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Real Rate of Growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and of Agriculture, Industry,
and Services Sectors, 1950-96 (in percentages)

Year	GDP	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1950	6.8	1.5	11.3	7.1
1951	4.9	0.7	6.4	9.9
1952	7.3	9.1	5.0	10.8
1953	4.7	0.2	8.7	-0.1
1954	7.8	7.9	8.7	13.0
1955	8.8	7.7	10.6	3.5
1956	2.9	-2.4	6.9	4.7
1957	7.7	9.3	5.7	9.0
1958	10.8	2.0	16.2	5.4
1959	9.8	5.3	11.9	1.2
1960	9.4	4.9	9.6	13.0
1961	8.6	7.6	10.6	11.9
1962	6.6	5.5	7.8	3.3
1963	0.6	1.0	0.2	2.9
1964	3.4	1.3	5.2	2.0
1965	2.4	12.1	-4.7	1.3
1966	6.7	-1.7	11.7	5.8
1967	4.2	5.7	3.0	5.8
1968	9.8	1.4	13.2	8.9
1969	9.5	6.0	12.2	8.4
1970	10.3	5.6	10.4	10.2
1971	11.3	10.2	11.8	11.2
1972	11.9	4.0	14.2	12.4
1973	14.0	0.1	17.0	15.6
1974	8.2	1.3	8.5	10.6
1975	5.2	6.6	4.9	5.0
1976	10.3	2.4	11.7	11.6
1977	4.9	12.1	3.1	5.0
1978	5.0	-2.7	6.4	6.2
1979	5.8	4.7	6.8	7.8
1980	9.2	9.5	9.2	9.0
1981	-4.4	8.0	-8.9	-2.2
1982	0.7	-0.5	0.0	2.0
1983	-3.4	-0.6	-5.8	-0.8
1984	5.0	3.4	6.6	4.1
1985	8.3	10.0	8.3	6.5
1986	7.5	-8.0	11.8	8.3
1987	3.6	15.0	1.0	3.3
1988	-0.1	0.8	-2.6	2.3
1989	3.3	2.9	2.9	3.8
1990	-4.0	-3.7	-8.0	-0.8
1991	0.3	2.8	-1.8	1.6
1992	-0.8	5.4	-3.7	0.0
1993	4.2	-1.0	6.9	3.5
1994	6.0	9.3	7.0	4.2
1995	4.3	5.1	2.1	6.0
1996	2.9	3.1	2.3	3.0

Source: Based on information from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Conjuntura Econômica [Rio de Janeiro], various issues; Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Estatísticas históricas do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1990; and Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática--SIDRA 97 (Internet address: http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br).

Principal Components of the Current Account, 1970-96 (in millions of United States dollars)

Year	Exports	Imports1	Trade Balance	Net Services	Current Account2
1970	2,739	2,507	232	-815	-562
1971	2,904	3,245	-341	-980	-1,307
1972	3,991	4,235	-244	-1,250	-1,489
1973	6,199	6,192	7	-1,722	-1,688
1974	7,951	12,641	-4,690	-2,433	-7,122
1975	8,670	12,210	-3,540	-3,162	-6,700
1976	10,128	12,383	-2,255	-3,763	-6,017
1977	12,120	12,023	97	-4, 134	-4,037
1978	12,659	13,683	-1,024	-6,037	-6,990
1979	15,244	18,084	-2,840	-7,920	-10,742
1980	20,132	22,955	-2,823	-10,152	-12,807
1981	23,293	22,091	1,202	-13,135	-11,734
1982	20,175	19,395	780	-17,083	-16,311
1983	21,899	15,429	6,470	-13,415	-6,837
1984	27,005	13,916	13,090	-13,215	45
1985	25,639	13,153	12,486	-12,877	-241
1986	22,348	14,044	8,304	-13,694	-5,304
1987	26,224	15,052	11,172	-12,678	-1,436
1988	33,789	14,605	19,184	-15,104	4,174
1989	34,383	18,263	16,120	-14,800	1,564
1990	31,414	20,661	10,753	-15,369	-3,782
1991	31,620	21,041	10,579	-13,542	-1,407
1992	35,793	20,554	15,239	-11,339	6,143
1993	38,597	25,256	13,341	-15,585	-592
1994	43,545	33,079	10,466	-13,542	-1,689
1995	46,506	49,621	-3,115	-11,339	-17,742
1996	47,747	53,286	-5,539	-15,585	-24,347

Source: Based on information from Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Estatísticas históricas do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1964-86; Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Anuário estatístico do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1990; and Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Conjuntura Econômica [Rio de Janeiro], May 1991.

