Brazil vs Germany

Brazil vs Germany: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2.3% a year in Brazil and 0.2% a year in Germany, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 2.1 percentage points, or 9.98 times that in Germany.

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% a year · IMF

Brazil vs Germany: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2.3% a year in Brazil and 0.2% a year in Germany, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 2.1 percentage points, or 9.98 times that in Germany.
BrazilGermanyIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Germany.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 98 and Germany ranked 135 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 2.5% a year and Germany at 0.6% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBrazilGermany
20252.30.2
20243.40
20233.2-1
202231.9
20214.84
2020-3.3-4
20191.21.1
20181.81.2
20171.32.9
2016-3.32.3
2015-3.51.8
20140.52.2
201330.5
20121.90.5
201143.8
20107.54.1
2009-0.1-5.5
20085.10.9
20076.12.9
200643.9
20053.20.9
20045.81.2
20031.1-0.5
20023.1-0.2
20011.41.6
20004.42.9
19990.52.1
19980.32.1
19973.41.9
19962.21
19954.41.5
19945.32.6
19934.7-1
1992-0.52
199115
1990-4.25.7
19893.23.9
19880.33.7
19873.61.5
19867.52.4
19857.92.2
19845.32.8
1983-3.41.6
19820.6-0.8
1981-4.40.1
19809.21.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrazilGermany
20262.21.3
20271.91.1
20282.41.1
20292.50.9
20302.50.7
20312.50.6

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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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