Brazilian GDP had, in 2022, its second consecutive year of growth| Photo: Rafael Neddermeyer/ Public Photos / archive / Gazeta do Povo

If Brazil obtained a good position in the ranking of world inflation, reaching the 144th position among 193 countries last year, according to data from the National Monetary Fund (IMF), the same cannot be said of growth. The Brazilian GDP grew 2.9% last year, which puts the country in 121st position.

The performance caused Brazil to be below the top 100 growth for the first time since 2020, when it ranked 88th. And the country has failed to achieve what former Economy Minister Paulo Guedes believed, in October, to be feasible: growing more than China for the first time since 1980.

The best Brazilian position in the ranking was in 1985, during the Sarney government, when the Brazilian economy grew 7.9%, which guaranteed the 15th position among 145 countries. It was one of the two times that the country was among the top 20 in international growth. The other time was in 1980, during the Figueiredo government, with an expansion of 9.19% of the GDP, when Brazil occupied the 18th position.

The worst performance was registered in 2016, in the Dilma/Temer governments, in which the Brazilian economy shrank by 3.28%, which placed it in 187th position among 195 countries.