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Brazil vs United Kingdom: Compare Statistics

Side-by-side comparison of 111 key metrics across economy, population, geography, and more — latest data through 2026.

Brazil
bra
Leads on 57 of 111 metrics
United Kingdom
gbr
Leads on 44 of 111 metrics

Summary

Comparing Brazil and United Kingdom: Brazil leads on Oil Exports (699,000) against United Kingdom (1.31); Brazil leads on Oil Imports (720,000) against United Kingdom (1.45); Brazil leads on Irrigated Land (91,833) against United Kingdom (718). Across 111 compared metrics, Brazil wins on 57 and United Kingdom wins on 44.

  • Communications: 6 metrics compared
  • Economy: 45 metrics compared
  • Environment: 6 metrics compared
  • Geography: 6 metrics compared
  • Government: 4 metrics compared
  • Health: 9 metrics compared
  • Military and Security: 1 metric compared
  • People and Society: 29 metrics compared
  • Transportation: 5 metrics compared

Communications

6 metrics
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Internet Usage Rate by Country (% of Population)84.15 %96.3 %★
Internet Userspercent of population: 84% (2023 est.)percent of population: 96% (2023 est.)
Press Freedom Index Score63.8 points78.89 points★
Radios7184.5★
Televisions36.5★30.5
Waterways50,000★3,200

Economy

45 metrics
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Agriculture Value Added as a Share of GDP by Country183.08B $★31.15B $
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Country in Current US Dollars2.67T $4.10T $★
Central Bank Discount Rate (%)7 %★0.25 %
Coal Revenue0.01★0
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate (%)46.92 %★4.38 %
Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP)9.5 % of GDP10 % of GDP★
Ease of Doing Business Index59.193.8★
Electricity Consumption509.1★309.2
Electricity Exports219★2.15
Electricity from Fossil Fuels1750★
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants64★2
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels19★
Electricity from Other Renewables1839★
Electricity Imports41.31★19.7
Electricity Installed Capacity150.8★97.06
Electricity Production567.9★318.2
Energy Consumption per Capita (USD)48.89 USD per capita94.28 USD per capita★
Gini Index Coefficient51.6★32.4
Gross Fixed Investment18.9★13.9
Gross National Saving15★13.6
Industrial Production Growth Rate (%)3.3 %★-0.5 %
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)4.4 %3.3 %★
Military Expenditures (% of GDP)1.1 % of GDP2.4 % of GDP★
Natural Gas Consumption34.3579.17★
Natural Gas Exports134.5★11.27
Natural Gas Imports10.5147★
Natural Gas Production23.9642.11★
Natural Gas Proved Reserves377.4★176
Oil Consumption2.65★1.62
Oil Exports699,000★1.31
Oil Imports720,000★1.45
Oil Production2.75★1.39
Oil Proved Reserves12.86★2.86
Population Below Poverty Line4.2 people★18.6 people
Public Debt83★138.6
Real GDP Growth Rate (USD)3.4 USD★1.1 USD
Refined Petroleum Products Consumption2.96★1.58
Refined Petroleum Products Exports279,000613,800★
Refined Petroleum Products Imports490,400907,500★
Refined Petroleum Products Production2.81★1.29
Remittances0.2★0.1
Revenue from Forest Resources0.62★0.01
Share of population in poverty ($3 a day)7.460.5★
Taxes and Other Revenues1427.4★
Unemployment Rate7.7 %4.2 %★

Environment

6 metrics
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Annual CO₂ Emissions Growth (abs)-980,384★5.08M
Carbon Dioxide Emissions437.77340.94★
Continental Shelf200200
Population Distributionthe vast majority of people live along or near the Atlantic coast in the east; the population core is in the southeast, anchored by the cities of S o Paolo, Bras lia, and Rio de Janeirothe core of the population lies in and around London, with significant clusters found in central Britain around Manchester and Liverpool, in the Scottish lowlands between Edinburgh and Glasgow, in southern Wales in and around Cardiff, and in far-eastern N
Total Renewable Groundwater Resources by Country645.6 Cubic meters per year★9.8 Cubic meters per year
Total Renewable Water Resources8.65147★

