Development Ledger · Latin America
Brazil
HDI rank 84 of 193Upper-middle incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.786
+0.145 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.594
24.4% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
75.8 yrs
Expected schooling 15.8 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$18,011
Mean schooling 8.4 yrs
HDI over Time
Brazil against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.858
Education0.719
Income0.785
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.55. A child born today will be 55% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Brazil against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.