Nominal and Real Interest Rates in International Markets, 1970-96 (in percentages)

Year	Nominal LIBOR	Nominal United States Prime Rate	WPI Industrial Countries	Real LIBOR	Real United States Prime Rate
1970	8.9	7.7	4.1	4.8	3.6
1971	7.1	5.7	3.3	3.8	2.4
1972	6.0	5.3	4.0	2.0	1.3
1973	9.4	8.0	12.4	-3.0	-4.4
1974	10.8	10.8	21.0	-10.2	-10.2
1975	7.8	7.9	8.3	-0.6	-0.4
1976	6.1	6.8	7.1	-1.0	-0.3
1977	6.4	6.8	7.2	-0.8	-0.4
1978	9.2	9.1	5.7	3.5	3.4
1979	12.2	12.7	10.9	1.3	1.8
1980	14.0	15.3	13.8	0.2	1.5
1981	16.7	18.9	9.0	7.7	9.9
1982	13.6	14.9	5.4	8.2	9.5
1983	9.9	10.8	3.3	6.6	7.5
1984	11.3	12.0	3.6	7.7	8.4
1985	8.6	9.9	1.5	7.1	8.4
1986	6.9	8.4	-3.3	10.2	11.7
1987	7.3	8.2	0.9	6.4	7.3
1988	8.1	9.3	3.0	5.1	6.3
1989	9.3	10.9	4.4	4.9	6.5
1990	8.4	10.0	2.7	5.7	7.3
1991	6.1	8.5	0.6	5.5	7.9
1992	3.6	6.0	0.5	3.1	5.5
1993	3.4	6.0	0.5	2.9	5.5
1994	5.1	7.7	1.1	4.0	6.6
1995	5.9	9.0	3.1	2.8	5.9
1996	5.7	8.3	1.0	4.7	7.3

Source: Based on information from International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics, Washington, various issues.

Table 7. Index of Real Gross Domestic Product, 1950-96 (1970=100)

Year	Index (in percentages)	Year	Index (in percentages)
1950	28.7	1974	155.1
1951	30.4	1975	163.2
1952	33.0	1976	179.1
1953	33.9	1977	187.4
1954	37.3	1978	196.5
1955	39.9	1979	210.6
1956	41.1	1980	229.9
1957	44.4	1981	219.8
1958	47.9	1982	221.1
1959	50.5	1983	213.5
1960	55.4	1984	224.8
1961	60.2	1985	242.7
1962	64.4	1986	261.1
1963	65.4	1987	270.5
1964	67.3	1988	270.3
1965	69.1	1989	279.2
1966	71.7	1990	267.9
1967	75.2	1991	270.8
1968	83.6	1992	268.4
1969	91.9	1993	279.7
1970	100.0	1994	295.8
1971	111.5	1995	308.5
1972	124.8	1996	317.4
1973	142.3

Source: Based on information from Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Estatísticas históricas do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1990; Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Anuário estatístico do Brasil, various issues; and Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática--SIDRA 97 (Internet address: http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br).

Table 8. Index of Average Real Minimum Wage, 1960-96 (1980=100)

Year	Index (in percentages)	Year	Index (in percentages)
1960	129.94	1979	97.51
1961	149.25	1980	100.00
1962	127.14	1981	98.69
1963	114.95	1982	99.12
1964	119.89	1983	87.86
1965	113.68	1984	81.24
1966	102.40	1985	83.90
1967	98.14	1986	82.29
1968	98.80	1987	64.04
1969	97.43	1988	63.23
1970	95.56	1989	68.47
1971	95.82	1990	46.72
1972	92.69	1991	45.12
1973	96.24	1992	45.46
1974	90.83	1993	47.47
1975	77.36	1994	36.09
1976	95.52	1995	35.85
1977	95.83	1996	36.39
1978	97.92

Source: Based on information from Donald V. Coes, Macroeconomic Crises, Policies, and Growth in Brazil, 1964-90, Washington: World Bank, 1995; and Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Conjuntura Econômica [Rio de Janeiro], various issues.

