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BRICS Countries by Nominal GDP
listGDP 2025 USD bn
China19231.705
India4187.017
Brazil2125.958
Russia2076.396
South Africa410.338

GDP Rankings PPP (current international dollar bn)

listPPP GDP 2025 (current int. dollar bn)
China40716.448
India17647.050
Russia7191.718
Brazil4958.122
South Africa1025.615

GDP Rankings (PPP) share of world total Percent

listPPP GDP 2025 Share in World Total Pct
China19.681
India8.530
Russia3.476
Brazil2.397
South Africa0.496

GDP Rankings per capita nominal USD

listGDP Per Capita USD
Russia14257.845
China13687.267
Brazil9964.100
South Africa6396.921
India2878.453

GDP Rankings Average per capita PPP

listGDP Per Capita PPP (current int. dollar)
Russia42320.559
China24833.838
Brazil19914.779
South Africa13702.144
India10396.844

Population Rankings

listCombined Population mln
India1454.607
China1405.080
Brazil213.362
Russia145.632
South Africa64.146

Debt vs. GDP Rankings (Avg)

listGeneral government gross debt Percent of GDP
China96.306
Brazil92.041
India80.391
South Africa79.551
Russia21.383

BRICS

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  • Stimson Center2025 BRICS Summit: Takeaways and Projections2025 BRICS Summit: Takeaways and Projections · Indonesia's position within the BRICS is very pragmatic. · Brazil made the institutionalization....Aug 4, 2025
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  • UN News‘Cooperation is humanity’s greatest innovation,’ UN chief declares at BRICS summit — The BRICS intergovernmental organization can play a greater role in strengthening multilateralism for global development and security, UN....Jul 7, 2025
  • Council on Foreign Relations — The BRICS Summit 2025: The Challenge to Find Common Ground — The summit also confirmed that the BRICS seeks to spur collective action and stronger global governance to address climate change and finance,....Jul 23, 2025
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  • Al Jazeera — Russia’s Putin says North Korea, BRICS should join Ukraine ceasefire talks — Russia's Putin says North Korea, BRICS should join Ukraine ceasefire talks. The Russian president suggests Ukraine be placed under 'temporary....Mar 28, 2025
  • BBCTrump threatens extra 10% tariff on nations that side with Brics — The president said the levy will apply to "any country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of Brics"..Jul 7, 2025
  • South China Morning Post — Trump’s Brics wrath: will India be caught out by tariff threat?Trump's remarks seem more like a warning to Brics and unlikely to affect India's efforts to finalise a trade pact with the US, analysts say..Jul 11, 2025
  • Fortune — BRICS could become a new pillar of global governance—if its rapid growth doesn't erode its newfound clout — BRICS has come a long way since Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill thought it up in 2001. As of January, it now comprises ten countries:....
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    GDP Growth Rankings %

    list2025 GDP Growth
    India6.198
    China3.954
    Brazil2.010
    Russia1.456
    South Africa0.979

    Investment to GDP

    listInvestment levels to GDP
    China40.470
    India33.363
    Russia28.626
    Brazil16.763
    South Africa13.358

    Budget Balance/GDP

    listBudget Balance/GDP
    Russia-1.556
    South Africa-6.295
    India-6.811
    China-8.136
    Brazil-8.857

    Average Current Account Balance/GDP

    listCurrent Account Balance/GDP
    China1.886
    Russia1.855
    India-0.946
    South Africa-1.232
    Brazil-2.288