Brazil, year by year

Every index this site holds for Brazil, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.641 in 1990 to 0.786 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 76 years2024at birthUp 4.2 years from 71.8 years in 2005
Internet users: 84%2024of people onlineUp 56 points from 28% in 2006
Urban population: 88%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 5 points from 83% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.612024births per womanDown 0.33 from 1.94 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 47%2021of energy usedUp 1 point from 45% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 3 points from 97% in 2005
Infant mortality: 122024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 9 from 21 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 2.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.3 t from 2 t in 2005
Forest area: 59%2023of land under forestDown 5 points from 64% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.641	65.9	—	—	2.90	49.8	87	52	1.5	70.5	—	—
1991	0.645	66.2	0.0	75.5	2.81	48.9	91	50	1.6	70.0	—	—
1992	0.648	66.5	0.0	76.1	2.71	48.7	89	47	1.6	69.5	—	—
1993	0.654	66.9	0.0	76.6	2.66	48.2	90	45	1.6	69.1	—	—
1994	0.659	67.3	0.0	77.2	2.60	48.3	92	42	1.6	68.7	—	—
1995	0.666	67.7	0.1	77.7	2.57	46.1	92	40	1.7	68.2	—	—
1996	0.671	68.1	0.5	78.3	2.51	44.5	93	38	1.8	67.7	—	—
1997	0.676	68.5	0.8	79.0	2.47	43.7	93	35	1.9	67.3	—	—
1998	0.680	68.8	1.5	79.8	2.42	43.8	94	33	1.9	66.8	—	—
1999	0.684	69.2	2.0	80.5	2.34	44.0	95	31	2.0	66.4	—	—
2000	0.690	69.6	2.9	81.2	2.25	42.7	94	29	2.0	65.9	—	—
2001	0.694	70.0	4.5	81.6	2.16	41.3	96	27	2.0	65.5	—	—
2002	0.700	70.4	9.2	82.0	2.08	42.9	97	26	2.0	65.0	—	—
2003	0.705	70.9	13.2	82.3	2.01	45.1	97	24	1.9	64.5	—	—
2004	0.712	71.4	19.1	82.7	1.97	45.2	97	22	2.0	64.0	—	—
2005	0.718	71.8	21.0	83.0	1.94	46.1	97	21	2.0	63.6	—	—
2006	0.725	72.3	28.2	83.3	1.90	46.7	98	20	2.0	63.1	5934	11751
2007	0.732	72.7	30.9	83.5	1.85	47.2	98	19	2.1	62.6	7410	12673
2008	0.739	73.1	33.8	83.8	1.82	47.0	99	18	2.2	62.1	8908	13445
2009	0.742	73.5	39.2	84.1	1.80	48.9	99	17	2.0	61.7	8679	13391
2010	0.748	73.8	40.6	84.3	1.79	46.8	99	16	2.3	61.2	11403	14452
2011	0.753	74.0	45.7	84.6	1.78	45.2	99	15	2.4	61.0	13397	15212
2012	0.758	74.3	48.6	84.9	1.77	43.5	100	15	2.5	60.8	12522	15198
2013	0.762	74.6	51.0	85.2	1.76	42.3	100	14	2.6	60.7	12459	15722
2014	0.765	74.8	54.5	85.4	1.78	41.7	100	14	2.7	60.5	12275	15827
2015	0.764	75.1	58.3	85.7	1.78	43.7	100	14	2.6	60.3	8936	14821
2016	0.765	75.1	60.9	86.0	1.73	45.4	100	15	2.4	60.1	8836	14309
2017	0.770	75.4	67.5	86.2	1.74	45.3	100	13	2.4	59.8	10081	14559
2018	0.774	75.6	70.4	86.4	1.74	46.9	100	13	2.3	59.7	9301	15464
2019	0.776	75.8	73.9	86.7	1.71	47.5	100	13	2.3	59.6	9030	16070
2020	0.770	74.5	81.3	86.9	1.65	50.0	100	13	2.1	59.4	7074	16102
2021	0.768	73.0	80.7	87.1	1.64	46.5	100	13	2.4	59.3	7973	18076
2022	0.780	74.9	80.5	87.3	1.63	—	100	13	2.3	59.1	9281	19874
2023	0.786	75.8	84.2	87.6	1.62	—	100	12	2.3	59.0	10378	21193
2024	—	76.0	84.5	87.9	1.61	—	100	12	2.3	—	10311	22371
2025	—	—	—	88.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	10713	23433
On the profile	0.786	76.0	84.5	88.2	1.61	46.5	—	—	2.3	59.0	10713	23433

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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