Major Permanent Crops: Area Harvested, Production, Mean Productivity, Production Value, and Major Producing States, 1993

Main Product	Area Harvested (hectares)	Production (1,000 tons)	Mean Productivity (kilograms per hectare)	Production Value (millions of CR$)	Major Producing State
Apples	25,652	3,494	136,200	18,706	Santa Catarina
Avocados2	15,112	423	28,004	2,766	São Paulo
Bananas	520,014	558	1,073	39,994	Bahia
Cocoa (beans)	734,124	341	464	25,933	Bahia
Cashew nuts	726,140	77	106	5,600	Piauí
Coconut2	231,660	837	3,615	15,987	Bahia
Coffee (beans)	2,259,332	2,558	1,131	189,529	Minas Gerais
Cotton, seed (arboreous)	137,333	8	57	388	Ceará
Grapes	60,200	787	13,079	30,839	Rio Grande do Sul
Guavas2	8,479	1,392	164,172	2,737	São Paulo
Hevea (coagulated latex)	51,626	54	1,048	3,989	São Paulo
Lemons2	43,967	7,220	164,214	12,637	São Paulo
Mangoes2	53,107	1,610	30,316	6,548	São Paulo
Oranges2	800,505	93,986	117,408	223,355	São Paulo
Palm oil (nuts)	69,714	657	9,421	4,866	Pará
Papayas2	26,322	1,081	41,069	21,844	Bahia
Passion fruit2	32,539	3,004	92,324	7,943	Pará
Peaches2	18,954	1,273	67,173	6,153	Rio Grande do Sul


Pepper (black)	23,572	42	1,793	2,652	Pará
Sisal	179,105	126	703	3,327	Bahia
Tangerines2	48,586	4,891	100,663	10,397	São Paulo
Yerba maté (green leaves)	18,841	227	12,066	2,466	Rio Grande do Sul

Source: Based on information from Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Directoria de Pesquisas, Departmento de Agropecuária, Agricultural Production Survey [Rio de Janeiro], 1995.

Major Temporary Crops: Area Harvested, Production, Mean Productivity, Production Value, and Major Producing States, 1993

Main Product	Area Harvested (hectares)	Production (1,000 tons)	Mean Productivity (kilograms per hectare)	Production Value (millions of CR$)	Major Producing State
Beans (grain)	3,884,341	2,478	638	102,930	Paraná
Cassava	1,810,895	21,837	12,058	140,049	Pará
Corn (grain)	11,870,763	30,051	2,531	283,455	Paraná
Cotton, seed (herbaceous)	922,593	1,127	1,221	28,245	Paraná
Garlic	17,441	87	4,984	12,004	Santa Catarina
Onions	71,910	929	12,914	17,844	São Paulo
Pineapples	39,719	835	21,012	15,044	Paraíba
Potatoes	162,063	2,368	14,608	30,509	Paraná
Rice (paddy)	4,411,315	10,108	2,291	154,100	Rio Grande do Sul
Soybeans (grain)	10,635,300	22,575	2,122	232,973	Rio Grande do Sul
Sugarcane	3,864,488	244,344	63,227	317,622	São Paulo
Tobacco (leaves)	372,912	658	1,763	22,916	Rio Grande do Sul
Tomatoes	53,726	2,348	43,706	48,701	São Paulo
Wheat	1,462,741	2,156	1,474	38,467	Paraná

Number of Livestock and Poultry by Region, 1992 (in thousands)

Region	Cattle	Buffalo	Horses	Goats	Sheep	Hogs	Poultry
Center-West	48,788	127	954	164	418	3,341	30,787
North	15,847	877	550	267	328	4,216	30,437
Northeast	26,912	117	1,780	10,928	7,974	9,752	109,947
South	25,451	195	1,208	452	10,848	11,085	271,280
Southeast	37,443	107	1,837	350	387	6,139	197,174
TOTAL	154,441	1,423	6,329	12,160	19,956	34,532	639,625

Source: Based on information from Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Directoria de Pesquisas, Departamento de Agropecuária, Livestock and Poultry Production Survey [Rio de Janeiro], 1995.

