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Brazil - Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity 20.31

GEM APS · updated 2026-10-03 · 116 economies tracked

Latest value

20.31 (2024)

Global rank

##10 of 116 economies

Share of global total

3.0%

Growth since 2001

1.47×

Ranking Race — Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#8#15#22#29#36#43200120062011201620212024#5#102019 overtook Lebanon2024 overtook Puerto Rico
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Real annual global ranks, 2001 - 2024. Brazil climbed from #5 to #10 (overtook Lebanon). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Brazil ↓

Key Events — Brazil

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2002
Emerging-market crisis curated

Currency and debt fears peak ahead of the 2002 election.

2015
Deep recession curated

GDP contracts for two consecutive years amid political turmoil.

2019
Overtook Lebanon in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Pandemic and commodity shock hit output hard.

2024
Overtook Puerto Rico in global rank auto

Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity, 2001-2024

GEM APS · % of adult population · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20012006201120162021202411.3215.3519.3723.4
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