Brazil vs Ethiopia

Brazil vs Ethiopia: GDP growth

GDP growth: 2.3% a year in Brazil in 2025 and 8.1% a year in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 4.6 percentage points, or 2.35 times that in Brazil.

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% a year · IMF

Brazil vs Ethiopia: GDP growthGDP growth: 2.3% a year in Brazil in 2025 and 8.1% a year in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 4.6 percentage points, or 2.35 times that in Brazil.
BrazilEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Brazil.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 2.5% a year and Ethiopia at 7.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBrazilEthiopia
20252.39.2
20243.48.1
20233.27.2
202236.4
20214.86.3
2020-3.36.1
20191.29
20181.87.7
20171.310.2
2016-3.38
2015-3.510.4
20140.510.3
201339.9
20121.98.7
2011411.4
20107.510.6
2009-0.110
20085.111.2
20076.111.8
2006411.5
20053.212.6
20045.811.7
20031.1-2.1
20023.11.6
20011.47.4
20004.49.8
19990.56.3
19980.3-4.2
19973.42.8
19962.213.5
19954.46.1
19945.33.5
19934.713.4
1992-0.5-8.9
19911-7.2
1990-4.22.6
19893.2-0.5
19880.30.6
19873.613.9
19867.59.7
19857.9-11.4
19845.3-2.3
1983-3.47.8
19820.61
1981-4.4–
19809.24
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrazilEthiopia
20262.29.2
20271.97.8
20282.48.2
20292.58.2
20302.58
20312.57.7

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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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