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Brazil vs United States

123 shared metrics.

BrazilLeads in 41

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United StatesLeads in 82

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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

United States

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Identity

Formal name: United States of America.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The U.S. grew by 3.3 million people in 2024; net international migration drove 84% of that jump.

Census 2024

Analysis

United States leads in 82 of 123 shared metrics, while Brazil leads in 41.

Brazil's Capital Elevation is 15.3x that of United States (1.2K m vs 72 m).

Brazil's Political Corruption Index is 6.0x that of United States (0.42 vs 0.06).

Brazil's Border Neighbors is 4.0x that of United States (10 vs 2.0).

Brazil's Renewable Energy (%) is 3.3x that of United States (46.5% vs 10.9%).

Brazil's Renewable Energy (%) is 3.1x that of United States (49.62% vs 12.05%).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationBrazil leads

Brazil

1.2K m

United States

72 m

Political Corruption IndexBrazil leads

Brazil

0.42

United States

0.06

Border NeighborsBrazil leads

Brazil

United States

2.0

Renewable Energy (%)Brazil leads

Brazil

46.5%

United States

10.9%

Renewable Energy (%)Brazil leads

Brazil

49.62%

United States

12.05%

Homicide RateBrazil leads

United States

Brazil

0.15 per 100k people

United States

3.8 per 100k people

96% lower

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

All-Time Olympic Medals

United States

Brazil

171 medals

United States

3.1K medals

95% lower

Foreign Patents

United States

Brazil

19.6K

United States

329.2K

94% lower

Health Spending Per Capita

United States

Brazil

$848.57

United States

$12,434.43

93% lower

Water Stress (%)

