Brazil vs Japan: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Brazil buys about what

$142

buys in Japan, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in Japan buys what $70.48 buys in Brazil. Prices across Brazil's economy average 70% of Japan's, so a dollar goes 42% further in Brazil.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureBrazilJapan
Economy
Population212.8 million123.4 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$2.28 trillion$4.44 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars$10,713$35,951
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$23,433$55,422
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%46%65%
A US dollar goes as far as$2.19 in the US$1.54 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$16.91 a day2024 survey · $6,172 a year · income$42.17 a day2020 survey · $15,392 a year · income
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureBrazilJapan
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$4.99 trillion$6.84 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar2.554Brazilian real97.08Japanese yen
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$10,550$38,340
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$22,670$58,920

World Bank income groups: Brazil, upper middle income; Japan, high income.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.
  • Brazil
  • Japan
Year-by-year table
YearBrazilJapan
2025$20,025$48,283
2024$19,652$47,480
2023$19,080$47,387
2022$18,554$46,819
2021$18,076$45,999
2020$17,328$44,213
2019$18,019$46,055
2018$17,918$46,133
2017$17,724$45,693
2016$17,621$44,927
2015$18,357$44,589
2014$19,183$43,754
2013$19,242$43,304
2012$18,832$42,395
2011$18,628$41,641
2010$18,062$41,647
2009$16,939$40,000
2008$17,113$42,519
2007$16,441$43,042
2006$15,657$42,359
2005$15,221$41,740
2004$14,911$40,987
2003$14,259$40,152
2002$14,266$39,690
2001$14,016$39,749
2000$14,005$39,732

Brazil vs Japan: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.