Brazil vs China
Brazil vs China: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $9,748 in Brazil and $13,790 in China, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by $4,042, or 1.41 times that in Brazil.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- China has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 74 and China ranked 61 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Brazil | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,748 | $13,790 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $9,567 | $13,120 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $9,288 | $12,480 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $9,032 | $11,830 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $8,799 | $11,470 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $8,435 | $10,570 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $8,771 | $10,360 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $8,722 | $9,799 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $8,628 | $9,221 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $8,578 | $8,679 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $8,936 | $8,175 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $9,338 | $7,686 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $9,367 | $7,198 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $9,167 | $6,723 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $9,068 | $6,276 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $8,793 | $5,765 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $8,246 | $5,238 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $8,331 | $4,811 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $8,003 | $4,410 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $7,622 | $3,883 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $7,410 | $3,466 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $7,259 | $3,128 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $6,941 | $2,857 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $6,945 | $2,611 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $6,823 | $2,406 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $6,818 | $2,237 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $6,622 | $2,077 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $6,687 | $1,944 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $6,765 | $1,819 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $6,641 | $1,681 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $6,596 | $1,545 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $6,427 | $1,407 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $6,167 | $1,258 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $5,974 | $1,117 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $6,108 | $990 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $6,150 | $917 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $6,545 | $896 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $6,463 | $873 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $6,592 | $797 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $6,494 | $726 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $6,168 | $676 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $5,842 | $604 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $5,665 | $532 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $5,968 | $487 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $6,055 | $453 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $6,473 | $437 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $6,069 | $410 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $5,821 | $386 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $5,680 | $352 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $5,543 | $331 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $5,149 | $342 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $5,014 | $320 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $4,748 | $319 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $4,268 | $303 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $3,907 | $299 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $3,596 | $287 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $3,339 | $248 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $3,127 | $218 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $2,921 | $233 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $2,879 | $254 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $2,773 | $236 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $2,785 | $206 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $2,773 | $179 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $2,838 | $166 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $2,743 | $177 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $2,604 | $241 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs China
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025China: 1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025China: $335B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025China: $237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025China: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025China: 207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025China: 880 million TIV in 2025