Table 12. Monetary Units, 1942-94

Monetary Unit	Date Created	Relation to Preceding Unit
Cruzeiro (Cr$)	October 5, 1942	Cr$1.00=1,000 reis
Cruzeiro novo (NCr$)	February 8, 1967	NCr$1.00=Cr$1,000
Cruzeiro (Cr$)	May 15, 1970	Cr$1.00=NCr$1.00
Cruzado (Cz$)	February 28, 1986	Cz$1.00=Cr$1,000
Cruzado novo (NCz$)	January 15, 1989	NCz$1.00=Cz1,000
Cruzeiro (Cr$)	March 16, 1990	Cr$1.00=NCz$1,000
Cruzeiro real (CR$)	August 1, 1993	CR$1.00=Cr$1,000
Real (R$)	July 1, 1994	R$1.00=CR$2,750

Source: Based on information from Donald V. Coes, Macroeconomic Crises, Policies, and Growth in Brazil, 1964-90, Washington, 1995, 172.

Principal Components of the Balance of Payments, 1981-96 (in millions of United States dollars)

Year	Trade Balance	Net Services	Current Account	Capital Account	Interest Payments
1981	1,202	-13,135	-11,734	12,773	-9,161
1982	780	-17,083	-16,311	7,851	-13.494
1983	6,470	-13,415	-6,837	2,103	-11,008
1984	13,090	-13,215	45	253	-11,471
1985	12,486	-12,877	-241	-2,554	-11,259
1986	8,304	-13,694	-5,304	-7,108	-11,126
1987	11,172	-12,678	-1,436	-7,986	-10,318
1988	19,184	-15,104	4,174	-8,685	-12,085
1989	16,120	-14,800	1,564	-4,179	-12,016
1990	10,753	-15,369	-3,782	-4,715	-9,748
1991	10,579	-13,542	-1,407	-4,148	-8,621
1992	15,239	-11,339	6,143	25,271	-7,253
1993	13,341	-15,585	-592	10,115	-8,280
1994	10,466	-13,542	-1,689	14,294	-6,338
1995	-3,115	-11,339	-17,742	30,703	-8,158
1996	-5,539	-15,585	-24,347	n.a.	-9,840

Source: Based on information from Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Estatísticas históricas do Brasil, Section 11.6, Rio de Janeiro, 1981-86; Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Anuário estatístico do Brasil, 1986-88, Rio de Janeiro, 1990; and Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Conjuntura Econômica [Rio de Janeiro], various issues, 1989-96.

Public-Sector National Income Accounts, 1970-90

Year	Total Tax Receipts	Net Transfers	Interest on Domestic Debt	Interest on External Debt	Net Receipts of Public Sector	Total Noninterest Expenditures	Net Public- Sector Saving	Noninterest Public- Sector Surplus
	1	2	3	4	5=1-2-3-4	6	7=5-6	8=1-2-6
1970	26.3	8.8	0.5	0.1	17.0	11.3	5.6	6.2
1971	25.2	7.8	0.4	0.1	17.0	11.2	5.7	6.2
1972	25.9	7.8	0.3	0.2	17.7	10.7	7.0	7.5
1973	25.0	7.8	0.4	0.1	16.7	10.0	6.7	7.2
1974	25.1	8.2	0.4	0.1	16.4	9.4	7.0	7.5
1975	25.2	9.4	0.4	0.2	15.2	10.2	5.0	5.6
1976	25.1	8.8	0.5	0.2	15.7	10.5	5.2	5.9
1977	25.6	8.7	0.5	0.2	16.2	9.4	6.7	7.4
1978	25.7	10.0	0.5	0.2	15.0	9.7	5.3	6.0
1979	24.7	9.7	0.6	0.3	14.1	9.9	4.2	5.1
1980	24.7	11.6	0.8	0.4	11.9	9.2	2.7	3.9
1981	24.7	10.9	1.1	0.3	12.4	9.3	3.1	4.4
1982	25.3	11.1	1.1	1.1	12.0	10.0	1.9	4.2
1983	25.1	11.0	1.6	1.6	10.9	9.7	1.2	4.4
1984	21.8	9.4	2.4	1.8	8.3	8.3	0.0	4.2
1985	22.5	8.8	3.4	1.5	8.8	9.9	-1.0	3.8
1986	25.4	9.4	3.6	1.4	11.0	10.7	0.3	5.2

