Brazil
BRA
Brazil: 215.3 million population; upper-middle-income economy. Exports: raw sugar, soybeans, iron ore; imports: machinery, vehicles, optical instruments. Presidential republic under President Lula (since 2023). BRICS member. Lula return (2023). Amazon deforestation debates. G20 member. Major soy/iron ore/oil exporter. 25.9% poverty; #79 Big Mac Index.
Headline valuation
Scenario range
$27.59T to $41.33T
Integration scenario
Contested Integration
Balance sheet
Base enterprise value
$40.74T
Creditor concentration
- Moderate concentration (HHI=0.32)
Climate & resources
Climate status
Vulnerable (Rank 147 of 212, 1 = most desperate)
ND-GAIN vulnerability
0.48
Top acquisition targets (Brazil as buyer)
Computed by SAPA (Sovereign Acquisition Propensity Algorithm). Higher probability = stronger structural fit for Brazil acquiring this target.
- Bolivia (BOL): probability 0.17, deal value $76.4B, driver: Financial_Opportunity
- Paraguay (PRY): probability 0.17, deal value $101.6B, driver: Financial_Opportunity
- Saudi Arabia (SAU): probability 0.07, deal value $15.44T, driver: Strategic + Resources + Alliance_Constraint(BRICS) + Distance_Intercontinental(11187km) + Limited_Projection(11187km) + US_Security_Partner
- United Arab Emirates (ARE): probability 0.07, deal value $10.94T, driver: Resources + Alliance_Constraint(BRICS) + Distance_Intercontinental(11944km) + Limited_Projection(11944km) + US_Security_Partner
- China (CHN): probability 0.06, deal value $309.98T, driver: Strategic + Resources + Human_Capital + Alliance_Constraint(BRICS) + Distance_Hemispheric(16914km) + GDP_Penalty(0.13) + Economic_Size_Block(0.11) + Limited_Projection(16914km) + UNSC_P5_Protection
About this valuation
This valuation is computed monthly by the WHITEFLAG sovereign asset valuation framework, a five-scenario model
that prices nations as transferable enterprise units. See the
full methodology for the formulas and data sources.
The human-capital, industrial, land and resource bases are blended with the World Bank Changing Wealth of Nations 2020 stock, rescaled onto the framework's computed scale.
Sources: CIA World Factbook, World Bank (population, poverty, economic data), IMF World Economic Outlook (economic classification, trade), The Economist Big Mac Index (PPP comparison), Trading Economics (macroeconomic indicators), Official Government Statistical Agencies