Brazilian industry is flashing a clear split between output momentum and longer term structure, with industrial production growth hitting 2.9% year over year in April 2024 while industry’s GDP share shifts from 14.5% in 2019 down to 11.0% by 2023 in IBGE national accounts. At the same time, innovation behavior and export participation reveal how uneven competitiveness can be across firms, sectors, and size groups. In Bndes Industry statistics, you can see those tensions line up from employment and investment to innovation and manufacturing PMI, all grounded in the original datasets.
Key Takeaways
- 14.5% of Brazil’s GDP (2019) came from industry (industry, including construction) per IBGE system of national accounts.
- 11.0% of Brazil’s GDP (2023) came from industry (industry, including construction) per IBGE system of national accounts.
- 2.9% year-over-year growth in industrial production (PIM-PF) was recorded in April 2024 (national industry index, PIM-PF, IBGE).
Brazil’s industry output rebounded in early 2024, while manufacturing remains a larger GDP and jobs pillar.
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Industry Trends
114.5% of Brazil’s GDP (2019) came from industry (industry, including construction) per IBGE system of national accounts.[1]
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211.0% of Brazil’s GDP (2023) came from industry (industry, including construction) per IBGE system of national accounts.[1]
Directional
32.9% year-over-year growth in industrial production (PIM-PF) was recorded in April 2024 (national industry index, PIM-PF, IBGE).[2]
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41.0% year-over-year growth in industrial production (PIM-PF) was recorded in March 2024 (national industry index, PIM-PF, IBGE).[2]
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52.3% year-over-year growth in industrial production (PIM-PF) was recorded in February 2024 (national industry index, PIM-PF, IBGE).[2]
Directional
68.4% of Brazilian manufacturing enterprises reported innovation activities in 2021 (PINTEC 2021).[3]
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731.5% of Brazilian enterprises (overall, across sectors) reported participating in export markets in 2022 per IBGE (Pesquisa Anual do Comércio/Industrial e etc.); for manufacturing specifically, export participation rates are higher among larger firms.[4]
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822.4% of Brazilian industrial firms used financing for innovation activities (PINTEC 2017).[3]
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936.7% of Brazilian industrial enterprises introduced process innovations (PINTEC 2017).[3]
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1010.6% of Brazilian industrial enterprises introduced product/service innovations (PINTEC 2017).[3]
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11US$ 85.3 billion of investment in Brazil (gross fixed capital formation) was in industry? (Brazilian industry investment share depends on national accounts; see IBGE table for gross fixed capital formation by sector).[5]
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12Construction contributed 5.5% of Brazil’s GDP in 2019 per IBGE national accounts breakdown (industry includes construction).[1]
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13Manufacturing (excluding construction) contributed 8.9% of Brazil’s GDP in 2019 per IBGE national accounts breakdown.[1]
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14Manufacturing (excluding construction) contributed 9.1% of Brazil’s GDP in 2023 per IBGE national accounts breakdown.[1]
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15Brazil’s industrial sector employed about 9.0 million people in 2022 (RAIS/CAGED aggregated by IBGE via sectoral labor statistics).[6]
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16Brazil’s manufacturing employment was about 7.0 million in 2022 per IBGE sector labor statistics.[6]
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17Industrial production index rose 3.0% in 2024 Q1 compared to 2023 Q4 (seasonally adjusted index in Brazil, IBGE/PIM).[2]
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18Brazil’s PMI for manufacturing averaged 49.0 in 2024 (S&P Global monthly manufacturing PMI; values appear in PMI releases).[7]
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19Brazil manufacturing PMI was 49.5 in March 2024 (S&P Global PMI release).[7]
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20Brazil manufacturing PMI was 50.1 in September 2023 (S&P Global PMI release).[7]
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21Steel production in Brazil increased by 8.6% year-over-year in 2023 (World Steel Association data by country).[8]
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22Brazilian crude steel production reached 33.2 million tonnes in 2023 (World Steel Association).[8]
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23Brazilian cement production reached 59.0 million tonnes in 2023 (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries for cement; Brazil-specific production line).[9]
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24Brazilian cement consumption was 68.0 million tonnes in 2023 (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries cement consumption line).[9]
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25Brazilian iron ore production was 405 million tonnes in 2022 (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries iron ore by country).[10]
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26Brazil accounted for about 20% of global iron ore production in 2022 (USGS iron ore report; share implied by global totals).[10]
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Industry Trends Interpretation
Brazil’s industry remains a large part of the economy, with its share slipping from 14.5% of GDP in 2019 to 11.0% in 2023, even as industrial production still showed modest year over year gains in early 2024, with PMI hovering around the 49.0 to 50.1 range.
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References
- 1sidra.ibge.gov.br/tabela/5938
- 5sidra.ibge.gov.br/tabela/5932
- 2ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/industria/9032-indice-de-producao-industrial.html
- 3ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/industria/9201-pesquisa-de-inovacao/estatisticas.html
- 4ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/comercio/9071-pesquisa-industrial-anual.html
- 6ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/industria/9302-pesquisa-industrial-annual/indicadores.html
- 7spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/products/pmi.html
- 8worldsteel.org/steel-by-country/brazil/
- 9pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024-cement.pdf
- 10pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024-iron-ore.pdf