South America
Brazil
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Brazil's #2 import source (world lens). Brazil is the EU's #29 goods supplier.
Brazil on the world stage
Total imports
$277.5bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$337.0bn
226 partners
#1 import source
China
24.9%
#1 export dest.
China
28.0%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Brazil and the EU
EU imports from
€44.3bn
1.8% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€42.9bn
1.6% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #29 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 0.97
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
140
EUR/MWh
Consumer
161
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
103
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
88%
of generation
Wholesale 23 EUR/MWh · hybrid market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Dual wholesale market (ACR + ACL)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (ANEEL)
A continental-scale grid (SIN) that is 88% renewable but transmission-constrained: north-south bottlenecks, curtailment of wind/solar in the northeast, and a regulatory split between the free market (ACL, ~40% of demand)…
Tracked infrastructure
40 gas plants
14.4 GW · 5 building
15 coal plants
3.1 GW
749 wind farms
21.5 GW · 193 building
443 solar farms
18.3 GW · 100 building
2 nuclear plants
2.0 GW · 1 building
126 hydro plants
106.8 GW · 1 building
14 steel plants
37,160 ktpa · 1 building
4 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
172
76 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
44
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Gold, Other (poly)-metallic
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
national ambient water API
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (30)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
34.4
→ 43.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.61
below replacement
Working-age
69.3%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
15.9
→ 35.8 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 212M · peaks 2042
By 2050: +3% (218M)