
Airports	5.6K	175	3098% higher	Brazil
Foreign Patents	19.6K	1.1K	1615% higher	Brazil
Railway Length	29.8K km	1.9K km	1510% higher	Brazil
Electric Generating Capacity	240.25M kW	16.16M kW	1386% higher	Brazil
Scientific Publications	67.0K	4.6K	1362% higher	Brazil
Electricity Generation	745.26 TWh	63.85 TWh	1067% higher	Brazil
Merchant Fleet Size	888	111	700% higher	Brazil
Capital Elevation	1.2K m	154 m	660% higher	Brazil
GDP (Nominal)	$2,185,821,648,943.86	$289,221,969,062.94	656% higher	Brazil
Total CO2 Emissions	491.47 Mt CO2e	69.27 Mt CO2e	610% higher	Brazil
R&D Spending (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	0.16% of GDP	608% higher	Brazil
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.15 per 100k people	0.02 per 100k people	595% higher	Brazil
Forest Area	4.93M km²	718.1K km²	586% higher	Brazil
Population	221.36M	32.77M	576% higher	Brazil
Land Area	8.36M km²	1.28M km²	553% higher	Brazil
Air Passengers	95.40M	17.72M	438% higher	Brazil
Suicide Rate	7.6 per 100k	1.5 per 100k	393% higher	Brazil
Armed Forces Personnel	762.0K	158.0K	382% higher	Brazil
Wind Electricity Share	15.67%	3.5%	349% higher	Brazil
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	3.6 per 1M people	0.82 per 1M people	342% higher	Brazil
Shipping Traffic	11.68M	2.87M	308% higher	Brazil
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	300% higher	Brazil
Solar Electricity Share	11.81%	3.0%	290% higher	Brazil
Irrigated Land	91.8K km²	25.8K km²	256% higher	Brazil
Credit Card Ownership	43.53% of adults	12.65% of adults	244% higher	Brazil
Meat Consumption per Person	77.32 kg/person/yr	24.41 kg/person/yr	217% higher	Brazil
Coastline Length	7.5K km	2.4K km	210% higher	Brazil
Tourism Revenue	$3,099,000,000	$1,002,000,000	209% higher	Brazil
Water Withdrawal	67.94 B m³	25.92 B m³	162% higher	Brazil
Vehicles per 1,000 People	461.9 per 1k people	181.58 per 1k people	154% higher	Brazil
Milk Consumption per Person	149.28 kg/person/yr	62.15 kg/person/yr	140% higher	Brazil
Government Debt (% GDP)	81.86% of GDP	35.2% of GDP	133% higher	Brazil
Broadband Access (%)	23 per 100 people	10 per 100 people	130% higher	Brazil
Land Border Length	16.1K km	7.1K km	129% higher	Brazil
Hypertension Prevalence	45.1% of adults	19.8% of adults	128% higher	Brazil
Homicide Rate	19.28 per 100k	8.6 per 100k	124% higher	Brazil
Inflation Rate	4.4%	2.0%	120% higher	Brazil
High-Tech Exports (%)	11.11%	5.2%	113% higher	Brazil
Nurses & Midwives	5.5 per 1k	2.7 per 1k	108% higher	Brazil
Border Neighbors	10	5.0	100% higher	Brazil
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	25 sites	13 sites	92% higher	Brazil
Health Spending Per Capita	$848.57	$445.86	90% higher	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	49.62%	26.66%	86% higher	Brazil
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kWh/person	1.6K kWh/person	84% higher	Brazil
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0.03 per 1M people	84% lower	Peru
Safe Drinking Water (%)	88.62%	49.43%	79% higher	Brazil
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.5K kg oil eq/person	826.71 kg oil eq/person	79% higher	Brazil
Smoking Rate	12.2%	7.1%	72% higher	Brazil
Seafood Consumption per Person	8.1 kg/person/yr	26.83 kg/person/yr	70% lower	Peru
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Peru
Beer Consumption	4.1 L/person/yr	2.5 L/person/yr	65% higher	Brazil
Unemployment Rate	7.6%	4.8%	58% higher	Brazil
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.5 per 1k	1.6 per 1k	56% higher	Brazil
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	6.7K m	56% lower	Peru
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	12.18 µg/m³	27.04 µg/m³	55% lower	Peru
Women in Parliament (%)	17.54%	38.46%	54% lower	Peru
Electricity Carbon Intensity	109.95 gCO2/kWh	238.25 gCO2/kWh	54% lower	Peru
Renewable Energy (%)	46.5%	30.6%	52% higher	Brazil
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.1% of GDP	6.1% of GDP	50% higher	Brazil
Digital Payments Used	77.36% of adults	51.71% of adults	50% higher	Brazil
Agricultural Land (%)	28.33%	19.05%	49% higher	Brazil
