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Brazil rankings 2026: where Brazil places in 288 global Top 10s

Brazil is #1 in Countries losing the most forest to deforestation each year, #1 in 9 rankings and inside the top 10 of 97 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

Brazil appears in 288 of the 491 live country rankings on Top10Earth. This guide walks through every one of them: where Brazil is number one, where it makes the top 10, where it sits further down the table, and what has moved since the previous snapshot. Its best position is #1 in Countries losing the most forest to deforestation each year, where it is measured at 3,256.05 thousand hectares per year (Deforestation) as of 2026-10-29. Brazil holds the #1 spot in 9 rankings and finishes inside the top 10 in 97 rankings.

Where Brazil is number one

Brazil leads the world in 9 rankings. In each case the runner-up and the gap are shown so the lead can be judged, not just the position.

Top 10 finishes

Brazil is inside the top 10 of 88 further rankings beyond the ones it leads. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

The remaining 76 top-10 positions are in the full list at the end of this guide.

Brazil by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Brazil holds 85 positions: #1 of 50 in Countries losing the most forest to deforestation each year (3,256.05 thousand hectares per year), #1 of 50 in Countries with the largest CO2 emissions from land use change (1,599.67 million tonnes), #1 of 50 in Countries with the largest share of global deforestation (38.35 % of global total) and #1 of 50 in Countries with the most internal renewable freshwater resources (5,661 cubic kilometres). 81 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, Brazil holds 69 positions: #1 of 50 in Countries producing the most coffee (3,387.72 thousand tonnes), #1 of 50 in Countries producing the most soybeans (144.5k thousand tonnes), #1 of 50 in Countries producing the most sugar cane (759.66 million tonnes) and #1 of 50 in Countries using the most pesticides (800.65 thousand tonnes). 65 more rankings are listed below.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Brazil holds 57 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the largest external debt (605.46 DOD, current US$ bn), #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest income inequality (0.5 index (0-1)), #5 of 50 in Countries where the top 1% earn the largest share of income (25.75 %) and #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest income inequality before tax (69.73 Gini index). 53 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Brazil holds 37 positions: #4 of 50 in Countries with the largest urban population (187.65 million people), #4 of 50 in Countries with the most people in cities of over 1 million (94.3k thousand people), #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest child homicide rates (17 per 100,000 people) and #5 of 50 in Countries with the most road injury deaths (33.6k deaths). 33 more rankings are listed below.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Brazil holds 24 positions: #5 of 50 in Countries with the most wildfire smoke emissions (PM2.5) (1,299.11 thousand tonnes), #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest cocaine-related death rates (0.47 per 100,000 people), #10 of 50 in Countries with the highest maternal death rates (0.77 per 100,000 people) and #10 of 50 in Countries with the most births per year (2,601.67 thousand births). 20 more rankings are listed below.

Education and science

In education and science, Brazil holds 6 positions: #10 of 50 in Countries with the longest compulsory education (14 years), #13 of 50 in Countries with the most scientific journal articles (58.29 thousand), #14 of 50 in Countries with the most patent applications by residents (5.75 thousand) and #35 of 50 in Countries with the highest government spending on education as a share of GDP (5.62 % of GDP). 2 more rankings are listed below.

Consumer tech

In consumer tech, Brazil holds 5 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the most fixed broadband subscriptions (51.05 million subscriptions), #5 of 50 in Countries with the most internet users (179.06 million people), #7 of 50 in Countries with the most mobile phone subscriptions (216.08 million subscriptions) and #10 of 50 in Countries with the most fixed telephone subscriptions (22.5k thousand subscriptions). 1 more ranking is listed below.

Travel

In travel, Brazil holds 5 positions: #9 of 50 in Countries with the most airline departures (791.52 thousand), #10 of 50 in Countries with the most air passengers (95.4 million), #14 of 50 in Countries with the most rail travel (0.02 million) and #32 of 50 in Most-visited countries by international arrivals (6.35 million). 1 more ranking is listed below.

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Brazil moved in 259 rankings:

Since the first snapshot

Top10Earth keeps every snapshot it publishes. Where a ranking has been captured at least three times, the first recorded position can be compared with today's:

Where Brazil ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Brazil's lowest current positions are 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest rapeseed yields (1.46 tonnes per hectare), 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest rye yields (1.56 tonnes per hectare) and 49th of 50 in Countries with the highest breast cancer death rate (14.04 deaths per 100,000 people). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Brazil

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Brazil's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Brazil

What is Brazil's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#1 in Countries losing the most forest to deforestation each year, with 3,256.05 thousand hectares per year (Deforestation) as of 2026-10-29.

How many rankings include Brazil?

288 current country rankings out of 491 on the site, including 9 rankings where it is #1.

Is Brazil in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 97 rankings, including #1 in Countries losing the most forest to deforestation each year, #1 in Countries producing the most coffee and #1 in Countries producing the most soybeans.

Where do the numbers come from?

From Our World in Data and World Bank Open Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

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