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What if Brazil were as good as Chile?

  • GDP per capita would jump from $15,093 to $25,886 (1.71x).
    • It would become the 4th largest economy globally, after the US, China, and India.
  • Life expectancy would rise from 72.8 to 78.9 years (+6).
  • The murder rate would drop from 22.38 to 3.63.
    • Around 38,000 murders would be prevented annually.
  • It could take between 7 and 14 years to get there, assuming a 4% to 8% yearly growth1.
    • A long period, but at the same time, not that long2.

  1. This was the growth range of Poland, Singapore, and South Korea during their economic miracles. ↩︎

  2. I used metrics from Our World in Data. ↩︎