Informal Employment Share	35.62% of employed people	70.46% of employed people	49% lower	Peru
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.98% of youth labor force	9.5% of youth labor force	48% higher	Brazil
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	2.4% of GDP	44% higher	Brazil
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.4 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	40% higher	Brazil
Liberal Democracy Index	0.70	0.51	39% higher	Brazil
Exports (% GDP)	17.94% of GDP	28.54% of GDP	37% lower	Peru
Mobile Money Accounts	58.17% of adults	42.5% of adults	37% higher	Brazil
Protected Land (%)	30.6%	22.5%	36% higher	Brazil
Political Corruption Index	0.42	0.63	33% lower	Peru
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.6% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	33% higher	Brazil
GNI Per Capita	$9,930	$7,500	32% higher	Brazil
Inequality (Gini)	51.6	40.1	29% higher	Brazil
Death Rate	7.1 per 1k	9.8 per 1k	28% lower	Peru
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$22,338.48	$17,802.42	25% higher	Brazil
Water Stress (%)	1.2%	1.6%	24% lower	Peru
Road Traffic Death Rate	15.7 per 100k	12.7 per 100k	24% higher	Brazil
Imports (% GDP)	17.65% of GDP	22.94% of GDP	23% lower	Peru
Birth Rate	13.04 per 1k	16.43 per 1k	21% lower	Peru
Elderly Population (%)	11.05%	9.2%	20% higher	Brazil
Alcohol Consumption	7.7 L/adult/yr	6.5 L/adult/yr	19% higher	Brazil
Freedom of Expression Index	0.91	0.76	19% higher	Brazil
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	102 per 100 people	125 per 100 people	18% lower	Peru
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	2.1 children/woman	18% lower	Peru
Electoral Democracy Index	0.78	0.67	18% higher	Brazil
Women in Senior Management	38.7% of managers	32.91% of managers	18% higher	Brazil
Youth Population (%)	19.67%	23.97%	18% lower	Peru
Corruption Perceptions Index	35 pts	30 pts	17% higher	Brazil
Sanitation Access (%)	92.4%	78.77%	17% higher	Brazil
Median Age	33.9 years	29.5 years	15% higher	Brazil
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	110.98 per 100k	128.12 per 100k	13% lower	Peru
Big Mac Price	$4.45	$5.03	12% lower	Peru
Insufficient Physical Activity	36.74% of adults	32.85% of adults	12% higher	Brazil
Spirits Consumption	2.0 L/person/yr	1.8 L/person/yr	11% higher	Brazil
Dependency Ratio	44.33% of working-age pop.	49.7% of working-age pop.	11% lower	Peru
CO2 Per Capita	2.3 t/person/yr	2.1 t/person/yr	11% higher	Brazil
Life Evaluation Score	6.6 pts	6.0 pts	11% higher	Brazil
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	11 days/yr	9% lower	Peru
Child Mortality	14.4 per 1k births	15.8 per 1k births	9% lower	Peru
Infant Mortality	12.5 per 1k births	13.5 per 1k births	7% lower	Peru
Military Spending	0.97% of GDP	0.91% of GDP	7% higher	Brazil
Obesity Rate	28.76%	27.18%	6% higher	Brazil
Women's Political Empowerment	0.82	0.78	6% higher	Brazil
Food Waste per Person	144.45 kg/person/yr	154.18 kg/person/yr	6% lower	Peru
Forest Coverage (%)	58.98%	56.1%	5% higher	Brazil
Population Density	25.26 /km²	26.44 /km²	4% lower	Peru
Electricity Access (%)	99.8%	96.2%	4% higher	Brazil
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.4%	94.9%	4% higher	Brazil
Tobacco Use Prevalence	11.5% of adults	11.9% of adults	3% lower	Peru
Internet Users (%)	84.46%	81.96%	3% higher	Brazil
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	15.41% of GDP	15.92% of GDP	3% lower	Peru
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	3.3%	3% higher	Brazil
Urban Population (%)	87.9%	85.19%	3% higher	Brazil
Teen Birth Rate	42.69 per 1k	43.56 per 1k	2% lower	Peru
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.86 hrs/week	39.67 hrs/week	2% lower	Peru
Life Expectancy	75.8 years	77.7 years	2% lower	Peru
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.02% of adults	90.2% of adults	2% higher	Brazil
Human Development Index	0.79	0.79	1% lower	Peru
Adult Literacy Rate	94.8%	93.66%	1% higher	Brazil
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Brazil
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	ranked lower	Peru