1987	23.3	9.1	3.1	1.4	9.6	12.2	-2.5	2.0
1988	21.9	8.4	3.1	1.7	8.6	12.6	-4.0	0.9
1989	21.9	9.4	6.1	2.0	4.4	14.3	-9.9	-1.8
1990	27.4	10.0	1.9	2.1	13.4	15.6	-2.2	1.8

Source: Based on information from Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Departamento Nacional de Contas, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.

Annual Inflation Rate, 1964-96 (in percent change in consumer price index)

Year	Index	Year	Index
1964	83.9	1981	109.9
1965	37.0	1982	95.4
1966	37.6	1983	154.5
1967	24.3	1984	220.6
1968	23.5	1985	225.5
1969	20.0	1986	142.3
1970	19.0	1987	224.8
1971	19.2	1988	684.5
1972	15.6	1989	1,320.0
1973	15.7	1990	2,739.7
1974	33.6	1991	414.7
1975	29.0	1992	991.4
1976	45.0	1993	2,103.7
1977	42.7	1994	2,406.8
1978	38.7	1995	14.8
1979	53.9	1996	9.3
1980	100.2

Source: Based on information from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Conjuntura Econômica [Rio de Janeiro], various issues.

Nominal Tariff Rate Average by Sector, Selected Years, 1980-94 (in percentages)

Sector	1980	1990	1991	19921	19931	19941
Agricultural and forestry products	16.4	12.7	11.0	9.9	9.1	n.a.
Beverages	179.0	75.2	63.7	53.5	34.7	19.7
Chemicals	48.2	17.5	13.1	11.7	10.0	9.5
Clothing and foot- wear	181.2	38.3	33.6	27.0	20.3	16.4
Communications and electrical products	95.4	45.2	37.0	31.9	26.2	21.5
Food products	107.8	26.7	20.7	17.0	14.9	13.1
Furniture	148.2	38.6	31.7	24.7	20.0	20.0
Machinery and equipment	56.3	40.7	30.7	26.1	21.3	19.6
Metals	77.4	27.0	20.8	17.6	14.6	12.3
Mining	27.0	6.0	3.8	2.2	1.4	1.1
Nonmetallic mineral products	109.4	25.9	14.8	12.2	8.3	7.2
Paper and paper products	120.2	18.1	9.6	7.7	6.8	6.7
Perfumes and cosmetics	160.5	58.2	41.6	28.7	24.0	19.6
Pharmaceuticals	27.9	24.7	18.5	15.7	12.8	12.6
Plastics	203.8	39.2	35.3	30.0	21.5	18.8
Rubber and rubber products	107.3	51.4	36.7	29.3	20.7	15.2
Textiles	167.3	35.7	34.7	27.6	23.8	17.0
Tobacco products	184.6	79.1	69.5	60.0	37.3	19.1
Transportation equipment	101.9	47.0	37.0	31.4	25.7	21.3
Wood and wood products	125.3	21.1	11.3	10.7	10.2	9.9
Miscellaneous	87.0	43.9	35.0	28.5	22.4	17.3
Simple average	115.8	31.4	24.6	20.4	16.4	13.6
Standard deviation	51.7	17.7	15.2	12.6	9.3	6.9

Source: Based on information from Honório Kume and Guida Piani, "A política de importação no período 1991-1994," Rio de Janeiro, 1991.

