Brazil vs Ecuador

Brazil vs Ecuador: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2.3% a year in Brazil and 3.7% a year in Ecuador, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in Brazil.

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% a year · IMF

Brazil vs Ecuador: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2.3% a year in Brazil and 3.7% a year in Ecuador, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in Brazil.
BrazilEcuadorIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ecuador has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Brazil.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 98 and Ecuador ranked 61 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 2.5% a year and Ecuador at 3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBrazilEcuador
20252.33.7
20243.4-1.9
20233.21.8
202235.9
20214.89.4
2020-3.3-9.2
20191.20.2
20181.81
20171.36
2016-3.3-0.7
2015-3.50.1
20140.54.2
201337.2
20121.95.8
201148.5
20107.54
2009-0.11.1
20085.16.6
20076.11.9
200644.3
20053.25.4
20045.86.8
20031.12.9
20023.14.9
20011.44.2
20004.41.1
19990.5-4.7
19980.33.3
19973.44.3
19962.21.7
19954.42.3
19945.34.3
19934.72
1992-0.53.6
199115.1
1990-4.23
19893.20.3
19880.310.5
19873.6-6
19867.53.1
19857.94.4
19845.34.2
1983-3.4-2.8
19820.61.2
1981-4.43.9
19809.24.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrazilEcuador
20262.22.7
20271.92.5
20282.42.7
20292.52.8
20302.53
20312.53

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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