Category

Brazil

Canada

Population (millions)

2003

178.5

31.6

GNI Per Capita $US

*

$2,850

$22,300

Child (under 5) Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births)

*

36

7

Infant (under 1) Mortality Rate

*

30

5

Life Expectancy

(years)

*

68

79

Adult Literacy Rate

87

99

% of Children Under 5 Moderately and Severely Under weight

*

6

not available

% of Population Using Adequate Sanitation Facilities

76

100

Number of Children (0-14) Living with HIV/AIDS

13,000

<500

Net Primary School Attendance (%)

*

Boys 95%

Girls 95%

100%

% of Primary School Entrants Reaching Grade 5

(1999/2001)

Boys 66%

Girls 84%

 

Boys 99%

Girls not available

% of Population Below $1/day

10%

Not available

% of Government Expenditure Allocated to Health

6%

1%

% of Government Expenditure Allocated to Education

6%

2%

% of Government Expenditure Allocated to Defence

3%

6%

External Debt $US

(billions)

237.6

No information available

 

ODA Inflow (millions of $US)

349

No information available

Canadian Assistance (CIDA)

(millions)

26.57  (in 1999)

N/A

Sources: UNICEF State of the World's Children 2004, CIDA, World Bank

* 2002 information

2001 information

2000 information