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In the year 1999, Brazil produced a gross domestic product (GDP) of R$44,403,000 million or US$2,223,737 million in nominal terms, ranking 7th worldwide, and Int$2,896,461 million in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, ranking 7th worldwide, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In that year, the Brazilian economy grew 1.0% in real terms according to revised figures of the IBGE. The per capita accounts of the GDP were R$22,813.47 or US$11.521,95 in nominal terms, and Int$14,537.40 in PPP terms. The Brazilian population, in 2012, was 193,300,291, ranking 5th worldwide and totaling 2.84% of the world's population.

Brazil is formed by the union of 27 federative units—26 states and the Federal District, which contains the capital city, Brasília. Of these, seven states; São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Bahia and Santa Catarina; with the Federal District, constitute almost 80% of the national economy. São Paulo is the richest and most populous state in Brazil, ranking 16th and 27th worldwide, respectively; Rio de Janeiro is the second richest and the third most populous state, ranking 65th and 59th worldwide; Minas Gerais is the third richest and the second most populous state, ranking 80th and 55th worldwide. Piauí has the lowest GRP per capita at the same time that the Federal District has the highest. Amapá, Acre and Roraima are the poorest states in the country with 0.59% of the national GDP.

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The listings are based on data from the 2016 Regional Accounts Report, published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in partnership with the State Bodies of Statistics, State Departments of Government and the Superintendency of the Manaus Free Zone (SUFRAMA). Information is compiled from statistics on the annual value of production, intermediate consumption and added value of each economic activity, as well as indicators of growth in the volume of annual production and the annual index of prices of goods and services produced and the main inputs consumed. The methodology and database of the Report are completely integrated into the series of National Accounts, which has as initial reference the year 2002, with results consistent with the National Classification of Economic Activities (CNAE).

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List of Brazilian federative units and major regions according to nominal terms of GDP and GDP per capita, in both national (Brazilian real) and foreign (United States dollar) currency under current prices, along with their share of the national GDP

Federative unit	population in millions †	#	GDP in BRL billion	GDP in USD billion	Share	#	GDP Per capita in BRL	GDP Per capita in USD
North Region	17.9	—	320.773	97.206	4.7%	—	18.359	5,430
Rondônia	1.8	22	39.451	11.287	0.6%	13	22.072	6,327
Acre	0.8	26	13.751	3.934	0.2%	21	16.837	4,827
Amazonas	4	16	89.017	25.468	1.4%	12	22.245	6,377
Roraima	0.5	27	11.011	3.150	0.2%	14	21.413	6,138
Pará	8.3	12	138.068	39.501	2.2%	22	16.689	4,784
Amapá	0.8	25	14.339	4.102	0.2%	16	18.329	5,255
Tocantins	1.5	24	31.576	9.033	0.5%	15	20.598	5,905
Northeast Region	57.2	—	848.532	257.135	14.2%	—	15.002	4,495
Maranhão	7	17	85.286	24.400	1.4%	27	12.264	3,515
Piauí	3.2	21	41.406	11.846	0.7%	26	12.890	3,695
Ceará	9	11	138.379	39.590	2.2%	23	15.437	4,426
Rio Grande do Norte	3.5	18	59.661	17.069	1.0%	18	17.168	4,922
Paraíba	4	19	59.089	16.905	0.9%	24	14.774	4,235
Pernambuco	9.4	10	167.290	47.861	2.7%	17	17.777	5,096
Alagoas	3.4	20	49.456	14.149	0.8%	25	14.723	4,221
Sergipe	2.3	23	38.867	11.120	0.6%	19	17.153	4,918
Bahia	15.3	6	258.649	78.127	4.1%	20	16.931	4,854
Southeast Region	86.9	—	3,238.716	981.445	54%	—	37.771	11,294
Minas Gerais	20.9	3	544.634	155.821	8.7%	11	25.937	7,436
Espírito Santo	3.9	14	109.227	31.250	1.7%	9	27.487	7,880
Rio de Janeiro	16.6	2	640.186	183.158	10.2%	3	38.481	11,032
São Paulo	44.8	1	2,038.005	583.077	32.5%	2	45.542	13,056
South Region	29.6	—	1,008.018	305.465	16.8%	—	34.486	10,320
Paraná	11.2	5	401.662	114.916	6.4%	7	35.726	10,242
Santa Catarina	6.9	7	256.661	73.431	4.1%	5	37.140	10,648
Rio Grande do Sul	11.3	4	408.645	116.914	6.5%	6	36.206	10,379
Central-West Region	15.8	—	579.745	175.683	9.4%	—	37.529	11,119
Mato Grosso do Sul	2.7	15	91.866	26.283	1.5%	8	34.247	9,818
Mato Grosso	3.3	13	123.834	35.429	2.0%	4	37.462	10,740
Goiás	6.7	9	181.692	51.982	2.9%	10	27.135	7,779
Distrito Federal	3	8	235.497	67.376	3.8%	1	79.099	22,677
Total	206	—	6,267.205	1,793.312	100%	—	30.411	8,727

The original order of Brazilian states in this list is in accordance with the respective state's number code defined by IBGE.

See also

• States of Brazil
• Economy of Brazil
• List of first-level administrative divisions by GRDP
• List of subnational entities

Note

• Annual average exchange rates used for GDP in US$: According to the UN Countries GDP list, the GDP 2014 of Brazil is R$5,778,953 million or US$2,455,816 million, It is estimated that the average exchange rate was R$2.35317 per US$1 in 2014.

References

1. Pontes, Helena Maria Mattos (16 November 2018). "IBGE - Agência de Notícias". IBGE - Agência de Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 November 2018.
2. "PIB por Unidade da Federação, 2021". ibge.gov.br.
3. "MÉDIA MENSAL DA COTAÇÃO DO DÓLAR COMERCIAL PARA VENDA". economia.acspservicos.com.br. Retrieved 2017-03-04.

• Regional Accounts 2012, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), November 2014, retrieved November 24, 2014.
• World Economic Outlook Database, International Monetary Fund (FMI), November 2009, retrieved November 19, 2009.

• Ranked lists of country subdivisions
• Gross state product
• Lists of states of Brazil
• Economy of Brazil-related lists