by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 31.27% (2002)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
56.7 (2005)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.2% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20.2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $140.6 billion
expenditures: $172.4 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2004)

Public debt:
50.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef

Industries:
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel,
aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment

Industrial production growth rate:
3.4% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
380.9 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 8.3%
hydro: 82.7%
nuclear: 4.4%
other: 4.6% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
391.7 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
7 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
39 billion kWh; note - supplied by Paraguay (2005)

Oil - production:
2.09 million bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - consumption:
2.194 million bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - exports:
241,700 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
572,600 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
12.22 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
9.66 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
17.28 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
7.62 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
250 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$5.81 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$138 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos

Exports - partners:
US 19.2%, Argentina 8.4%, China 5.8%, Netherlands 4.5%, Germany
4.2% (2005)

Imports:
$95.83 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products,
oil

Imports - partners:
US 17.5%, Argentina 8.5%, Germany 8.4%, China 7.3%, Japan 4.6%
(2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$77.27 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$177.7 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$30 billion (2002)

Currency (code):
real (BRL)

Currency code:
BRL

Exchange rates:
reals per US dollar - 2.19132 (2