United States

Brazil

1.2%

United States

15.77%

92% lower

Comparison of Brazil and United States across 123 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	1.2K m	72 m	1526% higher	Brazil
Political Corruption Index	0.42	0.06	605% higher	Brazil
Border Neighbors	10	2.0	400% higher	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	46.5%	10.9%	327% higher	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	49.62%	12.05%	312% higher	Brazil
Homicide Rate	19.28 per 100k	5.8 per 100k	234% higher	Brazil
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	228% higher	Brazil
Teen Birth Rate	42.69 per 1k	13.14 per 1k	225% higher	Brazil
Protected Land (%)	30.6%	12.9%	137% higher	Brazil
Infant Mortality	12.5 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	127% higher	Brazil
Child Mortality	14.4 per 1k births	6.5 per 1k births	122% higher	Brazil
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0.72 per 1M people	99% lower	United States
Domestic Patents	4.7K	262.2K	98% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	41 gold medals	1.2K gold medals	97% lower	United States
Tourism Revenue	$3,099,000,000	$84,205,000,000	96% lower	United States
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.15 per 100k people	3.8 per 100k people	96% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Medals	171 medals	3.1K medals	95% lower	United States
Foreign Patents	19.6K	329.2K	94% lower	United States
Health Spending Per Capita	$848.57	$12,434.43	93% lower	United States
Water Stress (%)	1.2%	15.77%	92% lower	United States
GDP (Nominal)	$2,185,821,648,943.86	$28,750,956,130,731.2	92% lower	United States
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	3.6 per 1M people	40.59 per 1M people	91% lower	United States
Railway Length	29.8K km	293.6K km	90% lower	United States
Air Passengers	95.40M	941.56M	90% lower	United States
Total CO2 Emissions	491.47 Mt CO2e	4.6K Mt CO2e	89% lower	United States
Nuclear Electricity Share	2.2%	18.5%	88% lower	United States
GNI Per Capita	$9,930	$83,490	88% lower	United States
Coal Electricity Share	2.3%	16.31%	86% lower	United States
Unemployment Rate	7.6%	4.1%	86% higher	Brazil
Water Withdrawal	67.94 B m³	444.29 B m³	85% lower	United States
Scientific Publications	67.0K	457.3K	85% lower	United States
CO2 Per Capita	2.3 t/person/yr	14.2 t/person/yr	84% lower	United States
Electricity Generation	745.26 TWh	4.4K TWh	83% lower	United States
Shipping Traffic	11.68M	62.21M	81% lower	United States
Electric Generating Capacity	240.25M kW	1.24B kW	81% lower	United States
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kWh/person	12.6K kWh/person	77% lower	United States
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.5K kg oil eq/person	6.4K kg oil eq/person	77% lower	United States
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	16 time zones	75% lower	United States
Merchant Fleet Size	888	3.5K	75% lower	United States
Forest Coverage (%)	58.98%	33.87%	74% higher	Brazil
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$22,338.48	$85,809.9	74% lower	United States
Military Spending	0.97% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	72% lower	United States
Electricity Carbon Intensity	109.95 gCO2/kWh	384.4 gCO2/kWh	71% lower	United States
R&D Spending (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	68% lower	United States
Airports	5.6K	16.2K	65% lower	United States
Seafood Consumption per Person	8.1 kg/person/yr	22.45 kg/person/yr	64% lower	United States
Coastline Length	7.5K km	19.9K km	62% lower	United States
Exports (% GDP)	17.94% of GDP	11.11% of GDP	61% higher	Brazil
Irrigated Land	91.8K km²	234.8K km²	61% lower	United States
Forest Area	4.93M km²	3.10M km²	59% higher	Brazil
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	12.18 µg/m³	7.8 µg/m³	56% higher	Brazil
Nurses & Midwives	5.5 per 1k	11.88 per 1k	54% lower	United States
High-Tech Exports (%)	11.11%	24.32%	54% lower	United States
Wind Electricity Share	15.67%	10.27%	53% higher	Brazil
Inflation Rate	4.4%	2.9%	52% higher	Brazil
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	6.2K m	52% lower	United States
Suicide Rate	7.6 per 100k	15.63 per 100k	51% lower	United States
Smoking Rate	12.2%	24.3%	50% lower	United States
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.98% of youth labor force	9.3% of youth labor force	50% higher	Brazil
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	United States
Vehicles per 1,000 People	461.9 per 1k people	874.14 per 1k people	47% lower	United States
Spirits Consumption	2.0 L/person/yr	3.6 L/person/yr	46% lower	United States
Corruption Perceptions Index	35 pts	64 pts	45% lower	United States
Armed Forces Personnel	762.0K	1.40M	45% lower	United States
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.1% of GDP	16.5% of GDP	45% lower	United States
Hypertension Prevalence	45.1% of adults	31.8% of adults	42% higher	Brazil
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	15.41% of GDP	10.89% of GDP	42% higher	Brazil
Milk Consumption per Person	149.28 kg/person/yr	254.69 kg/person/yr	41% lower	United States
Agricultural Land (%)	28.33%	46.08%	39% lower	United States
Broadband Access (%)	23 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	39% lower	United States
Women in Parliament (%)	17.54%	28.74%	39% lower	United States
Meat Consumption per Person	77.32 kg/person/yr	124.11 kg/person/yr	38% lower	United States
Elderly Population (%)	11.05%	17.93%	38% lower	United States
Solar Electricity Share	11.81%	8.6%	37% higher	Brazil
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.4 per 1k	3.7 per 1k	36% lower	United States
Population	221.36M	338.02M	35% lower	United States
Land Border Length	16.1K km	12.0K km	35% higher	Brazil
Credit Card Ownership	43.53% of adults	66.7% of adults	35% lower	United States
Obesity Rate	28.76%	42.87%	33% lower	United States
Population Density	25.26 /km²	36.82 /km²	31% lower	United States
Government Debt (% GDP)	81.86% of GDP	118.11% of GDP	31% lower	United States
Big Mac Price	$4.45	$6.12	27% lower	United States
Freedom of Expression Index	0.91	0.73	25% higher	Brazil
University Enrollment Rate	60.39%	79.36%	24% lower	United States
Tobacco Use Prevalence	11.5% of adults	15.2% of adults	24% lower	United States
Imports (% GDP)	17.65% of GDP	14.27% of GDP	24% higher	Brazil
Inequality (Gini)	51.6	41.8	23% higher	Brazil
Liberal Democracy Index	0.70	0.57	23% higher	Brazil
Alcohol Consumption	7.7 L/adult/yr	9.9 L/adult/yr	22% lower	United States
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	2.8%	22% higher	Brazil
Birth Rate	13.04 per 1k	10.75 per 1k	21% higher	Brazil
Dependency Ratio	44.33% of working-age pop.	54.45% of working-age pop.	19% lower	United States
Death Rate	7.1 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	19% lower	United States
Digital Payments Used	77.36% of adults	92.97% of adults	17% lower	United States
Human Development Index	0.79	0.94	16% lower	United States
Youth Population (%)	19.67%	17.32%	14% higher	Brazil
Women in Senior Management	38.7% of managers	44.06% of managers	12% lower	United States
Median Age	33.9 years	38.0 years	11% lower	United States
Road Traffic Death Rate	15.7 per 100k	14.2 per 100k	11% higher	Brazil
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	102 per 100 people	113 per 100 people	10% lower	United States
Urban Population (%)	87.9%	80.12%	10% higher	Brazil
Land Area	8.36M km²	9.15M km²	9% lower	United States
Internet Users (%)	84.46%	93%	9% lower	United States
Safe Drinking Water (%)	88.62%	97.57%	9% lower	United States
Insufficient Physical Activity	36.74% of adults	33.74% of adults	9% higher	Brazil
Food Waste per Person	144.45 kg/person/yr	158.64 kg/person/yr	9% lower	United States
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.5 per 1k	2.7 per 1k	7% lower	United States
Sanitation Access (%)	92.4%	99.62%	7% lower	United States
Electoral Democracy Index	0.78	0.73	7% higher	Brazil
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	25 sites	27 sites	7% lower	United States
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	6% higher	Brazil
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.86 hrs/week	37.54 hrs/week	4% higher	Brazil
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.6% of GDP	5.4% of GDP	4% higher	Brazil
Beer Consumption	4.1 L/person/yr	4.0 L/person/yr	3% higher	Brazil
Life Expectancy	75.8 years	78.4 years	3% lower	United States
Life Evaluation Score	6.6 pts	6.8 pts	3% lower	United States
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.02% of adults	94.99% of adults	3% lower	United States
Women's Political Empowerment	0.82	0.83	1% lower	United States
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.4%	99.1%	1% lower	United States
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	0 days/yr	ranked higher	Brazil
Electricity Access (%)	99.8%	100%	equal	United States
Lowest Elevation	0 m	-86 m	ranked higher	Brazil
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3% of GDP	-3.6% of GDP	ranked higher	Brazil