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Analysis

Brazil leads in 93 of 125 shared metrics, while Peru leads in 32.

Brazil's Coal Electricity Share is 113.5x that of Peru (2.3% vs 0.02%).

Brazil's Domestic Patents is 48.6x that of Peru (4.7K vs 94).

Brazil's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 40.0x that of Peru (41 gold medals vs 1.0 gold medals).

Brazil's All-Time Olympic Medals is 33.2x that of Peru (171 medals vs 5.0 medals).

Brazil's Airports is 31.0x that of Peru (5.6K vs 175).

Key Comparisons

Coal Electricity ShareBrazil leads

Brazil

2.3%

Peru

0.02%

Domestic PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

4.7K

Peru

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsBrazil leads

Brazil

41 gold medals

Peru

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic MedalsBrazil leads

Brazil

171 medals

Peru

5.0 medals

AirportsBrazil leads

Brazil

5.6K

Peru

175

Foreign PatentsBrazil leads

Brazil

19.6K

Peru

1.1K

Coal Electricity Share

2.3%

0.02%

Domestic Patents

4.7K

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

41 gold medals

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

171 medals

5.0 medals

Airports

5.6K

175

Foreign Patents

19.6K

1.1K

Railway Length

29.8K km

1.9K km

Electric Generating Capacity

240.25M kW

16.16M kW

Scientific Publications

67.0K

4.6K

Electricity Generation

745.26 TWh

63.85 TWh

Merchant Fleet Size

888

111

Capital Elevation

1.2K m

154 m

GDP (Nominal)

$2,185,821,648,943.86

$289,221,969,062.94

Total CO2 Emissions

491.47 Mt CO2e

69.27 Mt CO2e

R&D Spending (% GDP)

1.1% of GDP

0.16% of GDP

0.15 per 100k people

0.02 per 100k people

Forest Area

4.93M km²

718.1K km²

Population

221.36M

32.77M

Land Area

8.36M km²

1.28M km²

Air Passengers

95.40M

17.72M

Brazil vs Peru

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Coal Electricity Share

Domestic Patents

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

Airports

Foreign Patents

Railway Length

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

Electricity Generation

Merchant Fleet Size

Capital Elevation

GDP (Nominal)

Total CO2 Emissions

R&D Spending (% GDP)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Forest Area

Population

Land Area

Air Passengers

Suicide Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Wind Electricity Share

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Shipping Traffic

Time Zones Count

Solar Electricity Share

Irrigated Land

Credit Card Ownership

Meat Consumption per Person

Coastline Length

Tourism Revenue

Water Withdrawal

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Milk Consumption per Person

Government Debt (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

Land Border Length

Hypertension Prevalence

Homicide Rate

Inflation Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Border Neighbors

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Health Spending Per Capita

Renewable Energy (%)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Smoking Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Official Languages Count

Beer Consumption

Unemployment Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Highest Elevation

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Women in Parliament (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Renewable Energy (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Digital Payments Used

Agricultural Land (%)

Informal Employment Share

Youth Unemployment Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Liberal Democracy Index

Exports (% GDP)

Mobile Money Accounts