Brazil vs United States: 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

$219

buys in the United States, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in the United States buys what $45.72 buys in Brazil. Prices across Brazil's economy average 46% of the United States', so a dollar goes 2.2 times as far in Brazil.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureBrazilUnited States
Economy
Population212.8 million341.8 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$2.28 trillion$30.8 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars$10,713$90,027
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$23,433$90,027
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%46%100%
A US dollar goes as far as$2.19 in the US$1.00 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$16.91 a day2024 survey · $6,172 a year · income$72.07 a day2024 survey · $26,306 a year · income
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureBrazilUnited States
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$4.99 trillion$30.8 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar2.554Brazilian real1.000U.S. dollar
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$10,550$88,810
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$22,670$89,490

World Bank income groups: Brazil, upper middle income; United States, 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
  • United States
Year-by-year table
YearBrazilUnited States
2025$20,025$76,931
2024$19,652$75,698
2023$19,080$74,352
2022$18,554$72,829
2021$18,076$71,441
2020$17,328$67,407
2019$18,019$69,121
2018$17,918$67,728
2017$17,724$66,164
2016$17,621$65,026
2015$18,357$64,368
2014$19,183$63,027
2013$19,242$61,967
2012$18,832$61,142
2011$18,628$60,253
2010$18,062$59,797
2009$16,939$58,722
2008$17,113$60,806
2007$16,441$61,314
2006$15,657$60,684
2005$15,221$59,612
2004$14,911$58,139
2003$14,259$56,505
2002$14,266$55,443
2001$14,016$55,024
2000$14,005$55,046

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