9. GDP: 5.2% GDP/per capita: $10,100 Population: 198,739,269 Human Development Index Literacy Rate (age over 15 who can read/write ) : total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% Life Expectancy: total population: 71.99 years male: 68.43 years female: 75.73 years
10. Gender Issues Sex Ratio: at birth: 1.05 male/female under 15 years: 1.04 male/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male/female 65 years and over: 0.73 male/female total population: 0.98 male/female
11. H uman P overty I ndex Population without access to clean water: While 20% of the Brazilian population (about 37 million people) lacks access to potable water, in rural areas the portion rises to 90% without proper sanitation, including access to clean drinking water. The crisis reaches into the periphery of the cities .( http://www.landaction.org/display.php?article=271 ) Children underweight for their age:
12. A low Gini coefficient indicates more equal income or wealth distribution, while a high Gini coefficient indicates more unequal distribution. 0 corresponds to perfect equality (everyone having exactly the same income) and 1 corresponds to perfect inequality (where one person has all the income, while everyone else has zero income). Lorenz Curve Gini coefficient: 56.7
13. Conclusion It is a BRIC country which refers to the fast growing developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Still a developing nation Relatively low school life expectancy
30. Gini Index: 0 represents perfect economic equality, and 100 perfect inequality United States 40.8 China 44.7 Venezuela 44.1 Argentina 52.8 Iran 43.0 Cambodia 40.4 Brazil 58.0 Mexico 47.3 Colombia 58.6 Thailand 42.0 Ethiopia 30.0 Germany 28.3 France 32.7 Italy 36.0 Spain 34.7 Hungary 26.9 Canada 32.6 India 32.5 South Korea 31.6 Japan 24.9
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