Brazil: GDP deflator (base year varies by country)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Brazil's GDP deflator (base year varies by country) rose 5.7% on 2024 (from 254.56 to 269.14).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +10.7% and a typical year strayed about 16% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2,737% in 1990. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 13.33 a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 301.65 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 15.16, against 23.51 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Brazil had the 27th highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Brazil in the 2025 ranking

• Madagascar — 24th of 186: 358.35
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 25th of 186: 342.89
• Malawi — 26th of 186: 322.74
• Guinea — 28th of 186: 264.34
• Libya — 29th of 186: 263.98
• Mongolia — 30th of 186: 261.96

What this measures

The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency. The base year varies by country. This indicator is expressed as a ratio (a÷b).

All 66 values

GDP deflator (base year varies by country) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 128.1 (2025)
• Argentina — 114,690 (2025)
• Aruba — 117.52 (2024)
• Bahamas, The — 112.22 (2024)
• Barbados — 104.55 (2025)
• Belize — 123.17 (2025)
• Bolivia — 135.88 (2025)
• Cayman Islands — 123.6 (2024)
• Chile — 157.66 (2025)
• Colombia — 181.44 (2025)

More financial sector data for Brazil

• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 75.1% (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.26 trillion (2025)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 15.11 trillion (2025)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 118.58% (2025)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 7.54 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$5.59 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$5.59 (2025)
• Broad money (annual % growth) — 10.18% (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 5.73% (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Brazil's GDP deflator (base year varies by country)?

269.14 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 99,997 trillion% from 0.000000000000269 in 1960 (70.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 269.14 in 2025 and the lowest 0.000000000000269 in 1960.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.DEFL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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