About Brazil
Table A. Selected Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table B. Chronology of Important Events
Metric Conversion Coefficients and Factors
Extent of Brazil's Borderline Shared by Neighboring Countries and the Atlantic Ocean
Territory by Region and State
Geography
Brazil Data Center
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Economy
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National Security

Historical Setting

The Indigenous Population
The Colonial Era, 1500-1815
- Frontier Expansion That Shaped Brazil
- Early Colonization
- French and Dutch Incursions
- Gold Mining Displaces Cane Farming
- The Transition to Kingdom Status
The Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil, 1815-21
The Empire, 1822-89
- Emperor Pedro I, 1822-31
- The Regency Era, 1831-40
- The Second Empire, 1840-89
The Republican Era, 1889-1985
- The Old or First Republic, 1889-1930
- The Era of Getúlio Vargas, 1930-54
- The Post-Vargas Republic, 1954-64
- The Military Republic, 1964-85

The Society and Its Environment

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Table 17. Foreign Trade by Major Product, Selected Years, 1978-96 (in millions of United States dollars)

Product	1978	1982	1986	1990	1996
Exports
Primary products
Coffee	1,947	1,858	2,006	1,102	1,719
Iron ore	1,028	1,847	1,615	2,409	2,693
Soybeans	1,050	1,619	1,253	1,609	3,743
Sugar	196	259	141	289	936
Other	1,757	2,655	2,265	3,342	3,094
Total primary products	5,978	8,238	7,280	8,751	12,185
Manufactured products
Iron and steel	172	795	1,179	1,644	2,574
Machinery	566	1,191	1,471	2,474	2,211
Orange juice	333	575	678	1,468	1,389
Transportation equipment	828	1,718	1,568	2,181	2,464
Other	4,605	7,407	9,999	14,318	26,103
Total manu- factured products	6,504	11,686	14,895	22,085	34,741
Other	177	251	173	578	821
Total exports	12,659	20,175	22,348	31,414	47,747
Imports
Chemicals	893	1,003	1,352	1,691	6,677
Fertilizers	309	239	325	319	426
Fuels and lubricants	4,483	10,457	3,540	5,363	6,906
Grain	702	848	823	251	2,105
Other	7,296	6,848	8,004	12,782	37,172
Total imports	13,683	19,395	14,044	20,406	53,286
TRADE BALANCE	-1,024	780	8,304	11,008	-5,539

Source: Based on information from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Conjuntura Econômica [Rio de Janeiro], various issues; and Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Estatísticas históricas do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1964-97.

Table 18. Party Members in the National Congress, Selected Years, 1987-97

Party Delegation	1987	1990	19911	1992	1993	1994	19951	1996	1997
Chamber of Deputies
Arena/PDS/PPR/PPB	32	32	42	45	69	67	53	89	79
MDB/PMDB	260	131	108	98	101	96	107	96	94
PCB/PPS	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
PC do B	3	6	5	5	7	6	10	10	10
PDC	5	15	22	19	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
PDT	24	38	46	40	36	35	33	25	23
PFL	118	90	84	86	87	89	89	99	105
PL	6	13	15	18	14	16	13	9	10
PP	0	0	0	0	37	45	36	n.a.	n.a.
PRN	0	31	40	26	16	4	1	0	0
PSB	1	8	11	10	10	10	15	12	11
PSDB	0	60	38	40	45	48	62	83	97
PT	16	17	35	36	35	36	49	50	51
PTB	18	28	38	30	26	29	31	28	23
Other	1	23	16	47	17	19	12	10	8
Total Chamber of Deputies	487	495	503	503	503	503	513	513	513





Federal Senate
Arena/PDS/PPR/PPB	5	3	3	4	9	10	6	56	6
MDB/PMDB	44	22	27	26	27	27	22	24	22
PDC	1	7	4	3	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
PDT	2	5	5	6	4	5	6	3	2
PFL	16	13	15	17	17	14	19	22	24
PL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
PP	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	n.a.	n.a.
PRN	0	3	3	5	5	3	0	0	0
PSB	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
PSDB	0	12	10	9	9	11	10	14	14
PT	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	5	5
PTB	1	4	8	8	4	4	5	4	4
Other	0	4	4	1	0	1	1	2	1
Total Federal Senate	72	75	81	81	81	81	81	81	81

Source: Based on official electoral data from the Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate provided by David V. Fleischer.

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Real Rate of Growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and of Agriculture, Industry, and Services Sectors, 1950-96 (in percentages)