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Brazil - Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP) 16.53

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

16.53 (2024)

Global rank

##13 of 77 economies

Share of global total

3.2%

Growth since 2017

1.01×

Ranking Race — Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#55201720222025#16#132023 overtook Poland2024 overtook Norway
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Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Brazil climbed from #16 to #13 (overtook Poland). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Brazil ↓

Key Events — Brazil

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Pandemic and commodity shock hit output hard.

2023
Overtook Poland in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Norway in global rank auto

Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2024

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20172022202415.3517.2319.1221
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