BRICS Data

● With the addition of six new members in 2024 (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran), BRICS' share of the global GDP (in PPP, at current rates) increased to approximately 39% in 2023.

● In 2024, the IMF projected that all BRICS countries have presented positive economic growth, with rates varying between 1.1% to 6.1%;

● In international trade, BRICS countries answer for 24% of total global exchanges. Brasil’s trade chain with the BRICS totaled USD 210 billion, representing 35% of the total in 2024.

● BRICS was the destination of USD 121 billion in Brazilian exports, representing 36% of the total exported by Brasil in 2024 (Source: ComexVis);

● BRICS was the source of USD  88 billion in Brazilian imports, representing 34% of the total imported by Brasil in 2024 (Source: ComexVis);

● 48,5% of the planet’s population with a growth tendency above the global average for the next decade;

● Wide geographic coverage, now including the Middle East and more countries from the African continent;

● In territorial terms, the BRICS represents approximately 36% of the total.

● Approximately 72% of the globe’s reserves of rare earth minerals;

● 43,6% of the global oil production (Source: AIE);

● 36% of the world’s natural gas production (Source: AIE);

● 78,2% of the global production of mineral coal (Source: AIE)