Brazil vs Pakistan: GDP growth

GDP growth: 2.3% a year in Brazil in 2025 and 2.6% a year in Pakistan in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Pakistan.

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% a year · IMF

BrazilPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Pakistan.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 2.5% a year and Pakistan at 4.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Brazil	Pakistan
2025	2.3	3.2
2024	3.4	2.6
2023	3.2	-0.2
2022	3	6.2
2021	4.8	5.8
2020	-3.3	-0.9
2019	1.2	3.1
2018	1.8	6.1
2017	1.3	4.6
2016	-3.3	4.1
2015	-3.5	3.8
2014	0.5	3.6
2013	3	3.9
2012	1.9	3.2
2011	4	3.2
2010	7.5	2.3
2009	-0.1	1.1
2008	5.1	4.4
2007	6.1	5.1
2006	4	5.7
2005	3.2	8
2004	5.8	7.7
2003	1.1	5.2
2002	3.1	2.6
2001	1.4	3.6
2000	4.4	3.9
1999	0.5	4.2
1998	0.3	3.5
1997	3.4	1.7
1996	2.2	6.6
1995	4.4	5.1
1994	5.3	4.4
1993	4.7	2.1
1992	-0.5	7.6
1991	1	5.1
1990	-4.2	4.6
1989	3.2	4.8
1988	0.3	6.4
1987	3.6	5.8
1986	7.5	6.4
1985	7.9	8.7
1984	5.3	4
1983	-3.4	6.8
1982	0.6	7.6
1981	-4.4	6.2
1980	9.2	6.9

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Brazil	Pakistan
2026	2.2	3.6
2027	1.9	3.5
2028	2.4	4.3
2029	2.5	4.5
2030	2.5	4.5
2031	2.5	4.5

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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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