Brazil

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Brazil

Population (2024) 217 million people
GDP national / per capita (2022) US$1.92 trillion / US$8,847 
Currency BRL real
Inflation (Nov 2024) 4.87% 
Interest Rate (Apr 2024) 9.29% 
Unemployment (Oct 2024) 6.1%

Main Industries: Agribusiness, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Automotive 

Vehicle Fleet 

National fleet size 72.3 million light vehicles (one in three people)Vehicles produced (2023) 2.32mn (1.8mn cars  & 543,000 commercial vehicles)

New light vehicle registrations (2024)
2.48mn light vehicles (+14%)
 
1.88mn motorcycles (18.6%)
149,774 trucks & buses (+14.2%) 

Top 5 brands (2024) Light Vehicles (Cars & LCVs)
1. Fiat (521,282 units) +9.6% y-o-y 
2. Volkswagen (400,414) +16% 
3. General Motors (314,956) -4.1% 
4. Hyundai (206,029) +11%  
5. Toyota (203,793) +6% 

Cars 
1. Volkswagen (336,041 units) +15.7% y-o-y 
2. Fiat (290,287) +4.7% 
3. General Motors (258,543) -5.1%  
4. Hyundai (204,218) +9.8%
5. Toyota (153,774) +5.3%  

LCVs
1. Fiat (230,995 units) +16.5% y-o-y
2. General Motors (56,413) +.02% 

3. Volkswagen (64,373) +17.9%
4. Toyota (50,019) +8.2% 
5. Ford (39,477) +5.4% 

Top 5 models (2024) 

Cars 
1. VW Polo (140,177 units) +26% y-o-y
2. GM Onix (97,503) -4.7%
3. Hyundai HB20 (97,079) +9.2%
4. Fiat Argo (91,139) +3.7%
5. VW T Cross (83,990) +16%

LCVs 1. Fiat Strada (144.684 units) +20% y-o-y
2. Fiat Saveiro (56,984) +2.2%
3. Fiat Toro (53,856) +5%
4. Toyota Hilux (50,010) +8.2%
5. Ford Ranger (31,860) +57%


Factories in country 

Audi, BMW, CAOA Chery, Chevrolet, Fiat, Honda, Hyundai, Jeep, Land Rover, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, Toyota, Volkswagen.   

Coming in 2024: BYD, GWM 

Main Vehicle Leasing Players

Localiza, Movida, Unidas, LM Frotas, Ayvens, Arval

Energy Cost 

Gasoline/liter (Dec 2024)  US$0.99
Ethanol/liter (Dec 2024)  US$0.97
Diesel/liter (Dec 2024)  US$0.67 

Electricity/kilowatt (Mar 2024)  US$0.14 (household), US$0.11 (business)