Geography

6 metrics
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Percentage of land area by degree of urbanization0.64 %9.75 %★
Above-Ground Biomass in Forest (tonnes/ha)171.92★115
Agricultural land2.37M sq. km★172,448.2 sq. km
Coastline Length (km)7,491 km12,429 km★
Dam capacity per capita3,259.26 cubic meters per inhabitant★75.83 cubic meters per inhabitant
Irrigated Land91,833★718

Government

4 metrics
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Rule of Law Index by Country37.95 %86.77 %★
Administrative Divisions26England: 24 two-tier counties, 32 London boroughs and 1 City of London or Greater London, 36 metropolitan districts, 59 unitary authorities (including 4 single-tier counties*) two-tier counties: Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Ess
Independence7no official date of independence: 927 (minor English kingdoms unite); 3 March 1284 (enactment of the Statute of Rhuddlan uniting England and Wales); 1536 (Act of Union incorporates England and Wales); 1 May 1707 (Acts of Union unite England, Scotland, and
Suffrage Participation Ratevoluntary between 16 to 18 years of age, over 70, and if illiterate; compulsory between 18 to 70 years of age note: military conscripts by law cannot vote18

Health

9 metrics
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Diabetes Deaths Per 100,000 (Age-Std)39.138.38★
Diabetes Prevalence (% of Population)10.6★7.4
Health Expenditure (% of GDP)9.9 % of GDP11.3 % of GDP★
HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence Rate0.6 %NA
Hospital Bed Density2.5 people/sq km★2.4 people/sq km
Maternal Mortality Ratio (%)67 %8 %★
Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate (%)22.1 %★27.8 %
People Living With HIV/AIDS930,000NA
Underweight Children Under 53.50.6★

Military and Security

1 metric
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Total Armed Forces Personnel (PPP)762,000★153,000

People and Society

29 metrics
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Currently married (Percent)55.24 %★46.59 %
Human Capital Index0.560.79★
Life expectancy at birth80.44 years83.69 years★
Median age of population35.25 years40.33 years★
Population Change856,607.6 persons★377,688.2 persons
Population density25.56 per sq. km★288.63 per sq. km
Total population213.63M persons★69.96M persons
Academic Freedom Index0.85★0.67
Average Female Breast Size by Country: Worldwide Data & RankingsA-BC★
Birth Rate (%)13.04 %★10.76 %
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate80.5 %★76.1 %
Death Rate (%)7.07 %★9.25 %
Education Expenditure (% of GDP)5.6 % of GDP5.9 % of GDP★
Female population of reproductive age55.29M persons★15.28M persons
Labor Force Participation Rate106.79★35.36
Learning-adjusted years of school7.91 years11.65 years★
Length of paid parental leave for mother0 days0 days
Major Urban Areas Population22.62 people★9.65 people
Mean Male Height (cm)173.55177.49★
Military Service Age and Obligation18★16
Percentage of population by degree of urbanization79.8 %86.48 %★
Physician Density2.36 people/sq km3.3 people/sq km★
Population Growth Rate0.58 %★0.4 %
Population living in slums13.19 %★0.16 %
Total deaths1.41M persons675,626.2 persons★
Total demand for family planning (Percent)72.6 %75.07 %★
Total fertility rate1.59 per woman★1.53 per woman
Total net-migration-225,796.9 persons375,700.7 persons★
Under-five mortality rate13.14 per live births4.03 per live births★

Transportation

5 metrics
Metric🇧🇷 Brazil🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Air Travel Trips Per Capita (PPP)0.462.25★
Airports5,297★1,057
Annual Human Space Visits (Total)00
Civil Air Travel198618★
Heliports1,871★139

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