BRAZIL

By: Camila Romero Valencia

Unimonserrate
Fínances and international bussines
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The largest country in both
South America and Latin
America. As the world's fifth-
largest country by both area
and population, it is the
largest country to have
Portuguese as an official
language and the only one in
the Americas. Bounded by
the Atlantic Ocean on the
east, Brazil has a coastline of
7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi)
[15] It borders all other South
American countries except
Ecuador and Chile and covers
47.3% of the continent's land
area.
 BRAZIL ECONOMY

 Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin America, the

world's eight largest economy and the seventh largest in
purchasing power parity according to the 2017 estimates.
Brazil has a mixed economy with abundant natural
resources. After rapid growth in preceding decades, the
country entered an ongoing recession in 2014 amid a
political corruption scandal and nationwide protests.
 Its GDP per capita was $15,048 in 2016putting Brazil in the
77th position according to IMF data. Active in agricultural,
mining, manufacturing and service sectors Brazil has a labor
force of over a 107 million (ranking 6th worldwide) and
unemployment of 6.2% (ranking 64th worldwide).
 Corruption costs Brazil almost $41 billion a year alone,
with 69.9% of the country's firms identifying the issue
as a major constraint in successfully penetrating the
global market.
 Brazil's diversified economy includes agriculture,
industry, and a wide range of services.[241]
Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging
and fishing accounted for 5.1% of the gross domestic
product in 2007.[242] Brazil is one of the largest
producer of oranges, coffee, sugar cane, cassava and
sisal, soybeans and papayas.
 The industry – from automobiles, steel and
petrochemicals to computers, aircraft and consumer
durables – accounted for 30.8% of the gross
domestic product. Industry is highly concentrated
in metropolitan São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro,
Campinas, Porto Alegre, and Belo Horizonte
 Brazil is the world's tenth largest energy consumer
with much of its energy coming from renewable
sources, particularly hydroelectricity and ethanol;
the Itaipu Dam is the world's largest hydroelectric
plant by energy generation.
 TOURISM

 Tourism in Brazil is a growing sector and key to the

economy of several regions of the country.
 Natural areas are its most popular tourism product, a
combination of ecotourism with leisure and recreation,
mainly sun and beach, and adventure travel, as well as
cultural tourism. Among the most popular
destinations are the Amazon Rainforest, beaches and
dunes in the Northeast Region, the Pantanal in the
Center-West Region, beaches at Rio de Janeiro and
Santa Catarina, cultural tourism in Minas Gerais and
business trips to São Paulo city.
 5 FACTS TO BRAZIL

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