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Brazil – Current Account Balance

Name: Brazil Current Account Balance
Creator: World Bank
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Current account balance as a share of GDP. Summarizes net trade in goods, services, income, and transfers with the rest of the world. · World Bank

-3.03% −1.79% from 2023 Global rank: 47th · all-time high: 1.86% (1992)

Brazil's current account balance was -3.03% in 2024, a decrease of +1.79% from -1.24% in 2023. This ranked 47th globally. The all-time high was 1.86% in 1992.

APA

Brazil Current Account Balance. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 12, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/brazil/current-account

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_brazil_current-account,
  title = {Brazil Current Account Balance},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/brazil/current-account},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Brazil Current Account Balance – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2030* IMF	-1.75%	–	–
2029* IMF	-1.91%	–	–
2028* IMF	-2.07%	–	–
2027* IMF	-2.18%	–	–
2026* IMF	-2.26%	–	–
2025* IMF	-2.51%	–	–
2024	-3.03%	−1.79%	47th
2023	-1.24%	+0.91%	80th
2022	-2.15%	+0.21%	102nd
2021	-2.36%	−0.72%	88th
2020	-1.64%	+1.77%	91st
2019	-3.41%	−0.61%	68th
2018	-2.81%	−1.58%	93rd
2017	-1.22%	+0.48%	106th
2016	-1.70%	+1.82%	115th
2015	-3.52%	+0.98%	80th
2014	-4.50%	−0.92%	74th
2013	-3.57%	+0.19%	87th
2012	-3.76%	−0.56%	88th
2011	-3.19%	+0.73%	94th
2010	-3.93%	−2.17%	83rd
2009	-1.76%	+0.34%	111th
2008	-2.10%	−1.90%	111th
2007	-0.20%	−1.17%	114th
2006	0.97%	−0.34%	110th
2005	1.31%	−0.03%	119th
2004	1.34%	+0.95%	107th
2003	0.39%	+2.24%	105th
2002	-1.85%	+2.60%	75th
2001	-4.44%	−0.40%	47th
2000	-4.05%	+0.42%	57th
1999	-4.47%	−0.42%	59th
1998	-4.05%	−0.41%	70th
1997	-3.64%	−0.90%	73rd
1996	-2.73%	−0.38%	79th
1995	-2.36%	−2.14%	73rd
1994	-0.22%	−0.22%	98th
1993	0.01%	−1.85%	102nd
1992	1.86%	+2.28%	114th
1991	-0.42%	+0.56%	99th
1990	-0.98%	−1.22%	85th
1989	0.24%	−1.11%	99th
1988	1.35%	+1.86%	101st
1987	-0.51%	+1.56%	87th
1986	-2.07%	−1.94%	64th
1985	-0.13%	−0.15%	88th
1984	0.02%	+3.62%	90th
1983	-3.60%	+2.41%	64th
1982	-6.01%	−1.45%	60th
1981	-4.56%	+0.85%	73rd
1980	-5.40%	−0.65%	47th
1979	-4.75%	−1.26%	44th
1978	-3.49%	−0.63%	50th
1977	-2.86%	+1.39%	45th
1976	-4.26%	+1.14%	22nd
1975	-5.39%	–	18th

Show all years (1975–2024)

* IMF World Economic Outlook projection

Detected Pattern▾

Stagflation Risk

GDP growth below 2% combined with inflation above 8% and rising unemployment. The worst macro combination for policymakers.

Inflation 8.7% GDP growth -3.3% Unemployment 11.6%

This pattern occurred 204 times in history, 77 successful

Haiti 2024

Inflation

26.9%

GDP growth

-4.2%

Unemployment

14.6%

São Tomé and Principe 2024

Inflation

14.4%

GDP growth

1.1%

Unemployment

9.1%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

GDP growth

1.3%

Unemployment

14.1%

Colombia 2023

Inflation

11.7%

GDP growth

0.7%

Unemployment

9.6%

Haiti 2023

Inflation

36.8%

GDP growth

-1.9%

Unemployment

14.5%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

GDP growth

-0.8%

Unemployment

11.0%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Brazil matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2016. Historically, 38% of countries showing this pattern (77 out of 204) saw current account balance improve within 24 months. View full analysis →