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Analysis

United States leads in 82 of 123 shared metrics, while Brazil leads in 41.

Brazil's Capital Elevation is 15.3x that of United States (1.2K m vs 72 m).

Brazil's Political Corruption Index is 6.0x that of United States (0.42 vs 0.06).

Brazil's Border Neighbors is 4.0x that of United States (10 vs 2.0).

Brazil's Renewable Energy (%) is 3.3x that of United States (46.5% vs 10.9%).

Brazil's Renewable Energy (%) is 3.1x that of United States (49.62% vs 12.05%).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationBrazil leads

Brazil

1.2K m

United States

72 m

Political Corruption IndexBrazil leads

Brazil

0.42

United States

0.06

Border NeighborsBrazil leads

Brazil

United States

2.0

Renewable Energy (%)Brazil leads

Brazil

46.5%

United States

10.9%

Renewable Energy (%)Brazil leads

Brazil

49.62%

United States

12.05%

Homicide RateBrazil leads

Brazil

19.28 per 100k

United States

5.8 per 100k

Capital Elevation

1.2K m

72 m

Political Corruption Index

0.42

0.06

Border Neighbors

2.0

Renewable Energy (%)

46.5%

10.9%

Renewable Energy (%)

49.62%

12.05%

Homicide Rate

19.28 per 100k

5.8 per 100k

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

3.4% of GDP

1.0% of GDP

Teen Birth Rate

42.69 per 1k

13.14 per 1k

Protected Land (%)

30.6%

12.9%

Infant Mortality

12.5 per 1k births

5.5 per 1k births

Child Mortality

14.4 per 1k births

6.5 per 1k births

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

0.01 per 1M people

0.72 per 1M people

Domestic Patents

4.7K

262.2K

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

41 gold medals

1.2K gold medals

Tourism Revenue

$3,099,000,000

$84,205,000,000

0.15 per 100k people

3.8 per 100k people

All-Time Olympic Medals

171 medals

3.1K medals

Foreign Patents

19.6K

329.2K

Health Spending Per Capita

$848.57

$12,434.43

Water Stress (%)

1.2%

15.77%

Brazil vs United States

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Brazil

United States

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Political Corruption Index

Border Neighbors

Renewable Energy (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Homicide Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Teen Birth Rate

Protected Land (%)

Infant Mortality

Child Mortality

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Domestic Patents

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Tourism Revenue

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

All-Time Olympic Medals

Foreign Patents

Health Spending Per Capita

Water Stress (%)

GDP (Nominal)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Railway Length

Air Passengers

Total CO2 Emissions

Nuclear Electricity Share

GNI Per Capita

Coal Electricity Share

Unemployment Rate

Water Withdrawal

Scientific Publications

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Generation

Shipping Traffic

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Time Zones Count

Merchant Fleet Size

Forest Coverage (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Military Spending

Electricity Carbon Intensity

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Airports

Seafood Consumption per Person

Coastline Length

Exports (% GDP)

Irrigated Land

Forest Area

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Nurses & Midwives

High-Tech Exports (%)

Wind Electricity Share

Inflation Rate

Highest Elevation

Suicide Rate

Smoking Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Official Languages Count

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Spirits Consumption

Corruption Perceptions Index

Armed Forces Personnel

Health Spending (% GDP)

Hypertension Prevalence

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Milk Consumption per Person

Agricultural Land (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Women in Parliament (%)

Meat Consumption per Person