Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brazil instead of Romania, you would:
Economy
be 82.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Romania, 23.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Brazil, however, that number is 4.2% as of 2016.
make 51.0% less money
Romania has a GDP per capita of $28,800 as of 2020, while in Brazil, the GDP per capita is $14,100 as of 2020.
be 3.9 times more likely to be unemployed
In Romania, 3.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Brazil, that number is 11.9% as of 2019.
pay a 71.9% higher top tax rate
Romania has a top tax rate of 16.0% as of 2016. In Brazil, the top tax rate is 27.5% as of 2016.
Life
have 59.4% more children
In Romania, there are approximately 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Brazil, there are 14.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 3.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Romania, approximately 19.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Brazil, 60.0 women do as of 2017.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy
In Romania, approximately 5.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Brazil, on the other hand, 13.3 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 84.8% more on education
Romania spends 3.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Brazil spends 6.1% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 68.4% more on healthcare
Romania spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Brazil, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 33.3 times more coastline
Romania has a total of 225 km of coastline. In Brazil, that number is 7,491 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil, The World Factbook, National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF).
Brazil: At a glance
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