Country

Brazil

BRA Latin America and the Caribbean

South America's largest country by area and population, and the world's fourth-largest democracy by electorate; a founding BRICS member.

Last reviewed Sep 10, 2026

Indicators

GDP growth2.29% per year · 2025▼ 33.2% vs previous

Military expenditure0.97% of GDP · 2024▼ 2.95% vs previous

Net energy imports-13.7% of use · 2023▼ 87.7% vs previousNet exporter: exports 13.7% of what it uses

Trade openness35.3% of GDP · 2025▼ 0.82% vs previous

Population212.8Mpeople · 2025▲ 0.38% vs previous

Displaced from here73Kpeople · 2025▼ 20.0% vs previous

Source: World Bank · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: World Bank / SIPRI · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: UNHCR · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 (UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database)

Electricity generation mix — Brazil

Monthly generation by fuel, last five years

Coal
Gas
Other Fossil
Nuclear
Hydro
Wind
Solar
Bioenergy

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Period	Coal (TWh)	Gas (TWh)	Other Fossil (TWh)	Nuclear (TWh)	Hydro (TWh)	Wind (TWh)	Solar (TWh)	Bioenergy (TWh)
2021-10-01	1.73	9.15	2.39	1.41	26.0	7.29	1.79	4.86
2021-11-01	1.53	8.43	2.11	1.32	29.7	5.92	1.66	4.57
2021-12-01	1.16	7.36	1.29	1.49	34.7	6.04	1.62	3.73
2022-01-01	0.7	6.31	1.16	1.48	39.2	4.64	2.01	3.33
2022-02-01	0.52	4.39	0.89	1.27	38.2	4.53	1.95	3.23
2022-03-01	0.59	3.73	0.91	1.48	43.1	5.33	2.27	3.36
2022-04-01	0.25	2.64	0.75	1.44	39.3	4.97	2.21	3.78
2022-05-01	0.5	2.62	0.73	1.44	37.3	5.82	2.21	5.14
2022-06-01	0.68	3.24	0.75	0.74	34.5	5.77	2.15	5.47
2022-07-01	0.72	3	0.73	0.64	33.9	8.16	2.51	5.76
2022-08-01	0.75	3.13	0.73	1.18	32.6	9.15	2.82	5.61
2022-09-01	0.71	3.15	0.74	1.1	31.8	9.07	3.02	5.48
2022-10-01	0.68	3.26	0.73	1.49	33.2	9.55	3.28	5.13
2022-11-01	0.6	3.2	0.63	0.82	36.3	6.12	2.75	4.85
2022-12-01	0.21	3.46	0.72	1.47	38.6	6.46	2.96	3.88
2023-01-01	0.39	3.24	0.71	1.49	40.8	6.39	3.21	3.44
2023-02-01	0.35	2.68	0.63	1.16	38.8	6.56	3.25	3.37
2023-03-01	0.67	2.73	0.6	1.28	45.0	6.12	3.37	3.57
2023-04-01	0.58	3.09	0.63	1.39	39.1	4.85	3.28	4.18
2023-05-01	0.5	2.71	0.7	1.49	36.8	6.88	3.76	5.31
2023-06-01	0.72	3.71	0.59	1.45	31.3	8.58	3.59	5.31
2023-07-01	0.83	3.1	0.53	1.47	31.0	9.95	4.13	5.63
2023-08-01	0.77	3.01	0.58	1.49	33.2	9.13	4.65	5.8
2023-09-01	0.57	2.91	0.65	1.23	33.9	9.18	5.08	5.62
2023-10-01	0.74	2.96	0.62	0.36	36.6	9.7	5.39	5.6
2023-11-01	0.87	4.08	0.71	0.45	37.1	8.07	5.95	5.3
2023-12-01	0.65	4.37	0.64	1.24	38.6	8.27	6.07	4.62
2024-01-01	0.61	4.05	0.63	1.45	41.8	5.5	5.78	3.65
2024-02-01	0.81	2.97	0.64	1.38	41.2	6.25	5.55	3.54
2024-03-01	0.56	2.96	0.66	1.4	45.3	5.21	5.94	3.76
2024-04-01	0.21	2.83	0.55	1.43	40.9	5.89	5.63	4.4
2024-05-01	0.42	2.62	0.62	1.27	37.4	8.75	5.51	5.51
2024-06-01	0.54	2.84	0.6	1.44	32.4	9.59	5.12	5.59
2024-07-01	0.67	3.93	0.64	1.49	31.6	10.9	5.56	5.65
2024-08-01	0.89	4.66	0.62	1.49	30.1	11.9	6.39	5.62
2024-09-01	0.98	6.22	0.73	1.43	28.7	11.8	6.76	5.68
2024-10-01	1.73	6.61	0.72	1.49	29.9	10.8	7.62	5.58
2024-11-01	0.95	4.75	0.68	0.69	33.2	10.0	7.33	4.96
2024-12-01	0.75	4.31	0.62	0.77	35.8	9.41	7.74	4.31
2025-01-01	0.31	3.66	0.58	1.36	43.6	5.81	7.46	3.52
2025-02-01	0.63	2.92	0.56	1.33	41.3	7.32	7.02	3.5
2025-03-01	0.49	2.97	0.6	1.44	42.5	8.32	7.99	3.68
2025-04-01	0.62	3.23	0.59	1.03	37.4	7.46	7.61	4.22
2025-05-01	0.59	3.34	0.51	1.01	33.4	10.6	7.1	5.1
2025-06-01	0.9	3.83	0.55	0.98	30.3	10.7	6.76	5.37
2025-07-01	0.91	5.74	0.54	1.3	28.6	11.3	7.34	5.47
2025-08-01	1.15	5.98	0.58	1.5	26.6	11.7	8.15	5.51
2025-09-01	1.09	4.94	0.58	1.45	26.9	12.4	8.07	5.18
2025-10-01	1.13	6.55	0.49	1.49	28.1	11.8	8.63	4.84
2025-11-01	1.43	6.71	0.5	1.45	29.6	9.02	8.49	4.55
2025-12-01	0.85	4.97	0.57	1.48	35.5	8.74	9.27	4.19
2026-01-01	0.79	5.33	0.42	0.78	37.3	8.67	9.19	3.74
2026-02-01	1.2	4.12	0.49	0.31	38.9	5.42	8.73	3.56
2026-03-01	0.88	5.25	0.42	0.93	41.6	6.16	9.28	3.51
2026-04-01	0.55	3.94	0.36	1.4	37.5	7.48	8.83	3.52

Source: Ember · retrieved 31 Aug 2026 · CC BY 4.0

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