O GDP - Gross Domestic Product - it is the sum of all the wealth produced in a given territory during a given time. The GDP represents the level of economic growth in which a country, region, state or municipality finds itself, measuring the level of production in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors.
Brazil's GDP in 2012 was US$2.223 trillion according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), recording a growth of only 0.9%. In 2013, there was growth of 2.3%, in 2014, the increase was only 0.1% (R$ 5.52 trillion). Thus, the current value places the country in seventh place in the ranking of the largest economies in the world, behind the United Kingdom (which recently surpassed Brazil), France (5th), Germany (4th), Japan (3rd), China (2nd) and the United States (1st).
When it comes to the Brazilian states' GDP, there is a deep regional inequality in the share of wealth. According to IBGE, only five federative units (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná) represent a 65.2% participation in the national production of wealth.
This disparity becomes even more latent when one observes the participation of the Southeast and South regions, which together correspond to 72% of the national GDP. Despite this, this inequality has been decreasing in recent decades, although this reduction has been relatively small, which demonstrates the slow and gradual process of redirection in the productive order territory of the country.
Check out the Brazilian states' GDP¹:
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States |
GDP (in billions of reais) |
1º |
Sao Paulo |
1,349 (trillion) |
2º |
Rio de Janeiro |
462 |
3º |
Minas Gerais |
386 |
4º |
Rio Grande do Sul |
263 |
5º |
Paraná |
239 |
6º |
Santa Catarina |
169 |
7º |
Federal District |
164 |
8º |
Bahia |
159 |
9º |
Goiás |
111 |
10º |
Pernambuco |
104 |
11º |
Holy Spirit |
97 |
12º |
For |
88 |
13º |
Ceará |
87 |
14º |
Mato Grosso |
71 |
15º |
Amazons |
64 |
16º |
Maranhão |
52 |
17º |
Mato Grosso do Sul |
49 |
18º |
large northern river |
36 |
19º |
Paraíba |
35 |
20º |
alagoas |
28 |
21º |
Rondônia |
27 |
22º |
Sergipe |
26 |
23º |
Piauí |
24 |
24º |
Tocantins |
18 |
25º |
Amapá |
8,9 |
26º |
Acre |
8,7 |
27º |
Roraima |
6,9 |
It is important to highlight that the states of the North region, such as Roraima, Amapá, Acre and Tocantins occupy the last positions in the national ranking due to a certain need to preserve a large part of its reserves natural. A very intense and accelerated productive growth in these locations would bring risk to the Amazon's natural environment, as such growth would be accompanied by significant processes of industrialization and urbanization, in addition to the expansion of agrarian space on the environment rural.
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¹ Source: IBGE. Regional Accounts of Brazil 2011. Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 2013. Available in: http://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/
By Rodolfo Alves Pena
Graduated in Geography
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
PENA, Rodolfo F. Alves. "GDP of Brazilian states"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/brasil/pib-dos-estados-brasileiros.htm. Accessed on June 27, 2021.
